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[quote=Anonymous]Thanks to all who responded!  After posting on craig's list, I received an email from the US Consumer Product Safety Division telling me that what I was doing was illegal.

There is basically nothing legal to do with this (perfectly fine) crib.  I was beyond frustrated when I received this email - first, the absolute waste that is being ORDERED by the government here is outrageous, and second, I'm so very glad that my tax dollars are paying for some guy to monitor craig's list to make sure that my perfectly fine crib doesn't get re-sold because of some broad ban that was frankly ridiculous in the first place.

Enjoy the read - I can't wait to hear your reactions...

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Dear Sir or Madam,

I am with the Office of Compliance and Field Operations at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission). The Commission is an independent federal regulatory agency responsible for the safety of consumer products used in and around the home.  We recently observed your listing posted on Craigslist for a drop-side crib.  We wanted to make you aware that on June 28, 2011 a new federal law became effective that requires any crib produced or sold after that date to meet new federal requirements related to the safety of full and non-full sized cribs.  Among other aspects of the new requirements, retailers must only offer cribs for sale that meet the new Commission requirements. Selling a crib on Craigslist is considered by the Commission staff to be online retailing.  Traditional drop side cribs produced prior to June 28, 2011 will not meet the standard and cannot legally be sold.  The new standard was put in place as a result of numerous injuries and deaths to infants in cribs.

Here is a specific link for the new crib standard which is posted on the Commission’s website: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml11/11260.html.

Please also take a moment and visit the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s website at www.cpsc.gov for recall and other consumer product safety information.

Under the law administered by the Commission it is now illegal to sell or re-sell a crib that does not meet the new requirements of the Crib Safety Standard.   It is also illegal to sell a previously recalled crib even if that crib was repaired under a previously announced recall program that provided an immobilizer to prevent the drop side of the crib from being raised or lowered.  These cribs do not meet the new crib standard and should not be sold.

We urge you to remove your listing offering your pre-standard crib for sale and to take immediate steps to ensure that the crib is disposed of in a safe manner to prevent further use and to reduce the risk of injuries to infants placed in the crib.  We also urge you not to donate or give away your pre-standard crib since it does not meet the new crib safety requirements.

We appreciate your assistance on behalf of consumer safety.

Christopher Nguyen
Office of Compliance and Field Operations
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

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