Toys R Us® announces their 6th “Great Trade-In” Event

Giant toy retailer, ToysR Us®, Inc., is conducting the "Great Trade-In" event designed to raise awareness of the potential dangers of using recalled, old, or second-hand children’s and childcare products. 

In 2011, the children’s product safety advocates at Kids In Danger researched the product safety issues available to view at CPSC’s new pubic database, SaferProducts.gov.  Their review showed about 15% of the reports / injuries relating to children's products that had previously been recalled. 

Jerry Storch, Toys R Us® COE and Chairman, reiterated the company’s commitment to educating their customers and remaining on the cutting edge of child safety issues.  Approximately 600,000 used baby and children’s products have been discovered and removed from use since the first event in 2009. 

Trade-ins have been in various stages of disrepair from normal wear & tear to missing parts or obvious damage.  Some of those recovered products were involved in past recalls; others were simply out of compliance with today’s stricter standards.

The company's sixth "Great Trade-In" event starts on Friday, January 27 and continues through Monday, February 20.  The event is happening at all Babies R Us® and Toys R Us® locations across the United States. 

Products being accepted for trade-in include used travel systems, highchairs, car seats, infant swings, play yards, walkers, entertainers, cribs or kid’s beds, strollers, bassinets and infant bouncers.  Old products can be exchanged for a 25% savings on any new baby products from specific manufacturers.

Manufacturers taking part in the event include:

Babi Italia®                  

Babies"R"Us                 

Baby Cache®

Baby Einstein™              

Baby Trend®               

Bergamo®

Bright Starts™               

Britax®                       

Carter's®

Chicco®                       

Combi®

Contours by Kolcraft®

Delta™

Europa Baby®

Evenflo®

Graco®

Jeep®

Lamaze®

Little Tikes®

Maxi-Cosi®

Safety 1st®

S1 by Safety 1st®

Signature Series by Graco®

Sorelle™

Step2®

Summer Infant®

To be sure the local store has sufficient quantity of products on hand for the trade-ins, childcare centers or other similar organizations that would like to exchange items in larger quantities are asked to contact their local Babies R Us® and Toys R Us® store before returning their used items.