Dangerous Poundland Glitter Globes

Andyjenk

Poundland are selling glitter globes with teddy bears inside. They claim they are aimed at adults for Valentine's Day!! My partner's 2-year-old dropped one in store and it shattered leaving very thin jagged shards of glass which could easily sever an artery. Poundland refuse to withdraw them stating that they are not toys (!) and do not carry a CE mark. These were on the bottom shelf of my local store facing the door.
As Poundland refuse to do anything other than move them to a higher shelf I am trying all means to alert parents to the danger to avert potential disaster. Please spread the word.
Please read my reply later in this thread.

marliepanda

Glass shatters if you drop it and is sharp? And you shouldn't give glass things to two year olds?

Bloody hell, thank you for that. Not sure how I've survived without you.

Poppie68

Poundland aren't doing anything wrong, and they are correct when they say ' they are not toys'..2 year olds should be supervised in any shop and detered from picking anything up...Poundland also sell knives thay are also not toys but we shouldn't be expecting them to stop stocking them just incase a child manages to get hold of one...

Poppie68

marliepanda wrote: »

Glass shatters if you drop it and is sharp? And you shouldn't give glass things to two year olds?

Bloody hell, thank you for that. Not sure how I've survived without you.

:rotfl:You've made me giggle:rotfl:

gik

Andyjenk wrote: »

Poundland are selling glitter globes with teddy bears inside. They claim they are aimed at adults for Valentine's Day!! My partner's 2-year-old dropped one in store and it shattered leaving very thin jagged shards of glass which could easily sever an artery. Poundland refuse to withdraw them stating that they are not toys (!) and do not carry a CE mark. These were on the bottom shelf of my local store facing the door.
As Poundland refuse to do anything other than move them to a higher shelf I am trying all means to alert parents to the danger to avert potential disaster. Please spread the word.

Please look after children properly. Shops are not children's playgrounds.

mattyprice4004

Shock as glass smashes when you drop it.
How about instead of whinging about Poundland, you supervise your children and stop them breaking stock?
If your kid had have broken something where I worked and then you whinged about it, you'd be paying for the broken item!

CKhalvashi

mattyprice4004 wrote: »

Shock as glass smashes when you drop it.
How about instead of whinging about Poundland, you supervise your children and stop them breaking stock?
If your kid had have broken something where I worked and then you whinged about it, you'd be paying for the broken item!

I'm with this, however blunt it may seem!

I had (and now have again) a lava lamp on my desk, nudged it with a laptop (completely accidental), it fell off and broke.

As Matt says, it's glass, what do you really expect to happen?

CK

Money-Saving-King

Andyjenk wrote: »

Please spread the word.

The only word to spread is your complaint is complete drivel.

Not only is it a complaint that has been not thought out but also and of that of an adult who seems to be completely oblivious to what happens to glass when it's dropped on the floor as if it's a surprise!

Andyjenk

marliepanda wrote: »

Glass shatters if you drop it and is sharp? And you shouldn't give glass things to two year olds?

Bloody hell, thank you for that. Not sure how I've survived without you.

I agree. However, these were on the BOTTOM shelf as you entered Poundland. The glass is extremely thin and breaks with sharp jagged edges. They shatter from a drop of a foot - look for Poundland Glitter Globe on You Tube. There is NO INDICATION that they are glass. I expected them to be hard plastic which I think is a reasonable expectation. Search the Internet and you will see that glitter globes are generally listed under 'TOYS'.
Who would buy a £1 present as a Valentine's gift??
These really do break into very nasty pieces.
They are also a danger to adults.
If you are thinking of buying one for a loved one, buy 2 and try dropping one from a height of 6 inches. If you still think these are not dangerous and would happily give one to your boyfriend / girlfriend then report back here.

soolin

Andyjenk wrote: »

I agree. However, these were on the BOTTOM shelf as you entered Poundland. The glass is extremely thin and breaks with sharp jagged edges. They shatter from a drop of a foot - look for Poundland Glitter Globe on You Tube. There is NO INDICATION that they are glass. I expected them to be hard plastic which I think is a reasonable expectation. Search the Internet and you will see that glitter globes are generally listed under 'TOYS'.
Who would buy a £1 present as a Valentine's gift??
These really do break into very nasty pieces.
They are also a danger to adults.
If you are thinking of buying one for a loved one, buy 2 and try dropping one from a height of 6 inches. If you still think these are not dangerous and would happily give one to your boyfriend / girlfriend then report back here.

I'd be more than happy to buy my OH a silly little £1 gift that was glass- but then he is an adult . In fact for Christmas I was given a beautiful Edwardian glass vase, very delicate - but guess what, that is breakable and I wouldn't allow the 2 year old son of my cousin anywhere near it.

I honestly can't see why you think adults cannot be trusted with glass, do you drink out of plastic beakers at home then? My own tip would be that if you are trusted to drink out of a glass that you don't drop it on a hard floor either...it will break (that's my own safety warning for the day). It worries me that you expect glass to survive being dropped.

Poppie68

Andyjenk wrote: »

I agree. However, these were on the BOTTOM shelf as you entered Poundland. The glass is extremely thin and breaks with sharp jagged edges. They shatter from a drop of a foot - look for Poundland Glitter Globe on You Tube. There is NO INDICATION that they are glass. I expected them to be hard plastic which I think is a reasonable expectation. Search the Internet and you will see that glitter globes are generally listed under 'TOYS'.
Who would buy a £1 present as a Valentine's gift??
These really do break into very nasty pieces.
They are also a danger to adults.
If you are thinking of buying one for a loved one, buy 2 and try dropping one from a height of 6 inches. If you still think these are not dangerous and would happily give one to your boyfriend / girlfriend then report back here.

You ask who would buy a £1 present as Valentine's gift? Someone who can't afford to fork out on overpriced tat from other shops...good on them for being very MSE!

Also it does'nt really matter what globes are listed under as common sense tells you children should'nt be allowed to play with something as fragile as a globe.
Go into clintons, you will find Glass globes on the lower shelves as shops should'nt have to child proof their shops to that degree, as it's the parents job to makesure their children keep their hands to themselves.