Consignment Mailbox: Handling Dangerous Recalled Goods

Another interesting question in the mailbox:
Kristen, who owns a childrens’ consignment shop, wonders what to do…legally and morally…about items the Consumer Product Safety Commission has declared dangerous:
If a consignor comes in with a recalled item, should

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Just about EVERYONE is affected by CPSIA

Here at Auntie Kate the Blog, we’ve been talking about the flaw in the new law known as CPSIA (the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 ) and how it affects people who consign or sell their children’s items through our industry, the people who shop resale, and our cohorts the Craigslisters, the eBay [...]

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Going to Prison. The crime? Recycling.

And the misconceptions continue.
Well, that Consumer Protection Safety Commission press release that was specifically designed to mollify resalers, soothe the public, and shut ecologists up, seems to be working. Here’s that press release edited for clarity: “The new…law does not require resellers to test…However, resellers cannot sell children’s products that exceed the lead limit… Those [...]

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Your kids’ closets are full of hazardous waste

Every piece of clothing in your children’s dresser drawers, in their closets, in your laundry pile and yes, even on their floors become banned hazardous substances by Federal law at one second past midnight February 10, 2009.
That’s what every single US Representative who voted, voted for, in the bill that has become the Consumer Protection [...]

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