Apparently, there are a number of parents who are concerned about the high content of lead in their children's toys. As a result, toy vendors and manufacturers are punitively warning all parents, you can "expect price increases up to 10 percent next year to pay for increased vigilance" they must now expend to insure the safety of your kid's toy safety.
(Dada note to consumers: Any effect upon quarterly profits of toy manufacturers and sellers is expected to be negligible at least, positive at worst.)
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Increased Vigilance?
What next a Children's Color Coded Toy Toxicity Chart?
Black= Too late
Red= No Comment from the Manufacturer!
Green= If your child's skin matches this color, seek medical advice.
Purple= You want low prices or safety- you can't have both.
Yellow= Our pissy inspectors have done a poor job, but the merchandise IS cheap!
White= The color of the lawyer's face who is representing your lawsuit against the manufacturer.
Once again~ remain vigilant!!!
Oh GD...I think there's definitely a job for you in the Bush administration--should you ever decide to "go over to their side"
That was very good.
toy toxicity chart...that was nice...good really...but seriously don't give them any ideas...
Dada: NEVER!!! Would I go to the other side NEVER!
Enigma: You are right-- have to be careful about giving them ideas. After all- we already have a color coded fear chart.
I always thought it would be interesting to call Homeland Security to report suspicious /terrorist behavior-- in the White House.
A skanky guy with a twitch in his beady little eyes, bad Texas drawl, can't pronounce the word nuclear, yet has his finger on the button. Appears to have international cartel for oil scam, in both the private & military/government sectors. Possible opim drug involvement in Afghanistan...
...you can "expect price increases up to 10 percent next year to pay for increased vigilance" they must now expend to insure the safety of your kid's toy safety.
Works for me. Prices go down at Walmart, and something's gotta give. Unfortunate...sure, but it seems to me that a smart manufacturer could use this to their advantage. "Here are the steps we've taken, and we're not going to raise prices," get a big jump on the competition.
I find it amazing that everyone I know grew up during a time when the threat of lead poisoning was for all means and purposes unknown. Not one of us became sick from putting our toys in our mouth.
Having said that, I agree with the frog, good opening for some toy company.
frog: Oh, I absolutely agree. We've become a nation of "on the cheap" since we lost our job at the factory with benefits/retirement and are working at Wal-Mart with none of that shit while still trying to maintain the past with the lead of the present from our kid's toys, poison in the pet food, our own and cheap imitation shit of a quality no longer expected and more often not seen.
But I like your take on gaining competitive edge, would it were there was some freakin' company out there willing to forego a few bucks to gain "good will" (sorry, with that antiquated phrase, I fear I've revealed my own obsolescence).
pop: Why was that? I don't know if that's because 1.) there was no lead in the paint on our toys, 2.)nobody gave a good god damn back then, or 3.) we just didn't know its harmful effects?
I know as kids, my nephew and I would tear open thermometers to play with the mercury inside upstairs with sun streaming through the window onto a bedroom blanket as little silvery balls rolled around defying all the simple laws of physics we'd gained through observation during the few brief years of our existence, while today they would cordone off the house, condemn it, then tear it down.
this is why i opened up savings account for my grandchildren and buy them books...why do they need toys - when they have their imaginations? their other grandparents buy them enough anyways...nice post
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