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Caveat Emptor for Firefox checks products for safety recalls
When you're shopping online for something, product reviews can tell you quite a bit - but they may not include some important details. Say, for example, whether or not a particular product has any issues listed in the Consumer Product Safety Commission's recall database.
If you're browsing with Firefox, grab the Caveat Emptor add-on. It provides right-click access to the CPSC's feeds, list of monitored products, and will search for text you highlight in their database.
Want to know if that new decorative accent you're considering has mysteriously burst into flames on unsuspecting owners? Maye it's perfectly safe -- then again, maybe it's something you should avoid like this candleholder from Pier 1. Either way, Caveat Emptor makes a nice little addition to your product research toolkit.
If you're browsing with Firefox, grab the Caveat Emptor add-on. It provides right-click access to the CPSC's feeds, list of monitored products, and will search for text you highlight in their database.
Want to know if that new decorative accent you're considering has mysteriously burst into flames on unsuspecting owners? Maye it's perfectly safe -- then again, maybe it's something you should avoid like this candleholder from Pier 1. Either way, Caveat Emptor makes a nice little addition to your product research toolkit.
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Subscribe to commentsawesomehumza500Jan 19th 2010 4:51PM
"Maye it's perfectly safe"
You mean maybe right?
mahJan 20th 2010 11:42AM
This would make sense if it worked more like the Invisible Hand extension instead of having to check the product manually. No one is going to remember to do that. I mean, who looks at a product and says, "I wonder if there are any recalls"?
oh, and awesomehumza500, you are an idiot.