I, personally, think it is a stupid law.
2006-12-26 07:17:09 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
No that old law (since repealed) applied to the SELLER not the BUYER.
You can do what you like with a mattress once you've paid for it.
In the olden days, crooks filled mattresses with old newspapers and rotten feathers and rotten horsehair. Now a mattress needs to be labeled, for the buyer's information, with what it contains.
2006-12-26 07:20:31 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 0⤋
It's the same as selling a food product without information on the contents. Because different materials affect different people differently (like foods do), it is important for the consumer to have information regarding the contents of things like mattresses and pillows. This law began because people were reselling used mattresses or items with recycled materials without representing them as such.
You do realize that the consumer may remove the tag, right?
2006-12-26 15:58:25 · answer #2 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My neighbor got 5 - 10 years for doing just that. I warned him against taking the tags off. Now he has a new mattress to sleep on. He's on the bunk above some large over grown guy named Tiny. He's also doing time for tag removal. It's a hugh offense in some Red States.
2006-12-26 15:32:47 · answer #3 · answered by mjorod 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This applied to the stores only. After you buy it, you can do whatever you want with the tag, the law DOES NOT apply to the purchaser of the mattress.
2006-12-26 16:05:36 · answer #4 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The retail purchaser may remove them legally.
The tags are there on all furniture (not just matresses) because there used to be some serious funny business going on in the furniture industry. Some pretty nasty materials were used for stuffing or the covering. Labeling laws were enacted in the early 20th century to combat the problem. The manufacturer must apply the label and it is illegal for anyone in the supply chain to remove it until it is bought by the retail customer.
2006-12-26 15:22:49 · answer #5 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is only illegal if a party selling it does, not the consumer. Newer tags make this clear.
the law is there so people know what they are buying (mattress ingredients).
2006-12-26 15:19:14 · answer #6 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its not illegal but if you do rip the tag off a mattress your warranty is up. its just a way for the mattress companies to get out of your warranty
2006-12-26 15:20:40 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Are you blonde? lol, you will have the pillow and mattress police come out and put you in jail.
2006-12-26 15:49:01 · answer #8 · answered by cprucka 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is illegal for the retailer to remove them, not the consumer.
2006-12-26 15:25:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
looks like everyone knows the answer to this but you
2006-12-26 17:38:10 · answer #10 · answered by sevenout7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋