What will toy recalls do to garage-sale industry?
With Mattel announcing yet another toy recall today, I got to wondering about the whole experience of garage-sale shopping. I know the garage sale season is about over, but I can’t imagine having to carry a list of all those recalled toys along on what used to be fun garage-sale shopping days.
My older kids used to love to have a few dollars in their pocket to take along on these journeys in order to buy a used toy here and there. Plus, now that I’m older and wiser, I was figuring I’d probably be more sensible about toy shopping for this baby and plan to pick up some of her future toys at garage sales next spring. Now that won’t be happening! I’d be afraid of lead paint or some other danger. I guess it’s no different from not buying a used crib, or a carseat from someone you don’t know, etc.
