to think that replacing a chest pad for the baby's car seat for £40.00 is outrageous?

[mom2ava]

My toddler has managed to take one of the pads off the baby's car seat shoulder strap and hide it.

I called Maxi Cosi and they said that in order to replace the pad, I need to purchase the entire cover set for £40.00.

Is it me or is this ridiculous? Or am I the only one to loose car seat pads?

I lost a pad from my son'd recaro and they replaced it for free. that maxi cosi won't.

son's

Well, since you can buy a good, legal & safe car seat in its entirety for about £40 from some stores I'd say yes it is bloody ridiculous!

That's terrible

If it helps though I bought a set of two chest pads from mothercare on saturday for £10 as we lost our maxi cosy ones too

how did he manage to take it off lol!!

£40 is very steep

Is it just the bit which makes the straps softer? If so, you can use an old pair of socks instead.

Chest pads are for safety, extra protection in a crash.

Ebay? Good for spares.

thanks Spiderpig - great suggestion, but DS was born at 5 lbs 5 oz and generally is tiny. Long, but tiny. The Mothercare pads look like wings on him and too big to be safe/comfortable so had to take them back.

I just HATE companies that make you feel stupid/inadequate and being held to ransom. Grrrrr!!!!

Ah fair enough mom2ava

I had the same problem with my ds who was a premmie and about the same size, with him I bought a whole set including a teeny head hugger and body insert as well as the chest pads .......it was a lot less than £40 but I can't for the life of me remember where we ordered it from, sorry

Hope you can sort out something without having to resort to paying that ridiculous amount to maxi cosi!