Community› The Bump Message Boards› 3rd Trimester
3rd Trimester
New Discussion

Floor Model Car Seat...ugh!

gr8fulaagr8fulaa
in 3rd Trimester
So my sister bought me a Graco Snugfit on the internet, new in box, all tags on it. I just opened it, and it says "Display Only". Crap. So I assume it was probably stolen at some point. While I don't condone stealing, I don't want to throw away a perfectly good car seat (she did pay for it after all, so my karma is ok...) How can I find out if this car seat is safe? I googled it, and got nowhere. Is it exactly the same seat as you would buy in store, or is it different in some way? Anyone know? Thanks!
Lilypie 1st Birthday Ticker Lilypie First Birthday tickers
Report Reply to Post

Re: Floor Model Car Seat...ugh!

  • weezie825weezie825 member
    I would not use it.  Call Graco customer service and tell them what happened. (all you need to say is that it was a shower gift, no need to go into details.) They are awesome and I am sure they'll be able to help you out.
    Lilypie First Birthday tickers Lilypie Third Birthday tickers
    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • vanillacouragevanillacourage member
    Your sister shoukd follow up with the website she bought it from. If they won't exchange it for a truly new seat, she should contest the sale with hercredit card company (assuming it was advertised as a legit sale).
    Lilypie First Birthday tickers
    DS1 born June 2008 | m/c at 9w March 2011 | DS2 born April 2012
    Report Reply
  • biblionerdbiblionerd member
    imagevanillacourage:
    Your sister shoukd follow up with the website she bought it from. If they won't exchange it for a truly new seat, she should contest the sale with hercredit card company (assuming it was advertised as a legit sale).
    This is what I would do. 
    photo newsig2_zps17ef14af.jpg
    Report Reply
  • BitsKD13BitsKD13 member

    Just so you know if it was stolen (I agree with PP it's an odd assumption to make) you can get into legal trouble for receiving stolen goods.  

    Tell your sister what the seat says.  I'm sure she paid out good money expecting a brand new seat.  Not some floor model that has had all sorts of mishandling done to it by people trying to figure out how it worked or how much stress it can take.   

     

    Image and video hosting by TinyPic Image and video hosting by TinyPicAlternaTickers - Cool, free Web tickers
    Report Reply
  • Moneypenny424Moneypenny424 member

    imagebiblionerd:
    imagevanillacourage:
    Your sister shoukd follow up with the website she bought it from. If they won't exchange it for a truly new seat, she should contest the sale with hercredit card company (assuming it was advertised as a legit sale).
    This is what I would do. 

    This is what I would do too.  I personally would be angry if I bought a gift for someone and found out it was a floor model.  I would want to look into it and you better believe I'd contest it if the site wouldn't exchange it. 

    Sure, if it was furniture or something, that is one thing, but I wouldn't want a carseat that people were messing around with in a store.

    BabyFruit Ticker
    DD #1 born 4/1/2012
    My Married Bio 


    Report Reply
  • MeghanF13MeghanF13 member
    Here in Canada it is illegal to sell floor model car seats. I would get your sister to call the company that she bought it from. If she gets nowhere, I would call Graco. They will likely exchange it for a safe one.
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"