Study: recalled toys, children`s products resold on online

[OhioChick]

Source: Zee News/India

Cincinnati, Aug 21: Toys and other children's products recalled because of safety concerns are often resold through online auction sites, putting children at risk, according to a recent study.

Ebay Inc.'s web site prohibits the sale of recalled products, but enforcement efforts do not seem to be succeeding, said Keri Brown Kirschman, the study's lead author and an assistant psychology professor at the University of Dayton.

Kirschman, who specialises in child psychology and pediatric injury prevention, said she searched for 141 recalled items on Ebay for 30 consecutive days and found them offered in at least 144 online auctions. The products included play yards, baby walkers, bassinets and safety devices.

About 70 per cent of recalled items tracked were sold, she said.

Even sophisticated Ebay users appear to be unaware or uncooperative of policies intended to keep recalled products from being exchanged, the study said.


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[gtar100]

1. If the sellers know they were recalled, this speaks volumes

about the kind of people our economic system has bred.

[Kittycat]

2. Many probably have no idea

The article didn't state new or used condition. Many parents, particularly stay at home moms, tend to resell their children's outgrown toys, clothing and baby gear. Most completely unaware of any recalls.

For example, there was a recall on an older model Peg Perego high chair. The recall came a couple years after the chair was on the market. It's likely the parent had no clue. My neighbor offered to give me hers for my son - when I researched it, I was surprised to find the recall - something she new nothing about.

[demoleft]

3. True. Same stories from my friends. And low prices often made them blind and deaf over danger. n/t