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The parent trap
As the market for infant products grows ever more absurd, author Pamela Paul takes on $800 strollers, Gymboree and the bamboozle that is Baby Einstein.
By Katharine Mieszkowski [2008-03-29]

  • man, I am so in the wrong business...

    I looked at pictures of the $800 Bugaboo and $1,000 Xplory strollers. Yes, they are incredibly sturdy, well-made strollers--but all they are is metal and plastic tubing, wheels, and canvas. So you can switch it from a buggy to a stroller when the kid gets bigger? Whoop-de-do: you could also buy a $100 buggy and a $100 stroller later on, which might come in handy if you, you know, had another kid a year or two down the line (it didn't look like either of the expensive strollers could fit both a newborn and a toddler at once.)

    -- Leeandra Nolting
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    Sunday, March 30, 2008 06:00 PM
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