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Trade Me confirmed they are adding the mandatory manufacture date field to all car seat listings. It has been a long road but I am relieved that families will finally have the information they need to keep their children safe. I will be watching closely to ensure the changes are …

July 9, 2009

Child restraint safety changes for Trade Me

Child restraint safety changes for Trade Me

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Started by Anonymous 18 years, 5 months ago
Trade Me currently requires sellers to check a declaration box when listing child restraints, this declaration only asks that the seat is under 10 years old, and that it meets one of the three standards accepted in NZ. It does not make people enter at least the month and year of manufactre. Some seats have a life span of only 5 years and a maximum of 10 years. The treatment of the seat in this time does not factor in, and it always from the date of manufacture - NOT purchase. This petition is to push Trade Me to add a required field to car seat auction listings, asking for the date of manufacture (DOM) MM/YYYY. By signing this you are in agreement with the DOM request.

Updates

April 15, 2009

Reaching this point has been physically draining but seeing your backing keeps me moving forward. I am exhausted by the constant uphill battle to make these platforms safer for our children. Your trust in this cause reminds me why I started this fight in the first place.

Reached 100 supporters

April 15, 2009

6 Comments

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Dave Lee
18 years ago Featured

Fix this trade me. Kids safety is more important than seller convenience.

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Jasmine Sinclair
18 years ago Featured

Seriously? I look for seats all the time and half of them dont say when they expire. Needs to be a mandatory field for sure.

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Amanda Gray
18 years ago Featured

Bought a seat once and it was 9 years old!! The seller didnt even know it was expired. We need better rules on this site.

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Mark Karimi
18 years ago Featured

Good idea. Takes two seconds to check the sticker on the back of the seat. No excuse for not listing the real date.

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Kevin Fuentes
18 years ago Featured

About time. Should have been mandatory years ago.

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Sarah Saleh
18 years ago Featured

Too many people selling expired junk. It is dangerous for our kids and Trade Me needs to stop making it so easy to list them without checking the date.

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