PSA: Don't flog your "toys of death" at your garage sale

[Okla-homey]

:eek: :pop:


New Government Policy Imposes Strict Standards on Garage Sales Nationwide
Friday, September 18, 2009
By Diane Macedo

Americans who slap $1 pricetags on their used possessions at garage sales or bazaar events risk being slapped with fines of up to $15 million, thanks to a new government campaign.

The "Resale Round-up," launched by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, enforces new limits on lead in children's products and makes it illegal to sell any items that don't meet those limits or have been recalled for any other reason.

The strict standards were set in the 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act after a series of high-profile recalls of Chinese-made toys.

The standards were originally interpreted to apply only to new products, but now the CPSC says they apply to used items as well.

"Those who resell recalled children's products are not only breaking the law, they are putting children's lives at risk,” said CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,552021,00.html

[mdklatt]

CPSC spokesman Scott Wolfson says the fines are intended for large companies with serious infractions.

"CPSC is an agency that has used its penalty powers over its 30-year history against companies," Wolfson told FOXNews.com. "CPSC is not seeking to pursue penalties against individuals hosting a garage sale or yard sale, we are encouraging them to take the right steps to not resell recalled products."


I am shocked--shocked!--that a reputable organization like Fox News would use such a misleading headline.

EDIT: Guess who signed CPSIA (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/thrift/thrguid.pdf) into law? George W. Bush (the W stands for "socialist").

[Curly Bill]

Why am I kinda tempted now to find every product I have that might contain lead and sell it? :confused:

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Why am I kinda tempted now to find every product I have that might contain lead and sell it? :confused:You would, no doubt, be exhibiting BLATANT RACISM if you were to do so.

[Petro-Sooner]

Thank you government. I dont know what I would have done without you.

[Curly Bill]

You would, no doubt, be exhibiting BLATANT RACISM if you were to do so.

If Jimmy Carter, one of the biggest, most ignorant tools to walk the planet, thinks I'm racist, it's a badge I'll wear proudly. :P

[Sooner_Havok]

I am shocked--shocked!--that a reputable organization like Fox News would use such a misleading headline.

EDIT: Guess who signed CPSIA (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/thrift/thrguid.pdf) into law? George W. Bush (the W stands for "socialist").

Overlooked?

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

If Jimmy Carter, one of the biggest, most ignorant tools to walk the planet, thinks I'm racist, it's a badge I'll wear proudly. :PTo defy the Administration in any way: OBVIOUS RACISM!

[Sooner_Havok]

To defy the Administration in any way: OBVIOUS RACISM!


Guess who signed CPSIA (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/thrift/thrguid.pdf) into law? George W. Bush (the W stands for "socialist").

So, all those anti-Bush protesters where racists too...

I am so ****ing confused right now

[Curly Bill]

So, all those anti-Bush protesters where racists too...

I am so ****ing confused right now

YES!

To oppose any president, no matter how clueless or bad intentioned they may be, is racism!

[SicEmBaylor]

Just another obvious example of how utterly incompetent and and pro-big government Bush was as a President.

As far as expanding Federal power in general terms, there isn't a hair's worth of difference between the two. Anyone who claims Bush was better than Obama is a party hack with blinders on.

[Curly Bill]

Bush and Obama should have a "suck off" to see who sucks worst.

[Curly Bill]

Bush and Obama should have a "suck off" to see who sucks worst.

...but you'd have to leave Carter out of it because there's no doubt he'd win.

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

Just another obvious example of how utterly incompetent and and pro-big government Bush was as a President.

As far as expanding Federal power in general terms, there isn't a hair's worth of difference between the two. Anyone who claims Bush was better than Obama is a party hack with blinders on.RACIST RACE BAITER!

[mdklatt]

So let's see. There's absolutely no evidence given in the Fox News story--again, shocking!--that supports the idea that the gubmint is going to come bust up your garage sale. So what you guys are upset about is that the government doesn't want retail resalers to to sell lead-contaminated toys to kids, and has a web site where you can check to make sure you're not personally selling lead-contaminated toys to kids at your garage sale. Nice.

[Curly Bill]

Every kid deserves to have some lead in their system! Hell, we grew up with lead, if it was good enough for us, it's good enough for today's spoiled, overprotected, little brats. :D

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

So let's see. There's absolutely no evidence given in the Fox News story--again, shocking!--that supports the idea that the gubmint is going to come bust up your garage sale. So what you guys are upset about is that the government doesn't want retail resalers to to sell lead-contaminated toys to kids, and has a web site where you can check to make sure you're not personally selling lead-contaminated toys to kids at your garage sale. Nice.Click on that web site, and you MIGHT BE A RACIST!

[Sooner_Havok]

Every kid deserves to have some lead in their system! Hell, we grew up with lead, if it was good enough for us, it's good enough for today's spoiled, overprotected, little brats. :D


Little historical tidbit for yeah, know what a lot of classicists think was the leading cause for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire? Lead. And now you know, the rest of the story. :D

[mdklatt]

Little historical tidbit for yeah, know what a lot of classicists think was the leading cause for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire? Lead. And now you know, the rest of the story. :D

Nuh uh, everybody knows it was teh gayz.

[Curly Bill]

Little historical tidbit for yeah, know what a lot of classicists think was the leading cause for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire? Lead. And now you know, the rest of the story. :D

It was Rome's inability or unwillingness to control it's borders...

...but yeah, I've heard the lead thing too.

[Sooner_Havok]

It was Rome's inability or unwillingness to control it's borders...

...but yeah, I've heard the lead thing too.

Hard to gather an army, and have competent leaders when you are sterile from led lead poisoning. Horse= money. No aristocracy = no horses. No horses = no cavalry. Eh, Rome had it coming anyways.

[Okla-homey]

It was Rome's inability or unwillingness to control it's borders...




additionally, they granted Roman citizenship with all the rights and privileges thereto quite freely. By virtue of his Roman citizenship, St. Paul (a/k/a Saul of Tarsus), a Roman citizen of Greek birth, introduced Christianity to the city in 60AD, and it was pretty much all downhill for the Empire after that.;)

[Sooner_Havok]

additionally, they granted Roman citizenship with all the rights and privileges thereto quite freely. By virtue of his Roman citizenship, St. Paul (a/k/a Saul of Tarsus), a Roman citizen of Greek birth, introduced Christianity to the city in 60AD, and it was pretty much all downhill for the Empire after that.;)

Well, you used to have to be born in Rome to be Roman. Rome the city, not the Roman Empire. Born in Southern Italy, your not a Roman Citizen.

[stoopified]

Bush and Obama should have a "suck off" to see who sucks worst.:D

[Tulsa_Fireman]

CPSC spokesman Scott Wolfson says the fines are intended for large companies with serious infractions.

"CPSC is an agency that has used its penalty powers over its 30-year history against companies," Wolfson told FOXNews.com. "CPSC is not seeking to pursue penalties against individuals hosting a garage sale or yard sale, we are encouraging them to take the right steps to not resell recalled products."

And cops encourage me to not speed by the threat of speeding tickets and the applicable monetary penalty.

Personally, I just as soon not see them go there at all. Doesn't seeking redress of grievances lie with the citizen?

[mdklatt]

And cops encourage me to not speed by the threat of speeding tickets and the applicable monetary penalty.


As soon as there's a verified case of somebody at a garage sale getting fined $15 million dollars I'll retract my objection. That headline is bull****, plain and simple. It's no different than this:



TULSA_FIREMAN SET TO GARGLE GOAT SEMEN

Tulsa_Firman spokesman Scott Wolfson says his client does not intend to gargle goat semen.

"Tulsa_Fireman has never gargled goat semen over his 30-year history," Wolfson told FOXNews.com. "Tulsa_Fireman is not seeking to gargle goat semen."

But FOX News Legal Analyst Bob Massi says the law does not prevent Tulsa_Fireman from gargling goat semen.

"It would be totally disgusting for Tulsa_Fireman to gargle goat semen," Massi told FOXNews.com.







Personally, I just as soon not see them go there at all. Doesn't seeking redress of grievances lie with the citizen?

How about we at least try to prevent the spread of lead-contaminated toys before something happens that would necessitate a lawsuit?

[Sooner_Havok]

How about we at least try to prevent the spread of lead-contaminated toys before something happens that would necessitate a lawsuit?

I NEED LAWSUITS!

[Bourbon St Sooner]

Little historical tidbit for yeah, know what a lot of classicists think was the leading cause for the decline and fall of the Roman Empire? Lead. And now you know, the rest of the story. :D


Well, thanks to the gubmint, we won't have to worry about that. Of course the leading cause of the fall of the American empire is working overtime these days. It's called the printing press.

[My Opinion Matters]

TULSA_FIREMAN SET TO GARGLE GOAT SEMEN

Tulsa_Firman spokesman Scott Wolfson says his client does not intend to gargle goat semen.

"Tulsa_Fireman has never gargled goat semen over his 30-year history," Wolfson told FOXNews.com. "Tulsa_Fireman is not seeking to gargle goat semen."

But FOX News Legal Analyst Bob Massi says the law does not prevent Tulsa_Fireman from gargling goat semen.

"It would be totally disgusting for Tulsa_Fireman to gargle goat semen," Massi told FOXNews.com.

Counterproductive example. Everyone knows this is true.

[Tulsa_Fireman]

You stick your face in a MILLION vaginas...

Gargle goat semen ONCE and you're a semen gargler for the REST OF YOUR LIFE.

Jesus.