Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Thanks for checking out our board!

You are currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to reading the board and there are features you can't use, such as posting or viewing member profiles.

If you join our community (or log in, if you're already a member), you'll be able to access member-only features such as creating a profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.

Sorry that we have to require registration, but it keeps out the hit-and-run spammers.

Join us!

If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features.

Username:   Password:
Add A Reply
New law restricts re-sale of kid's products
Topic Started: January 7, 2009, 7:49 pm (53 Views)
LightSlayer
Member Avatar
Screaming Naked Hot Stuff!!! (Emoticon Guru)
Re-sale of kids toys and clothes illegal in just over a month.

Quote:
 
New law restricts re-sale of kid's products

08:53 AM CST on Wednesday, January 7, 2009

By SHELTON GREEN / KVUE News

A new federal law is raising concerns and questions nationwide and here in Austin.

On February 10, 2009 it will be illegal to re-sell any used children's products including toys and clothing. That is according to the U.S. Consumer Protection & Safety Commission who pushed for the new laws after dozens of toys were recalled in 2008 because of lead concerns.

Toys, clothing and other items used by children under 12 will be subjected to lead testing and will have to have labels on them to prove that they have passed inspection.

What is raising the ire of parents and business owners far and wide is what this will mean to clothing, toys and other children products made before February 10, 2009.

Gary Walthall, the owner of Once upon a Child, a resale shop specializing in children's clothing and other items, is afraid that he'll have to close up shop.

Adding to the confusion and frustration is the fact that the U.S. Consumer Products and Safety Commission is not returning calls or e-mails to the countless re-salers and even journalists who have tried in vain to get clarification on what the law means to garage sales and how it will be enforced.


This is so very wrong. This lead craze is getting out of hand.
"I reject your reality, and substitute my own!" ~Adam Savage
Posted Image
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Blue Phoenix
Member Avatar
Administrator-For-Life!
The lead toys coming from overseas is frightening and has killed children, but this is going a little far. There's a difference between not selling toys and not selling baby paraphenalia such as cribs and car seats, which are regulated and watched already.

i don't see how they will EVER be able to watch yardsales, but i feel badly for the secondhand shops.


Posted Image
Come with me and you'll be in a World of Pure Imagination
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
GC Rust
Member Avatar
Burn With Me!
No way in hell this can be enforced, and the first time it is the resulting lawsuit will get the law overturned.
All That I'm After is a life full of Laughter
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Roadbuster
Member Avatar
Roadbuster
As I posted at the AUG, I think the article is either misinformed or inflammatory...

However, doing more research it appears that EVERYONE is vastly confused by what is being said. It's unclear how far reaching this will go, or what it will truly include.
Here's some links that Blade Raider at the AUG found:

http://www.nssea.org/legislative08/cpsc.cfm

http://toys.hktdc.com/content.aspx?data=to..._oid=167&w_jid=

http://www.cpsc.gov/about/cpsia/faq/faq.html


http://forums.ebay.com/db1/thread.jspa?thr...d=1230858720431


and here's something I found from those:
http://www.thesmartmama.com/bg/
Quote:
 
And that has put the resale and thrift industry in a difficult position - how do they comply? Item by item testing is expensive, and time consuming. Thrifts and resale shops can't go back to suppliers to get information on an item, like the big retailers are doing. So, some have stopped accepting donations of children's goods and were planning on ceasing sales of children's products, including clothing on February 10, 2009.

But, according to Director of Public Affairs Jule Vallese, as quoted in the news story, used resale items are different than retail products under the law and do not need to test. FYI - Ms. Vallese submitted her resignation, and is leaving the CPSC on January 16, 2009. And, FYI, her comments have also been taken out of context before by this Florida news station. There is no exemption in the law for resale. What it appears she means, as alluded to later in the story, is that the law does not require testing but that the items do need to meet the law.


Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
« Previous Topic · The Road Less Travelled · Next Topic »
Add A Reply