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Interesting post over at frugalhacks.com that says new government safety regulations may prohibit thrift stores from selling children's toys and clothes, unless they perform (expensive) lead and pthalate testing...
http://frugalhacks.com/2009/01/05/cheerful-frugality-steels-herself/
Sometimes government just tries to hard to protect us from ourselves. Argh.
Guess it might give yard sales a boost though.
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Why now is the question?
I know why. This is the government's idea of a bailout plan for retailers. Nobody bought much over the holidays and they had to come up with a solution and here it is. Stop the little guy from saving pennies and make us to buy brand new.
Excuse me dripping sarcasm all over this post but that is both unreasonable and unenforceable.
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Unbelievable! Are they trying to put the thrift stores out of business completely? I've never seen a thrift store that looks in any way fancy and don't think they make any giant profits that could cover that kind of testing. Don't you guys think that more will choose to shut up shop than comply? It's stupid.
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Once again the ones that have the least bear the brunt of decisions made upon high by the ones that have the most. Where does it stop? Will they be policing yard sales next? It's getting harder and harder all the time to make or save money. I'm glad I'm here!
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Once again the ones that have the least bear the brunt of decisions made upon high by the ones that have the most. Where does it stop? Will they be policing yard sales next? It's getting harder and harder all the time to make or save money. I'm glad I'm here!
You took the words right out of my mouth. Keep your chins up, gang. There's more than one way to skin a cat. Remember the cardboard box get togethers! I rest my case. :)
Where there's a will, there's a way.
I feel the same, billeater. Why now is the question? This is the worst of times with the recession on our collective shoulders for the government to be making it hard for us to save money. Why should the burden fall on the thrift stores and not long before that at the very beginnings of the supply chain with the producers or importers of the products? I think that's nonsense.
The only reason a great many American families don't own an elephant is that they have never been offered an elephant for a dollar down and easy weekly payments. - Mad Magazine.