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You can tell that guy's not a parent, haha. It's a shitload of money, but at least in this case I know that I'm getting value out of it. It's very easy to pis

You can tell that guy's not a parent, haha. It's a shitload of money, but at least in this case I know that I'm getting value out of it. It's very easy to piss away a fortune on badly-made Chinese plastic trash in the world of baby accessories.

gambiting 3y ago
>>You can tell that guy's not a parent, haha. I find it really interesting that you reached that conclusion. Me and my wife spent what feels like an absolutely insane amount of money on a car seat, definitely more than any of our friends have spent(the beforementioned Anoris-T, because as far as I can tell it is the best seat you can buy) and the idea of spending $1000 on a car seat just doesn't fit in my head. It's just too much. >> but at least in this case I know that I'm getting value out of it Really? how?
genmud 3y ago
Agreed, my only thought on the $1000 price tag was that I already have a seat that is well rated and don’t want to throw away or donate a perfectly good $800 car seat/stroller system. Like cheap end car seats when we looked were in the 200-400 and nicer ones were in the 600-1200 range.
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  There are many brands of car seats available at Walmart/Target for ~$100, plus or minus $25.
luxuryballs 3y ago
What’s the value? Lol I’ve used the same $250 one for 3 babies now and 0% of them would have noticed “high end materials”.
- NiloCK 3y ago
  Luxury balls, bargain babies.
- ok_computer 3y ago
  Just a note that the infant ones have a 5-year lifespan from date of manufacture. Not sure if it’s the nylon straps or the foam mechanical characteristics. We were gifted a hand me down and I had to cut the straps and bag it. We ended up handing down the two infant sized ones we got that were the same model. Also any car seat involved in a collision needs to be disposed of. I dislike waste but you don’t mess with car seats and helmets.
tetromino_ 3y ago
I am a parent, and in my opinion, spending $1k on a car seat is completely unreasonable. (We bought ours used as part of a package deal with some other used baby stuff. It would have been nowhere near $1k when new.)
- throwawaylinux 3y ago
  What do you think about spending $1k on a phone? My question is why it's $1000 and not $999.
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- i-use-nixos-btw 3y ago
  It depends. The thing about the baby market is that, because it’s driven by emotional decisions, there are buyers at every price point - and it isn’t even directly related to wealth. Some people get into debt trying to make this harsh world safer for their newborn, even though safety benefits taper off as the price increases. For me, I picked the lower bound and my wife picked the upper bound on the price range we were looking at. She is frugal above all else, I am safety conscious above all else. We met in the middle and found one that suited. It required some negotiation to begin with though, because her upper bound was lower than my lower bound - and was firmly in the “dodgy unbranded wholesale, sold on a website with an invalid SSL certificate, claiming to be UK based but registered to a Chinese address” territory.
- unwind 3y ago
  When buying used car seats, remember to check the "use before" date that is marked on it. They only claim to achieve the designed strength/protection for a number of years. At least in Europe.
  - vasco 3y ago
    What is that based on other than them wanting to sell more seats? I'd imagine the materials don't erode, otherwise how safe can it even be in the first place?

gambiting 3y ago

>>You can tell that guy's not a parent, haha. I find it really interesting that you reached that conclusion. Me and my wife spent what feels like an absolutely insane amount of money on a car seat, definitely more than any of our friends have spent(the beforementioned Anoris-T, because as far as I can tell it is the best seat you can buy) and the idea of spending $1000 on a car seat just doesn't fit in my head. It's just too much. >> but at least in this case I know that I'm getting value out of it Really? how?

genmud 3y ago

Agreed, my only thought on the $1000 price tag was that I already have a seat that is well rated and don’t want to throw away or donate a perfectly good $800 car seat/stroller system. Like cheap end car seats when we looked were in the 200-400 and nicer ones were in the 600-1200 range.

lotsofpulp 3y ago
There are many brands of car seats available at Walmart/Target for ~$100, plus or minus $25.

luxuryballs 3y ago

What’s the value? Lol I’ve used the same $250 one for 3 babies now and 0% of them would have noticed “high end materials”.

NiloCK 3y ago
Luxury balls, bargain babies.
ok_computer 3y ago
Just a note that the infant ones have a 5-year lifespan from date of manufacture. Not sure if it’s the nylon straps or the foam mechanical characteristics. We were gifted a hand me down and I had to cut the straps and bag it. We ended up handing down the two infant sized ones we got that were the same model. Also any car seat involved in a collision needs to be disposed of. I dislike waste but you don’t mess with car seats and helmets.

tetromino_ 3y ago

I am a parent, and in my opinion, spending $1k on a car seat is completely unreasonable. (We bought ours used as part of a package deal with some other used baby stuff. It would have been nowhere near $1k when new.)

throwawaylinux 3y ago
What do you think about spending $1k on a phone? My question is why it's $1000 and not $999.
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i-use-nixos-btw 3y ago
It depends. The thing about the baby market is that, because it’s driven by emotional decisions, there are buyers at every price point - and it isn’t even directly related to wealth. Some people get into debt trying to make this harsh world safer for their newborn, even though safety benefits taper off as the price increases. For me, I picked the lower bound and my wife picked the upper bound on the price range we were looking at. She is frugal above all else, I am safety conscious above all else. We met in the middle and found one that suited. It required some negotiation to begin with though, because her upper bound was lower than my lower bound - and was firmly in the “dodgy unbranded wholesale, sold on a website with an invalid SSL certificate, claiming to be UK based but registered to a Chinese address” territory.
unwind 3y ago
When buying used car seats, remember to check the "use before" date that is marked on it. They only claim to achieve the designed strength/protection for a number of years. At least in Europe.
- vasco 3y ago
  What is that based on other than them wanting to sell more seats? I'd imagine the materials don't erode, otherwise how safe can it even be in the first place?