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Toys “R” Us launches Cash for Clunkers (great for parents!)

August 29th, 2009

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Toy “R” Us is running a program called the Great Trade-in Event which is similar to the cash for clunkers for cars. You bring in any old Stroller, Car Seat, High Chair, Playard, Bassinets, Crib or travel system and get 20% discount on the new item. The offer is for limited time from August 28, 2009 to September 20, 2009.

The following are the select brands that can be returned during this offer:

Babi Italia, Baby Caché, Baby Trend, Bertini, Britax, Chicco, Contours by Kolcraft, Cosco, Delta, Eddie Bauer, Evenflo, Graco, Jeep, Natures Purest by Summer Infant, Safety 1st, and Sorelle.

This is triggered by two factors, product recalls and the fact that items above may not be the best candidates to be passed on or resold due to safety concerns.

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Best Starter DSLR Camera

August 24th, 2009

We’ve gone along time with point and shoot digital cameras.  These are great cameras – easy to use and generally take pretty darn good photos.  But now that we have kids, we’re thinking that we really need to take the next step up and make the plunge and step up to a DSLR camera.  The quality of the photos and the flexibility of taking different types of photos – portrait, zoom, and fast action sports in addition to candid photos make getting a DSLR a pretty high priority for us.   We’ve done alot of research and have narrowed it down to two great cameras:

1) Nikon D5000

2) Canon T1i

Both are at around $800, take very high quality photos, shoot video in HD, and have many quality lens available at a variety of price ranges.  We still haven’t made up our minds yet – Let us know if you have.  In the meantime, here’s a few links to some great review resources that we’ve used:

-Gizmodo

-PopPhoto

-Photographybay Comparison

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