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Seller, beware: Feds cracking down on garage sales

Obviously, you didn't, because this is what I'm talking about, not the OP.



The link is to a government website.

There are putting out a handbook, and it is aimed primarily at stores, in particular, Goodwill. No one is doing anything to yard sales.
 
There are putting out a handbook, and it is aimed primarily at stores, in particular, Goodwill. No one is doing anything to yard sales.

From the handbook:

CPSC’s laws and regulations apply to anyone who sells or distributes consumer products. This includes thrift stores, consignment stores, charities, and individuals holding yard sales and flea markets.
 
I agree with the principle of that statement, but when the government starts horning in on your business, where does it stop?

I'm not a fan of the slippery slop argument. It holds no water. There are laws we should protest against and then there ones that are good for the community as a whole. I think this one is such a law.
 
For a second here I thought I was still reading threads from "The Sewer".

"Governments are trying to make sure that people don't sell dangerous toys? It must be a slippery slope towards Communism!"

Seriously. You are technically starting your own (temporary) small business when you are doing a garage sale. It is not that far-fetched to regulate it a little so that we don't have toys that are dangerous falling into childrens' hands.

Now excuse me for a moment, I have a government Death Panel to attend. We are behind on our quotas for old Grandmothers.
 
I'm not a fan of the slippery slop argument. It holds no water. There are laws we should protest against and then there ones that are good for the community as a whole. I think this one is such a law.

I disagree that this is one of them. It will give government oversight on the selling of anything and I'm just not down with that.
 
I disagree that this is one of them. It will give government oversight on the selling of anything and I'm just not down with that.

Well, I will say this: It's great to live in a country where we can agree to disagree. :2razz:
 
For a second here I thought I was still reading threads from "The Sewer".

"Governments are trying to make sure that people don't sell dangerous toys? It must be a slippery slope towards Communism!"

Seriously. You are technically starting your own (temporary) small business when you are doing a garage sale. It is not that far-fetched to regulate it a little so that we don't have toys that are dangerous falling into childrens' hands.

Now excuse me for a moment, I have a government Death Panel to attend. We are behind on our quotas for old Grandmothers.

read the information and you'll see that it's not just about supposedly dangerous toys.
 
From the handbook:

Which is for completeness sake, but no one is actually policing yard sales. The law technically refers to them, but without actual enforcement, it is meaningless.
 
Seller, beware: Feds cracking down on garage sales

Upon cursory glance, I misread the thread title as "Beware: Feds selling crack in garage sales".



I really ought to get some sleep one of these days.
 
I threw away 2 exceptionally good car seats when my kids were finished with them. They were in perfect condition and cost over $100 each. But goodwill said they weren't allowed to take them. Safe place, a shelter for women and children, said they weren't allowed to take them. Nobody wanted them and I was told it was illegal to sell them at a garage sale. It pained me to toss perfectly good expensive stuff in the trash but I didn't know anybody who wanted them and I literally couldn't give them away.
 
Isn't this the same crowd that tried to ban the sale and use of 50cc dirtbikes and their parts because the "lead content" in the frames and valve stem caps could be harmful to the young children using them?
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I threw away 2 exceptionally good car seats when my kids were finished with them. They were in perfect condition and cost over $100 each. But goodwill said they weren't allowed to take them. Safe place, a shelter for women and children, said they weren't allowed to take them. Nobody wanted them and I was told it was illegal to sell them at a garage sale. It pained me to toss perfectly good expensive stuff in the trash but I didn't know anybody who wanted them and I literally couldn't give them away.

Car seats probably had been recalled due to the possibility of one of the parts failing. All in all, I see no problem with your story. If they could not accept them, then they had some underlying danger. Maybe not those seat specifically, but the model in general.
 
Car seats probably had been recalled due to the possibility of one of the parts failing. All in all, I see no problem with your story. If they could not accept them, then they had some underlying danger. Maybe not those seat specifically, but the model in general.

No, actually. It is against the law here to sell, distribute, etc used car seats. Any make, any model. The rationale is there's no way to know if the seat has ever been through a crash rendering it unsafe. So tons of perfectly good car seats go to the dump. It's stupid.
 
No, actually. It is against the law here to sell, distribute, etc used car seats. Any make, any model. The rationale is there's no way to know if the seat has ever been through a crash rendering it unsafe. So tons of perfectly good car seats go to the dump. It's stupid.

The reasoning isn't bad, after all damage to car seats that has been superficially covered up is a real potential problem. Alternatively, we could simply require a contract in which the seller of the car seat is fully liable for any damages or deaths caused by car seat failure. Then resellers of the car seats would be extra careful to ensure that their product is safe.
 
Which is for completeness sake, but no one is actually policing yard sales. The law technically refers to them, but without actual enforcement, it is meaningless.

If you go to the CPSC's list of prohibited items, you find fun stuff like Asbestos! Maybe our dear friend Apstd thinks that the government should let yard sales sale asbestos?

Interestingly enough, I can't find on their website anything regarding what laws one would break by selling them and what the punishments would be.

Sounds like breaking the law for putting up signs on signal light posts. :2wave:
 
Should research a bit. CPSC Launches Resale Round-up Campaign to Keep Dangerous Recalled Products Out of Resale Stores and Off the Internet



It's an educational campaign designed to get with resale stores like goodwill and show them how to comply with the law.

Those darn liberals trying to protect children from dangerous recalled products with, gasp, education....

I'm going to have to crack off at you on this mainly because the CPSC is a crack pot agency.
They have abused their police power in the past.

I dislike them very, very much.
 
So, since rape is obviously a bad thing, who gets to define what a, "dangerous product", is? Folks are supposed to automatically know that a particular Tonka truck is a dangerous toy? Of course not, that's why the Libbos want to be able to come on our property and point out all the toys that are considered, "dangerous products".

Exploding toasters are also bad things. So are cars that blow up when you hit them. People don't automatically know this stuff. Which is why we have a governmental agency to do it! This is way easier when you make my point for me.

Well, no doubt if the toaster would blow up when it's pugged in--which is a rediculus statement--it would already be in the garbage, because...uh...it blew up when the original owner plugged it in.

Not necessarily. Not every Pinto exploded when rear ended. But it will eventually if you keep rear ending it. Or plugging in the toaster. But I guess that's OK as long as you are re-selling it, not selling it. :confused:

Yeah, I know, common sense comes at a premium now-a-days.

Coming from you that may be the funniest statement ever. Irony be thy name.
 
I'm going to have to crack off at you on this mainly because the CPSC is a crack pot agency.
They have abused their police power in the past.

I dislike them very, very much.

That is fine, but it does not change things that the OP was wrong in most every detail.
 
It's illegal to sell dangerous products. Which as a Libertarian I think is a good thing. Protecting people from harm by third parties is the government's job after all. They have few other legitimate jobs. So if I understand your position here, you think it's OK to sell an exploding toaster as long as you are re-selling it? Interesting. So, are rape laws also unfair government meddling? You are too much, dude. You think pot smokers should go to jail, but also think it's fine to sell someone a toaster that explodes when you plug it in? Seriously, are you high?

An exploding toaster???? Where can I get one of those? (a gift for the mother inlaw you know) :mrgreen:
 
An exploding toaster???? Where can I get one of those? (a gift for the mother inlaw you know) :mrgreen:

They do have their uses......
 
Here, let me help, you're supposed to say "oh, sorry, my bad, I misread the article." See, that's how normal people do it.
He didn't misread it, you did.
 
He didn't misread it, you did.

The real problem was that the OP was inaccurate. People need to fact check blogs, or they will bite you in the ass.
 
The reasoning isn't bad, after all damage to car seats that has been superficially covered up is a real potential problem. Alternatively, we could simply require a contract in which the seller of the car seat is fully liable for any damages or deaths caused by car seat failure. Then resellers of the car seats would be extra careful to ensure that their product is safe.

I'm sure the amount of perfectly good car seats going in the trash as a result of a nonsensical law far exceeds the rare occurrence of a someone trying to sell a seat that was involved in an accident. It just seems horribly wasteful to me.
 
I'm sure the amount of perfectly good car seats going in the trash as a result of a nonsensical law far exceeds the rare occurrence of a someone trying to sell a seat that was involved in an accident. It just seems horribly wasteful to me.

I hate to see a perfectly good needed item like a baby car seat go to waste, but I would even more hate to see some one lose a child using a baby seat they thought was safe but was not.
 
damn...i had a buyer lined up for my jarts......
 
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