Binky Bling hits the market and bounces right back

Posted on | August 2, 2007 | Comments Off

The gods have some very funny moods, don’t they? They must have been in a very malicious mood when they planted This doozy of an idea in someone’s little pea brain – baby pacifiers encrusted with Swarovski crystals. Note: Swarovski had NOTHING to do with this. Not a thing. It was someone else’s sad money making dream. They are referred to as binky bling and were touted as the must have accessory … well along with the new Hollywood accessory a baby to pass off to the herd of nannies in tow. They were quite trendy for awhile. They come in a number of varieties including:

1. princess crown – for that budding little princess trained to wait around for Prince Charming
2. pink heart – for those little teddy bear moments
3. skull and crossbones – avast you little hellions
4. ying yang symbol – I guess a little harmony is needed to make up for this idiotic purchase

And people were buying these things, some of them at over $45 bucks a pop. I read that some of them were going for over $1,000, but couldn’t verify it because they were pulled from the market. Guess why? Oh you figured it out, didn’t you? The government declared them a choking and ingestion hazard. Seems some of the crystals come off in baby’s mouth. Well, gee! It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this was a real possibility. They were also pulled because of the high lead content in the crystals. Crystal would be the last thing I’d give an to a baby. Little pointy edges, sharp and hard to digest, lead …. Swarovski contain up to 30% lead content. They are good quality crystals but were not meant to be glued onto a pacifier.

About a thousand were recalled, and over 27 online retailers were flogging them.

I’d like to say something uncharitable about the folks who purchased one of these things … but it would be too much like shooting fish in a barrel – no challenge in it at all.

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