WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Bugaboo Bee Strollers
Units: About 22,500
Distributor: Bugaboo North America Inc., of Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Manufacturer: Bugaboo Design & Sales, B.V., of the Netherlands
Hazard: One or both sides of the brakes can fail, causing a stroller to unexpectedly roll away on an incline. This can pose a risk of injury to the child occupant.
Incidents/Injuries: Bugaboo has received 121 reports of the stroller’s brakes failing. No injuries have been reported.
Description: Bugaboo Bee strollers have item code 580210 on a label on the back of the seat and item code 50100 on a label on the plastic support under the seat. The strollers were sold in blue, dark khaki, pink, red, yellow, and black. “bugaboo® bee” is printed on the left side of the seat.
Sold at: Juvenile product retailers nationwide and on various Web sites from August 2007 through April 2009 for about $530.
Manufactured in: Taiwan
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the strollers immediately and contact Bugaboo to receive a free repair kit. To order the bracket kit, go to www.bugaboo.com and fill in the special order form or contact Bugaboo customer service.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Bugaboo at (800) 460-2922 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday, visit the firm’s Web site at www.bugaboo.com, or email the firm at [email protected]
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These strollers cost over $500… almost double that of a regular high quality stroller.
I’m not saying everyone should go around with a $50 stroller that will barely make it through one kid, but why should yidden be spending money on a fancy brand name, when we have so many more important things to do with our limited resources.
Maybe, just maybe, kollel families living here in Israel will stop feeling the need to spend an exorbiant ammount of money (mind you their parents) on a stoller just ‘fit in the crowd’.
(besides the fact that they are very inconvenient as well not practical )
Maybe just maybe, kollel families here in Israel wont any longer feel the need to spend exorbiant ammounts of money ( and in most cases the parents or in-laws )on a stroller that has no greater function than any other one out there and is VERY inconveniant just to ‘FIT IN THE CROWD’.