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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 bab

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?
  - paledot 3y ago
    Nothing. It's a marketing gimmick to depress the used market. The only way they "expire" is if the regulations change, which does not happen often.
- CorrectHorseBat 3y ago
  I thought that was an American thing since I couldn't find it on our car seat
  - gambiting 3y ago
    So ours has a manufacture date and I know people look at it and if it's older than 3-4 years they won't buy it off you, but as far as I can see that advice isn't anywhere in the manual of the seat. Maybe some seats "expire" in some way, but it sounds like an urban myth.
    - CorrectHorseBat 3y ago
      Don't think it's an urban myth, this article shows a car seat with an expiry date next to the manufacture date. https://psychoautos.com/why-does-my-car-seat-have-an-expiration-date/?utm_content=cmp-true https://psychoautos.com/why-does-my-car-seat-have-an-expirat...

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?
- paledot 3y ago
  Nothing. It's a marketing gimmick to depress the used market. The only way they "expire" is if the regulations change, which does not happen often.
CorrectHorseBat 3y ago
I thought that was an American thing since I couldn't find it on our car seat
- gambiting 3y ago
  So ours has a manufacture date and I know people look at it and if it's older than 3-4 years they won't buy it off you, but as far as I can see that advice isn't anywhere in the manual of the seat. Maybe some seats "expire" in some way, but it sounds like an urban myth.
  - CorrectHorseBat 3y ago
    Don't think it's an urban myth, this article shows a car seat with an expiry date next to the manufacture date. https://psychoautos.com/why-does-my-car-seat-have-an-expiration-date/?utm_content=cmp-true https://psychoautos.com/why-does-my-car-seat-have-an-expirat...