You'd think that if you were spending a hundred to 360 bucks on an item that you could get for a lot less via a cheaper brand, you'd expect that item to not do things like, say, cut off your kid's fingertips.But that's what's happened to a dozen children, causing Maclaren, which is British for "I have money," to recall a million of these high-end kid transporters known as the umbrella stroller. (We used a $10 no-name umbrella stroller from CVS with little incident beyond a sticky wheel, for what that's worth.)
Maclaren, which for some reason I always pronounce mick-LAUREN, is offering consumers a "free repair kit," as if the people who buy these things would bother themselves with a repair kit. (Unless they made the butler use it.)
Maclaren USA Chairman Bahman Kia, whose name makes him sound like a Jedi extra from The Clone Wars, actually blames the parents: "We warn our consumers to keep children away from the product when it's being unfolded and folded." YOU STUPID PARENTS!
The repair kit includes pads for the hinges, which Kia says will make future incidents "impossible." The pads will be installed on all future strollers at a cost of $2, or a range of 2% down to .56% of the cost, had they considered installing them in the first place.
One more thing: those fancy strollers with the snobby British name? Made in China.
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Parents can save a lot of money by purchasing the Malcolm McLaren (manager of the Sex Pistols)stroller. It's a stolen shopping wagon from Pathmark. McLaren offer PVC pads to protect the little "tossers'" legs when parents jam them into the seat compartment.
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