Please let me vent! uh, and some questions.

[mom of big kid]

Last weekend I ordered a britax marathon in cowmooflage for $217 total. I had been waiting all summer for a sale and I was happy I got a great deal. 2 days after I placed the order I got a call from a friend who was looking for a home, for free, for a roundabout that was only a couple years old. I felt very secure about accepting it and I do believe it was not in an accident. I was able to cancel my order and I was so happy I was going to save $200! Fast forward to today. I get the car seat, which needs cleaning which is fine. But when I started taking off the cover I can see it is missing most of the foam. Plus it looks old! It has some dial stamps in the plastic on the back and it looks like it has a DOM of April of 2004 which is good. So now I have to try to score some EPS foam from britax. Not looking forward to that call. Plus how much will they charge me, and how long will it take? I don't have a lot of time! I am so annoyed and I can't help notice that the seats are no longer on sale. I am so cranky.

So those of you that have had to get replacement foam, did they charge anything and how long did it take?

and are those round clock-like dial marks the DOM?

Thanks for reading-I love getting stuff for free but when it comes to car seats I don't know.

sigh.

 

[mominabigtruck]

I just bought some and I believe it was $8 plus shipping for the foam. Be prepared for a wait though, I've called them at least once a week for the past month trying to get something resolved and I always have to hold for at least 20 minutes. I'm starting to think that they think if you hold long enough that you'll just give up.:thumbsdown:

 

[mom of big kid]

Yeah I will try to be ready for the long long phone call. From when you ordered the foam, how long did it take to get it?

 

[crunchierthanthou]

I think their shipping is close to $10. I called to order some shoulder comfort pads and it was going to be $18 and the pads weren't all that much. Also, I've heard posters mention that their shipping is slow.

What size is your child? Hopefully you'll be able to get all the pieces and get it cleaned up and it will get you through to the next sale.

The dial marks are when the actual shell was made. Did it not have the DOM sticker? It should be under the lip of the shell near the top.

 

[mom of big kid]

Crunchier: I can't find any DOM sticker like I found on our Britax Marathon, just the dial stamps. I am not familiar with the Roundabout and it looks old to me. I am worried that it is older than 2004.

#2 will be using this seat and she is still in her bucket but probably needs to be out of her bucket. Her 9 mo check up is the first week of October. Unlike #1, she is pretty small.

 

[mom of big kid]

I have been looking at Britax's website at pictures of Roundabouts and the one I have has a totally funky huge base on it, nothing like the ones I see in the pictures.

What do you guys think?

 

[mominabigtruck]

It only took me a couple of days to get my stuff, I think I ordered on a friday and it was here on tuesday. But then I live in Ohio, so not very far away from NC.

 

[mom of big kid]

that is good news mominabigtruck! Super fast shipping. Very impressive.

I still need to figure out the age of this thing though.

 

[Jewels]

I have been looking at Britax's website at pictures of Roundabouts and the one I have has a totally funky huge base on it, nothing like the ones I see in the pictures.

What do you guys think?

Can you post a picture of it? It might help some if we could see what it looks like.

Also my shipping to Canada from Britax was pretty quick. They told me to expect a month and I think I got it in less then 2 weeks :thumbsup:

 

[mom of big kid]

Thanks. I have the picture and will post as soon as I figure out how.

 

[mom of big kid]

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[mom of big kid]

Yup there it is.

And after looking at the manual it has instructions on how to install with latch, so it can't be that old.

The pictures in the manual also don't show foam on the sides, so maybe it isn't missing? I thought all britax seats had eps foam.

Again, thanks for any help or insight you can give.

 

[safeinthecar]

The DOM is on the sitcker on the front of the seat under the cover (where a child's knees would go) You can see it in your pic.

Kimberly

 

[mom of big kid]

Thanks safe in the car I was looking on the back, and under the lip at the top. So the DOM is 4/17/03. 4.5 years old. So it has another year and a half of life in it. Not too shabby. Should serve us just fine then.

Not about the foam-maybe there is only foam at the top where the shoulders are?

Does anyone out there know about eps foam on the roundabout?

 

[wondering1]

There is EPS foam on the left and right sides of the head. I don't still have ours otherwise I'd tell you other places where it is located. Call Britax at 8:30am ET and the hold time is usually short. Have them help you find any other pieces of missing foam.

 

[mom of big kid]

Thanks Wondering. I will call. I think now that is all the foam there is. There is also some underneath the seat, but it is nothing like the marathon.

thanks guys for all your help. This seat should serve us just fine, good timing until we get a new car next year that will hold a regent.

best to everyone.

 

[mylittlet]

can you take a photo of the foam? I just took ours all apart, so we could probably help you know if it is all there or not. Ours had the big bases and so do my sisters. Our expired in Aug and hers will expire next May, but they were all preLATCH seats. She got hers for cheap.

Stefanie