Go go pets hamsters & accessories stock updates & discussion Part 2

Nemo9123

oh blimey maxi are you ok??

moneysaver875

jendaisy wrote: »

Thanks but the link is coming up as www. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! / I tried finding it by looking through old posts and the same thing had happened there x

Someone's not playing nicely on here and reported my site as spam! Wonder who that could have been then?

Maximouse

Good evening to everyone from Hooray for Toys!

Following certain media reports we have received a lot of enquiries today about the safety of the Go Go Hamsters and would like to advise and reassure all customers who have purchased Go Go Hamsters or who intend to purchase them of todays press release from Character Options the UK distributor;

Go Go Pets are safe!

Update:

London, Monday 7 December 2009

The Character Group plc (“Character” or “Group”), whose trading subsidiary Character Options Limited is the UK distributor of Go Go Pets (sold worldwide as Zhu Zhu Pets), today re-confirmed that, following further, independent testing overnight by SGS in Hong Kong, the toys in this popular range meet and fully comply with the extremely stringent safety and quality standards and regulations imposed by the European authorities (EN71).

The safety confirmation follows a report published last week by the Good Guide, an independent US based consumer group, in which one item in the range - the hamster Mr Squiggles - was inaccurately alleged to contain more than the permitted level of the chemical Antimony.

Yesterday (6.12.09), the Good Guide issued a further release explaining the testing methods adopted and equipment used in their tests. It is clear from this that the testing protocols used by Good Guide were not compliant with EU or US standards and that the equipment used (an XRF gun) is not a method of testing compliance that is accepted by the EU or US regulatory bodies. Accordingly, the Good Guide testing process was flawed, the results meaningless and the safety concerns expressed on the basis of these results, entirely groundless.

Russ Hornsby, CEO of the manufacturer, Cepia LLC, has confirmed to Character Group that Cepia has referred this incident to its US Attorneys and is considering proceedings against the Good Guide.

Richard King, Executive Chairman of Character, commented:

“Safety of children has always been the Company’s top priority and we take all reasonable steps to ensure that all our products, both those we design and develop under our own brand and those we distribute on behalf of other manufacturers, are safe and fully compliant with all applicable standards.”

“It is unfortunate that the media have picked up a misguided safety statement from a start-up consumer group in the US and have blown it up into front page news in the UK before taking steps to check the veracity of the statements. The disruption to the retail toy trade by the publication of unfounded claims and views at this important time of year is not fair to the UK Toy trade, which goes to great lengths to sell and promote only safe toys.”

Jon Diver, Joint-MD of the Group added:

“Character Options is confident that all the toys in the Go Go Pets collection are completely safe. All our products, whether our own brand or those we distribute, are tested by independent accredited laboratories. In addition, during the manufacture and again before shipment, we conduct our own internal diligence programme through which the safety of all our products is ratified.”

Character is a key member of the British Toy and Hobbies Association’s toy safety technical managers committee, which actively participates on EU technical committees relating to safety and environmental legislation.

End.

nat_urally

zangels wrote: »

Grrrr, im so mad at my hubby. I just rushed like mad to get dd from rainbows and then to school for parents evening with smallest dd in tow. Only to get there 5 mins late and find him walking out shouting "your too late". He had gone in without me and i missed the whole thing and he never even bothered to ask the teacher if she could wait a minuite. Im gutted:mad: Sorry off topic i know but grrrrrr:mad:

ooh dear! i would be fuming too! and i bet he doesnt even get why your so mad

nat_urally

moneysaver875 wrote: »

Someone's not playing nicely on here and reported my site as spam! Wonder who that could have been then?

noo? was it you who was making the lego stock checker? can you contest it?

Nuttygal

simpywimpy wrote: »

Thanks Nuttygal. After all the stress of buying two of them, I couldnt believe the headlines

You're very welcome ITV news confirmed tonight that the toys pass EU standards xx

Maximouse

Yes, thank you to everyone I'm okay, just a bit shaken and feeling sick to my stomach. People in other car were shaken but okay I think, so that is a blessing. I wouldn't have felt so bad if I'd just hit a wall or something, and I was the only one involved, but when you hit another car, its awful.

moneysaver875

nat_urally wrote: »

noo? was it you who was making the lego stock checker? can you contest it?

It was, but never mind. I got carried away a little maybe?

Nuttygal

Are you ok Maxi? Just saw post re car. Xx

hels123_2

no way!! :rolleyes: