Bassinet Recall Ordered - Company Refuses

[Just-Legal]

Bassinet Recall Ordered - Company Refuses

Whilst Consumerist isn't the most unbiased of sources, this made me sick.

 

[alyxen]

Company actually has it listed on their site with instructions and a recall phone number, so not sure where the refusal to cooperate comes from. Of course the write up makes it sound like they have a fix as opposed to actually recalling the entire thing. Maybe that is the difference? (or they just slapped this up since the article on CPSC was released)

Oddest thing to me is that I can't find a story about a 5 month old suffocating. The only hits I could find were the story posted indicating that the CPSC learned about....

Does that seem odd to anyone else?

http://www.simplicityforchildren.com/ourproducts/notice_dropside/index.htm

 

[Guest]

I found them.

Sad business.

6-month-old Kenney Jones from Kansas City, Kansas

4-month-old Katelyn Simon from Pineville Missouri

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=231204&src=110

http://cbs4.com/consumer/Simplicity.Crib.Recall.2.806151.html


Edited because I had the name wrong. Here's the information on the first child.

http://www.kansascity.com/105/story/772281.html

And her obit -

http://www.legacy.com/kansascity/DeathNotices.asp?Page=LifeStory&PersonID=116240015

 

[SweetPrettyAss]

Just looking at that thing, I can see the danger in it. Maybe they can close that gap using velcro, but sometimes, somehow, somebody will forget or not do it correctly, and that makes it an accident waiting to happen.

 

[champagne1982]

Company actually has it listed on their site with instructions and a recall phone number, so not sure where the refusal to cooperate comes from. Of course the write up makes it sound like they have a fix as opposed to actually recalling the entire thing. Maybe that is the difference? (or they just slapped this up since the article on CPSC was released)

Oddest thing to me is that I can't find a story about a 5 month old suffocating. The only hits I could find were the story posted indicating that the CPSC learned about....

Does that seem odd to anyone else?

http://www.simplicityforchildren.com/ourproducts/notice_dropside/index.htm

That's not the bassinette in question... It's a crib. Different product. They still have an assembly video for the product. I can't believe the regulatory offices missed this one... Bassinette Assembly Video

 

[Selena_Kitt]

"It's rather obvious when you look at this bassinet that it's defective and dangerous," he said. "The problem is that people don't think in those terms. When you go to Wal-Mart and find something covered with Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh, you don't think like that."

The product never should have made it to the market the way it is... but come on... would YOU buy it? I wouldn't.

 

[SweetPrettyAss]

The product never should have made it to the market the way it is... but come on... would YOU buy it? I wouldn't.

Some people figure that anything sold at a reputable store such as Walmart has to be okay. It might have been bought as a baby shower gift.

I don't believe that SFPA would be liable or have any responsibility in this case because they didn't manufacture the dangerous items and didn't sell them. If they had bought the stock in Simplicity Inc., they would be, but not if they bought the assets at auction.

Simplicity Inc. would but they seem to be out of business. From their viewpoint, that's one advantage of being a corporation.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

Some people figure that anything sold at a reputable store such as Walmart has to be okay.

I suppose it would be REALLY mean to say, "If you buy it at Walmart, you get what you deserve."

 

[Guest]

I suppose it would be REALLY mean to say, "If you buy it at Walmart, you get what you deserve."

Walmart quality is not exactly quality.

Gardening supplies? Peachy.

Automotive? Not bad.

Pharmacy? Fairly decent.

School supplies? Very decent.

Clothing, shoes, jewelry, appliances, fresh produce? Um, no.

I remember looking for a new curling iron, being shocked at finding one for about $5, then checking the label out of complete distrust.

High levels of lead, it said right on the label. Wash hands after using to avoid contamination. Pretty much, use at your own risk.

So I suppose if they list it as such, it's okay to sell?

Do they sell anything not made in China?