Banning the Sale of Used Childrens Clothes and Toys

• by Judi ~ January 10, 2009

I’ve seen noticing a huge effort almost panic, around the net regarding the sale of used children’s clothing, toys, books. Of course this would hugely impact so many families it’s almost inconceivable!

Our country is in such mess financially, I cannot even begin to fathom the likelyhood of this bill passing as it is currently written. While I can certainly understand families across the country feeling a panic, I almost think it’s silly to fall into all the hype about it. While I think it’s important to sign petitions, write congressmen, etc, I also think it’s important to not inundate them with more hysteria – look around before you panic, read a bit, get informed…

My understanding is this is not going to effect the resalers, but manufacturers and importers. Now, how this effects handmade products just yet, I’m not sure…

Here is a list of related articles

And here is a link to the actual CPSIA or more directly this CPSC Clarification

Ah… and the ever handy snopes inspection.