https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:46:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335492 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:19:37 +0000 2PeasinaPod 1335492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Twine: this is a great solution! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335488 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:18:56 +0000 Pepper 1335488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She sounds super lazy. She just wanted to get rid of it and didn't want to lug it back to her car. I would have gone inside and told the manager what she was doing. If she's doing it in front if the store they have a right to know anyway, IMO. I wouldn't have said anything to her directly, especially if I was with my LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335487 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:18:20 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 1335487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't have said anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335485 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:17:46 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 1335485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Twine: i was thinking the same thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335480 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:16:09 +0000 googly-eyes 1335480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: +1. Well said, that's what I was getting at. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335476 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:14:40 +0000 googly-eyes 1335476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She probably thought the recall was sort of exaggerated.. Some of then are, to be fair (like the bumbo seatbelt thing...) I doubt she meant any harm, although she sounds like a selfish nutcase.</p> <p>I think it is the parents' responsibility to find that info especially if it's a secondhand item. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335471 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:13:32 +0000 Dandelion 1335471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I would have gone back inside and let the manager know that she was doing that, and then let him deal with it, if he could. She can very well go somewhere else and give it away, too, so not sure how much anything would stop her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335454 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 12:08:03 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1335454@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I totally get the parent's responsibility in due diligence...but the reality is that not all parents WILL do that, and this woman was knowingly putting a child potentially at risk. I think that we do have a responsibility as human beings to do the right thing, even if it is inconvenient for us. Does a child deserve to get hurt because a parent isn't educated enough to know that they should research a product? Disclosing that it had been recalled would be one thing, but she didn't, and I do have a real problem with that. I didn't say anything because I didn't hear the entire conversation...she very well could have after I walked away. I usually try to give people the benefit of the doubt, but this situation just really irked me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335375 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:44:24 +0000 HabesBabe 1335375@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mae: this exactly! not the same situation, but i've bought stuff off of craigslist, and some parents threw in free items they no longer wanted. One of them was this smaller activity cube. I googled it when I got home, found out it had been recalled, took it to Babies R Us, and they gave me a full refund... LOL. So I mean, if you're getting something for your child, you need to do your own research: giveaway or not. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335310 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 11:19:13 +0000 blackbird 1335310@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mae and @mamimami--lol totally agree. Half of the safety recalls out there are because parents are being complacent or not using it properly in the first place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335188 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:56:23 +0000 mamimami 1335188@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mae: @pui: Totally agree. Who knows why it was recalled? You should always supervise your baby in a high chair anyway... I think a lot of recalls are made to protect people who just don't THINK. (Like the bumbo thing... Um, of COURSE you shouldn't put your kid in it, put it on your kitchen counter and then leave the room! DUH!!)</p> <p>Our highchair is probably a total deathtrap.. the seatbelt doesn't work! But we watch our kid so when she tries to get out, we sit her back down or let her out! But that chair would NEVER be sellable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335183 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:55:33 +0000 mediagirl 1335183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think the woman was just trying to be helpful and wanted to give someone something nice... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335177 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:55:00 +0000 kjpugs 1335177@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like to think that I would have said something. If LO was with me I probably wouldn't have said something to her (bc she seemed crazy) but I would DEFINITELY have said something to anyone who took it if I saw anyone do so. That is the risk you run getting anything secondhand though. Obviously clothes are one thing but if you buy something that could have any safety implications it's good to trust the person, or at least check it for recalls/expiration. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335163 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:49:31 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1335163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't have said anything. I like to assume other parents do their do diligence and take the split second to Google the chair, even if he had already taken it home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335161 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:48:59 +0000 Mrs. Twine 1335161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Great minds, right?? I was pretty sure that someone would have said it before I was able to load my comment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335154 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:46:56 +0000 MsMamaBear 1335154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@snowjewelz: I feel like people with more common sense would wonder why she is trying to sell something when she is at the consignment store; there is a reason! </p> <p>EXACTLY! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335147 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:44:24 +0000 indi 1335147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I likely would have said something to the double stroller dad if he'd taken it. I am a bit forward like that, though, DH hates it. Haha! </p> <p>If he hadn't and she was still trying to pawn it off, I'd just go take it like some PPs had mentioned. No use trying to argue with her, because she's just going to try to hand it off somewhere else. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335140 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:42:52 +0000 looch 1335140@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I wouldn't have said anything, nor would I have offered to take it and dispose of it...because I don't know how I would do that...where are you supposed to take these things? The dump? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335139 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:42:15 +0000 Mae 1335139@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anyone who takes a random baby item from some lady on the street is sort of responsible for their own safety checks IMO. I'd think/hope the parent would take it home and make sure it was fine to use before using it. </p> <p>Also, I probably wouldn't be that upset because I'd wonder what the safety recall was? I understand and support safety recalls because of course we all want the MOST SAFE EVER thing for our kids. But it seems like a lot of the recalls are for things that are so minor, or for things that are only an issue if the item is used improperly-- that they aren't really hardly a safety hazard at all. They're just not the MOST BEST safe thing possible. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335133 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:41:02 +0000 Greentea 1335133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Twine: @mrbee: what a great idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335132 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:40:52 +0000 pui 1335132@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't have had a problem with her trying to give it away if she had been upfront about it being recalled and why. I mean, I'd like to know how dangerous it really was before being too mad at this lady. Regulations are strict and things are recalled all the time which are probably not that dangerous. DH's family owns a grocery store and we often end up eating things they're technically not allowed to sell but are perfectly fine to eat, so it could be similar.</p> <p>But since it doesn't seem she was being upfront about it I think I would as nicely as possible told her she should either tell people the thing had been recalled or leave. If she refused, I would have offered to take the thing (for free) then and just brought it to the dump (if I had space/time). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335130 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:40:07 +0000 mrbee 1335130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Twine: oh haha jinx! Left my browser window open too long... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335128 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:40:01 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1335128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Twine: I totally agree...that is a great idea. Why can't we ever think of these things in the moment ;) haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335125 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:39:29 +0000 snowjewelz 1335125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Don't feel guilty! I feel like the store manager should've done something especially if she was doing this right outside their store! I feel like people with more common sense would wonder why she is trying to sell something when she is at the consignment store; there is a reason! </p> <p>If she was selling this for under $50 I might have just bought it from her and dump it for the better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335123 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:38:52 +0000 mrbee 1335123@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe you could have asked for the high chair, then Brought it home and called the company for the fix yourself? That's the only non confrontational solution I can think of... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335122 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:38:34 +0000 LBee 1335122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Twine: That's a really good idea! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335118 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:37:53 +0000 Mamasig 1335118@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I probably would not have said something to her directly because I'm not a fan of confrontation. But if she was it offering it to someone as I was passing, I would stop and tell the person I overhead that it was recalled. Now if my husband were there, he would definitely have told her something. He's the type who reports shoplifters! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335112 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:36:26 +0000 Mrs. Twine 1335112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't have yelled at her; getting angry rarely gets you heard. But I would have just offered to take it. Then I would dispose of it appropriately. Someone explaining the safety risk to her had no real impact. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335104 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:35:26 +0000 blackbird 1335104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Eh, she sounds a bit weird. </p> <p>it's just like people who try to sell used carseats or crib bumpers or whatever stuff you aren't 'suppose' to use at garage sales. I don't give them a piece of my mind, I just figure if you're not going to educate yourself on what you put your baby in, then it's not my place to let you know. </p> <p>Plus, the parent who got the high chair could easily call up the company themselves and say they had a recalled chair. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/would-you-have-said-something#post-1335060 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 10:23:55 +0000 edelweiss 1335060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>wow, she's got nerve. it depends on the circumstances--there are some unstable people out there and confronting them could lead to something really unpleasant or even dangerous. i think her behavior is somewhat bizarre, which would have made me nervous. i would hope that no one would accept baby furniture from random people on the street.</p> <p>in any case, i probably would have said something as i was speed walking to my car, like "there's a recall on that high chair" and hustled along so she didn't swing it at me or something. </p>