Comments on: mod, affordable baby furniture…. from wal-mart?

By: Angela M.

Angela M. — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:25:48 +0000

Wow, Denise, that’s good to know. So far our crib is holding up well.

By: Denise

Denise — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:43:51 +0000

I bought the crib and changing table after reading the blog. The crib is great (although a little hard to put together). The changing table is horrible! One of the drawers completely fell apart after only two months of use. Definitely don’t buy the changing table! I’m trying to figure out who to call for a new drawer right now!!! I’ll probably have to buy a whole other piece. My advice is to spend the money and buy better quality!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:43:17 +0000

A little delayed for this conversation perhaps, but I am loving some of the new baby items. They have a ways to go to get away from the completely baby pink and blue items that are not that cute, but they are making the attempt.

As for the conversation about Wal-Mart itself. My fiancee is a Wal-Mart employee. He makes enough money (he’s not a manager of any sorts, just a regular worker), to support himself and me just fine. In fact he makes enough that we are going to have a baby soon and feel very comfortable in the fact that it will have all it needs on his salary. So don’t believe all you hear.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:59:27 +0000

I love how AJ says corporate America is evil….if it wasn’t for corporations that can mass produce goods how would any of us have the things in our lives that we take for granted, like automobiles, appliances, computers, phones, etc, etc….there is no “mom & pop” stores that could turn out any of these goods on such a large scale so that they were affordable. Furthermore, last time I checked, Wal-mart is NOT a concentration camp. Nobody is holding a gun to any of the employees and forcing them to work there. If the conditions of employment are so terrible, let those employees go elsewhere to work….or perhaps use it as motivation to get a college education and start businesses of their own.

By: Shauna

Shauna — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:41:41 +0000

Sorry just to add.. Its also called the Roxanne. And unforunately the only matching piece is the changing table which only has three drawers.. I’m very curious to hear the quality difference of both items.. But i included the link to the Minitots similar model

By: Shauna

Shauna — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:39:43 +0000

Also, Da Vinci makes a model very similar to the Roxanne if you can’t get over the two tone styling. Its about the same price after shipping and sold exclusively from Minitots.com They have a great sale right now where the crib is about $200 and the changing table combo is $99 but you’ll make up for the savings in shipping!! Also you can find money saving coupon codes online for this site

By: Shauna

Shauna — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:36:57 +0000

I found an article you may be interested in. A woman curious as to the manufacturer called customer service as she’d seen many articles just like it at much higher prices and they confirmed that Million Dollar Baby is the manufacturer of this product. It also states so on the box.. Must be a shame putting those Chinese workers out

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 06:23:39 +0000

Katey - I’ve been looking at 2 of the baby mod cribs at Walmart - the Roxanne and the Parklane. I love the Da-vinci crib you posted and guess what? It the same crib as the baby mod Parklane on Walmart with Expresso sides. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5983290
Those who don’t want to support Walmart should get BabyMiro. It is a similar price with the free shipping and include toddler conversion kit.

By: Katey

Katey — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:50:31 +0000

Not sure if this thread is still active, but I found a great crib with similar styling: Babymiro by Da Vinci - Mercer 3-in-1 Convertible Crib. It’s a bit more expensive, but still not a bad price - $390 with free shipping from a couple of retailers. Could be higher quality than Wal-Mart stuff. Here’s a link to one of the sites: http://www.bedroom-furniture-direct.com/Babymiro-by-Da-Vinci-M6801QW-MIR1005.html

By: Ann Wilkinson

Ann Wilkinson — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 04:12:30 +0000

Ingrid, with all due respect, Wal-Mart may pay above the federal minimum wage, but it has been documented that they train their store managers to make sure the employees work the minimum number of hours to disqualify them for medical benefits, and they are told to clock out before they qualify to be paid overtime — and the employee is expected to stay on their shift AFTER clocking out to work for Wal-Mart for free! I really don’t know about MacDonalds or grocery store chains, but I do know that Starbucks does make medical benefits available to employees, even part-timers. I have a really eye-opening video about Wal-Mart, and I’d be glad to send a copy to anyone who e-mails me to request it. If I’m allowed to give my e-mail address in this forum I will. Just let me know Thanks