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returning carters clothes (tag issue)...something annoys me
it annoys me that people are returning them that have NOT had any problems with them.
getting back a ton of money when your child wasnt affected, is just wrong (in my opinion).
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Re: returning carters clothes (tag issue)...something annoys me
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Eh. I have been thinking about looking through DD's stuff. None of it bothered her, but what if it does the next baby?
Also, if I sell it, then do I need to let people know? If by chance it bothers their DC, KWIM?
I would suppose some just want to avoid any possible problem. I think sometimes the thought is that if one problem is found with a product others could just as easily be found.
FWIW, I haven't returned any though. Now that I think about it, maybe I should though. My thought originally was that DS hasn't had any problems so why bother, right? (Like I assume you're thinking). However, this next baby may be more sensitive. So I guess that's another thought.
there are so many unknown issues about so many things. people buy used at their own risk.
i just think it is ridiculous. carters clothing is good quality at a great price. not going to remain if people rip them off.
Resale value is another thought too. Hmmm, this post about not returning the items has me now considering going through DS's clothes.
In a year or so, when the cost of everything goes up, these same people not be beaching about how expensive stuff is. That's all.
Someone posted a few weeks ago about buying them at garage sales to return them for more money.
I've had a hard time deciding what to do with mine.
I just don't agree. If we have stuff that bothered DD, I would have no problem returning it. Nor would I have any issue returning it because future children may or may not have a reaction to it. I paid for it, right? So, basically they would be giving me my money back. Also, if you really like Carter's it is likely that you would go and spend it at their store replacing the clothing, right? In turn, giving the money back to them.
I view it the same as any recalled item (yes, I know this isn't an official recall), but if your crib, car seat, swing was recalled then you would return it right? Or would you say "Well it hasn't hurt my child, so I am not going to rip of the company?"
I agree 100%. Except for one specific recall. If I had had a Bumbo seat when that recall happened I wouldn't have done anything. That one was just stupid people. Obviously you shouldn't leave your DC unattended on a high countertop or table.
I agree. I realize its not a recall, but I view it in the same way. I thought the info had said that you could return the clothes if your child had a reaction or you did not feel comfortable using the items. I don't think people should lie, but if Carter's takes them back because you don't feel comfortable using them then why is that a problem? They obviously aren't asking for proof that your child had a reaction.
FWIW, we had a bunch of stuff that we could have returned and didn't. DD did not have a reaction. But I do worry about any future kid having a reaction. By the time we have another child, I really doubt we would have the ability to return the clothes. So I can see why people would want to return them now. We really like Carters clothes and we had quite a bit that were the bad tagless ones. And I also find it a bit crazy that it was from the 2007 line and I was still buying them new in stores quite a long time after that. I wouldn't have bought them had I known. And a lot of the ones we had were newborn stuff that she wore early on right before the announcement was made. So I knew she didn't have a reaction. But what if her stuff would have been the next size up? I likely would have returned them because I wasn't comfortable testing it out on DD just to see if she had a reaction.
It's your prerogative to return the items, and obviously the company is honoring those returns, but I don't think you can compare a crib recall for safety reasons to a small "tag" that may or may not cause a rash. Not flaming--I just think that's a bit over the top.
I too had not even considered the implication for the next baby. In fact, I paid so little attention to the whole thing because I knew DD had not had any rashes that I am about to google for more info.
If you were shopping for a new baby right now and had heard that xyz clothes have been known to cause enough breakouts/rashes that the company is accepting returns and will send money back to customers, I bet you would not buy that item. If my bet is good, then wouldn't that also apply to putting your present DC's affected Carter's clothing on another little one? I mean, you now *know* the stuff could give problems.
I agree with this.
I'm really not worried about them increasing the price of their clothing. I also don't think Carters is great quality. I put all of DS Carters clothing in a to be donated bag. Funny enough DS is wearing Carters in one of my siggy pics.
By the time the "recall" came out, DD had already outgrown all of the stuff from the Fall 2007 line. As I do with all of her clothes, I had given away the things that I did not want to use for #2 if/when there is a #2. Anything that I saved, I went through and I did return it.
Just because DD didn't have a reaction does not mean that #2 wouldn't have a reaction. Knowing that there were reactions from these clothes, was I supposed to wait and see if #2 got a reaction? I couldn't knowingly put something like that on my child. It's just asking for trouble!!
I don't see that there is anything wrong with it. I actually turned around and spent the majority of the refund at Carter's.
You do what you want with your child, but I could not keep clothing and just hope that my next child wouldn't have a reaction.