Boycott Mattel

Target:

Mattel, Inc.

Sponsored by:

Maureen Keene (http://madedeadlyinchina.com)

Despite three recent high profile product recalls due to safety hazards posed by their products, Mattel's CEO Robert Eckert stated that he does not feel his company needs to comply with Consumer Product Safety Commission regulations which call for an immediate reporting of dangers to the Commission.

Mattel has a history of foot-dragging and conducting product recalls on its "own timetable" -- in some cases gathering consumer complaints for years before taking action -- rather than the one mandated by our government.

Consumers need to let Mattel know that it is not above the law and cannot get away with setting its own rules when it comes to product safety.

Let CEO Robert Eckert know that you will not purchase Mattel products until he publicly renounces his obstructionist position and promises to fully comply with CPSC regulations.

Dear Mr. Eckert,

We the undersigned object to your view that it is your prerogative to report safety hazards on your own timetable. The CPSC reporting regulations are not optional. Placing yourself and your company above the law because you find it unreasonable is simply unacceptable.

We understand the manufacturing process will never be perfect and there will always be occasions when product defects are discovered by consumers, and that is all the more reason why companies such as yours must comply with Consumer Product Safety Commission rules, including reporting potential hazards immediately.

The safety of our children is paramount. Consumers must be informed as quickly as possible if there are harmful products in the hands of children. Until you publicly renounce your obstructionist position and promise to fully comply with all CPSC regulations going forward, we will not purchase any Mattel brand products.

Thank you for your time.

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# 158:

1:01 am PST, Feb 19, Terry L. west, West Virginia

# 157:

8:22 am PST, Feb 17, Kristi Klein, South Dakota

# 156:

12:44 pm PST, Feb 12, Simon Sol kemp, Oregon

# 155:

11:58 am PST, Feb 10, James Rudy, New York

# 154:

2:28 pm PST, Feb 5, Name not displayed, Alabama
I am absolutely appauled that Mattel would knowingly harm our children. This is unforgivable. I refuse to buy and Mattel brand products, and will not accept any as gifts for my one year old son. They hopefully will lose a lot of money, since money is all they care about.

# 153:

3:27 pm PST, Feb 2, Ricardo Castano jr, Michigan
i have grown up using and buying mattel toys for myself and my children. after recent events i will no longer support what i can only interpret as corporate evasion tactics. to know there is lead in a product and say "because there are no federal standards covering lead in plastic, so we don't need to do anything" is heinous! where is your concience? i have bought my last mattel product.

# 152:

6:50 am PST, Feb 1, A. Hayslett, Ohio
Quit thinking of the $$$$ DO THE RIGHT THING!!

# 151:

4:31 am PST, Feb 1, Name not displayed, Ohio
I am forwarding this notification to everyone I know who has children and those who want to have children. It is ridiculous that the USA continues to allow other countries to send their "JUNK" here. And our "GREAT AMERICAN BIGSHOTS" think they are too "GREAT" to comply with regulations established to protect Americans.

# 150:

4:51 pm PST, Jan 31, James Hayslett, Ohio
I do not care if Mattel resolves the issue at this point, their brand is banned for life in my household. They had their chance to correct the problem and have failed to care for children and more about profits!

# 149:

9:11 am PST, Jan 30, Anton Oscar Iorga, Canada

# 148:

10:42 am PST, Jan 4, James Gallagher, Iowa
I look at all my son's cars and read 'Made in China, Malaysia, Thailand' on the bottom. I wonder who this relationship is good for (the exchange of these trifle artfifacts). Mattel, Hotwheels, Matchbox, McDonalds Corp... And his newest ones have more paint chipped off than some 30years old. Obviously that the quality is depleting speaks volumes of this venture. So our gold goes there for these mindless trinkets to come here. What kind of a life is it for the exploited Asian workers toils over these trinkets? This is not a healthy nor responsible relationship.

# 147:

8:05 pm PST, Jan 1, Craig Allen, Indiana

# 146:

4:16 pm PST, Jan 1, Adela Brent, Australia
I have bought Mattel products but I will not buy them any more and I will start telling other people what is going on. As consumers we have the right to be safe with the products we buy and I don't think we are. That right is being violated. Mattel has to fully comply with CPSC regulations.

# 144:

6:38 am PST, Dec 31, Denise Morris, Virginia
I will no longer purchase Mattel toys and will forward this petition to everyone i know.Take the lead out!

# 142:

9:43 pm PST, Dec 23, Nikki Williams, Texas
It is Past time to do something about the dangerous products they are producing for our children. THese have been names we have grown to trust over the years but at this point there is no trust at all in this company!

# 141:

10:36 am PST, Dec 20, Crystal Walker, New Mexico
I cant believe how low some people will go for money! to be ok with posioning Children, thats sick!!

# 140:

7:52 am PST, Dec 19, Simos Tarabatzis, Greece

# 139:

10:22 pm PST, Dec 17, Crisabella Vandenbossche, Texas

# 138:

11:00 am PST, Dec 13, Misty Watson, Oregon

# 137:

8:29 am PST, Dec 13, John Snyder, Pennsylvania
I don't worry about mattels lead problem why cause i don't buy crap made in china i wish mattel would go out of business and stay in thier homeland of china they make me sick

# 136:

6:45 pm PST, Dec 9, Kathy Gottino, Colorado
I hope your company goes beely up with your poisoning our children.

# 135:

6:24 pm PST, Dec 7, Cory Morningstar, Canada

# 134:

7:39 am PST, Dec 2, Christine Gottino, Colorado
I will buy nothing made in China this Christmas. Get the message!!

# 133:

7:28 pm PST, Nov 21, Name not displayed, Illinois

# 132:

12:05 pm PST, Nov 21, Mikka Cardinelli, Michigan

# 131:

9:50 am PST, Nov 21, Michael Rabasco, Minnesota

# 130:

3:08 pm PST, Nov 19, Bill Herst, Pennsylvania
SHAME ON YOU - selfish, greedy, and reckless TOY MAKERS!

# 129:

1:25 pm PST, Nov 18, Octavian Paul Draja, Romania

# 128:

12:56 am PST, Nov 17, Johnny GILBERT, New Jersey

# 127:

8:13 pm PST, Nov 13, Name not displayed, Tennessee

# 126:

11:02 am PST, Nov 13, Pauline Parave, Colorado
It has made me worry about all the toys my childern play with!

# 125:

6:06 am PST, Nov 13, Janice Smith, Virginia

# 124:

10:14 pm PST, Nov 12, Olivia Geri, New Jersey
I stoppped buying Mattel. I buy American made (safe) products and toys now, and I have been urging many others to do the same.

# 123:

1:01 pm PST, Nov 12, PAMELA THOMAS, Florida
I AM THE MOTHER OF A 5 YEAR OLD GIRL AND 2 YEAR OLD BOY. IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND TOYS THAT AREN'T MADE BY MATTEL, BUT THEY ARE OUT THERE!!! FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN PLEASE DO NOT BUY MATTEL.

# 122:

9:02 am PST, Nov 12, K.A. Mandia, New York
Being members of the academic community, my husband and I have access to large numbers of contacts. We plan on making our voices heard on this issue and hope that Congress will do what is necessary to rectify this horrific situation. Mattel, SHAME ON YOU.

# 121:

8:05 am PST, Nov 12, Katherine Bird, New York

# 120:

5:16 am PST, Nov 12, Arnold Hoffman, New York
Nuy AMERICAN!!!

# 119:

5:14 am PST, Nov 12, Kristen Hoffman, New York
If we can't trust our toy makes with the safety of our children, who can we trust?

# 118:

2:53 am PST, Nov 12, Name not displayed, New York

# 117:

4:31 pm PST, Nov 11, Name not displayed, New York
Please protect our children!!!

# 116:

4:06 pm PST, Nov 11, Sabrian Klemballa, New York
I am appalled at the numerous recalls of toys this year alone! How can companies and our country care so little about the welfare of our children? I refuse to buy MATTEL until things change. This Christmas is all about books, and computers. Sorry toys, you are out!

# 115:

1:08 pm PST, Nov 11, Karen Gray, Indiana
I won't buy Mattel products until I'm convinced they are safe and comply with CPSC regulations!

# 114:

10:17 am PST, Nov 9, Ann Calvert, Pennsylvania
As a grandmother of four I am appalled at the laxity of attention to the manufacturing process of children's toys made abroad. Mattel is a name I trusted as a mother and would like to continue to trust as a grandmother, but I will be boycotting your products until I am assured that quality control is what it used to be.

# 113:

6:20 am PST, Nov 9, Emily Goodling, Massachusetts

# 112:

11:55 pm PST, Nov 8, JoAnne Dunning, New York

# 111:

7:25 pm PST, Nov 8, David Bordelon, Louisiana
I served 8 years in the US Navy. I thought Mattel was an "American" company. Thanks to recent information I now see that your corporation simply has become a division of the People's Republic of China who appears to be in the process of trying to poison our children. I swear to you that this Christmas my family will be shopping for toys that are made in the USA and apparently that does not include products made by your corporation. Thanks for the memories. Here's to hoping that none of my family's youth will ever have memories of playing with your products.

# 110:

1:48 pm PST, Nov 8, Amanda Feeks, Massachusetts

# 109:

11:19 am PST, Nov 8, Patrick Healey, Georgia
As a toy manufacturer you have chosen to be a part of my child's life. I expect and demand that you put my child's interests before your own. Please get your act together.

# 108:

9:53 am PST, Nov 8, MIKE GRAFF, Texas
WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE AT MATTEL?? HEY MR ECKERT, MAKE SURE YOUR CHILDREN, GRAND CHILDREN, COUSINS, ECT HAVE PLENTY OF YOUR LEAD TAINTED PRODUCTS. I AM SURE YOU COULD CARE AS LITTLE FOR THEM AS YOU DO FOR THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN OF NORTH AMERICA.

# 107:

9:44 am PST, Nov 8, Name not displayed, Delaware
I will not only refuse to buy Mattel products but I will make a point of encouraging others to boycott them as well, and I can be very loud when I want to make myself heard.

# 106:

6:45 am PST, Nov 8, BRENDA GRAFF, Texas
I WENT TO SEVERAL STORES INCLUDING WAL-MART, DOLLAR GENERAL, TARGET, AND MANY MORE TO FIND A TOY FOR MY DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY AND AFTER 3 DAYS OF SEARCHING COULD ONLY FIND ONE THAT WAS NOT MADE IN CHINA! I THINK ALL THE STORES THAT CARRY THESE ITEMS SHOULD BE BOYCOT!

# 105:

6:08 pm PST, Nov 7, Elana Einhorn, Florida
please help keep my children safe

# 104:

8:29 am PST, Nov 6, Jessica Hollender, Georgia
I have 3 children & I am not buying ANY Mattel products right now until they get their act together & start taking the safety & health of children seriously. This means NO Barbies, NO Dora, NO Hot wheels, etc. I think it is ludicrous that Mattel is making more of an effort to appologize to the Chinese than to parents & their children.

# 103:

5:29 pm PST, Nov 4, Name not displayed, Georgia

# 102:

10:36 pm PDT, Nov 3, Candice Shim, Texas
We need to boycott Mattel toy products to show our disappointment in their actions over the past few years. Making profit a higher priority than the consumer safety satisfaction should clearly be punished by justice of the law system. They should all go to jail, and pay every American consumer who bought their products money for causing such an unnecessary safety issue. Come back to America for manufacturing toys. At least in America, you have morals to know that you don't put EXCESS LEAD IN CHILDREN'S TOYS. Wait. Mattel sold their integrity and conscience for money. They should become bankrupt for this crime against the millions of children and parents in America and around the world.

# 101:

10:03 am PDT, Nov 1, Rose Hicks, New Hampshire
Please for Gods Sake Make Toys in US... No more Buying from other Countries!!. those other countrys have Put Our Kids & Grandchildren's Lives at Risk!! Make Safe Toys !! Please... Tighten Restrictions....!!!!

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