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With all the hustle and bustle. Black Friday door busters, and the sales that continue to pop up every week from Nov. 26th to Christmas Eve there is just no end to the goodies that one can get a good bargain on.

How much of a bargain is the consumer getting this year? Are we getting toys that are potentially life threatening to our children? Are all the toys that had high lead counts really off the shelves?

With all the media attention brought to our attention within the last few months, of toys being contaminated with lead, Christmas shopping has been a tough thing for most of us. Not only do we have to carry the list of the people we are shopping for but, we also have to make sure we have the recall lists.

How does things like this happen? Why do things like this happen? I think things like this happen when people in the toy manufacturing companies from other Countries don't abide by what the laws are in the United States. I think that some of the other countries are more lenient with the materials that they use and since it passes their standards they think nothing of sending it here. When it gets here nobody thinks twice about whether or not it is safe from lead, until something major happens like a child getting sick or injured.

I don't think things like this happen out of meaness more than lack of knowledge and respect of the standards expected in other countries. It also could be a problem with understanding the language well enough to grasp the concept of what we expect versus the standards of another country.

With everything that has been recalled there certainly will be an impact on the 2007 Christmas shopping. I think consumers this year overall will spend less than in past Christmases however I think most purchases will be geared towards electronics and clothing, so once again unless they got the door buster or bargain shopped it could be a costly one.

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