Comments on: Safety warning: Jordan’s Furniture / Pulaski Build-A-Bear loft bed risk of collapsing ladder

By: Pulaski Build-A-Bear loft bed: another safety issue « Something better to do

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 01:00:50 +0000

[...] previously reported about a safety issue with a risk of collapsing ladders on the Pulaski Build-A-Bear loft bed sold by [...]

By: jik

jik — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 21:54:21 +0000

The height from the floor to the bottom of the bed is a little over four feet. An adult can’t stand under the bed.

We paid $1,647 total for the loft bed, shelves, drawers, desk and desk chair.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 02:26:10 +0000

P.S. I only have one child so I’m interested in just purchasing the loft alone. thnx

By: Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 01:52:52 +0000

I hope the company has remedies this by now. 3/5/11. We’re also interested in purchasing this bed for our daughter who is 5.5. I will call manufacturer before purchasing. Can anyone tell me what is the height from the floor to the bottom of the bed. basically who can stand under it? just my daughter or an adult also? also I saw one selling for $1,535 is that an ok deal? any other insight is appreciated, thank you.

By: tow

tow — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:32:04 +0000

Thanks for the info.We just purchased the bunk bed and are waiting for delivery. I will ask Raymore’s if the problem has been corrected. Will keep an eye on the brackets!!

By: Dennis G

Dennis G — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:48:35 +0000

Jenni

Did you get anywhere with Pulaski on the ladder brackets for the loft
bed?

By: jik

jik — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:59:54 +0000

Hi Jenni,

Sorry to hear about the trouble you’re having with your Build A Bear bed. Can you ask the people from whom you bought it which retailer they bought it from? If you’re very lucky, perhaps the sellers still have some paperwork related to when it was bought new, so you can prove where it was purchased. If you can tie it to a particular retailer, then you may be able to convince them that it’s a serious safety issue and it would be in their best interest to fix it at their expense.

Aside from that, I would send Pulaski a letter and tell them that (a) you’ve discovered on the Internet that there have been other reported cases of these brackets failing, (b) you intend to file a complaint with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and (c) it would be in Pulaski’s best interest for you to be able to indicate in that complaint that Pulaski had voluntarily addressed the problem, rather than that they had refused to do so.

Good luck!

By: Jenni S.

Jenni S. — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:50:23 +0000

I contacted Pulaski Furniture Co. about the broken brackets and got nowhere. I was told I could contact a local dealer, but I would need to purchase the entire ladder! DUH! I am NOT going to purchase an entire ladder when the only thing wrong is 2 small brackets. Guess I will move on the Consumer Safety Commisison.
In the mean time… Does anyone have any suggestions to make this ladder useable?

By: Jenni S.

Jenni S. — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 03:57:48 +0000

We just bought a used Build A Bear loft bed for my daughter. She has only used it for a month and I notice that the ladder bracket looked bent. When I tried to straighten it, it broke. I LOVE the bed, but I need free replacement brackets. These should come from Pulaski furniture Company, as they are the manufactuer.
If I don’t get anywhere with Pulaski I will contact the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

By: Jo Morris Bunk Beds

Jo Morris Bunk Beds — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:48:02 +0000

Wow

I can’t believe I missed this post for so long, i usually find bed related posts pretty quickly. Sadly I had not heard of this defect yet, with your permission i would like to make my readers aware of your post and information about this.

I think it’s terrible when companies decidde to disguise the truth about such matters and do not eal with the matters head on. Look at Toyota who managed to turn their product recall into a positive message and sales have been unaffected in the long term – in fact many think they may even be better. It’s a shame other manufacturs do not follow suit.