So I checked the bugaboo stroller site yesterday because my curiousity just got the better of me. It's all true. They actually do charge over $700 for a stroller that you will use for approximately two years, unless of course you have a strange kid who just wants to sit in the stroller all day long, then you might use if for three or four years. Seriously, though, it's probably two years tops of regular use and then a little sporadic use (like for big trips) after that.
And in all honesty, I shouldn't say the bugaboo site sells the stroller for that amount. However, I clicked on their list of retailers, and here's what I found: "Buy Buy Baby" (can you think of a more crass name for a site on children?) goes for $729 or $779 depending on style.
At "babystyle.com" you can get the stroller for $879. The best part about the babystyle marketing is that they declare in large bold font that the Bugaboo Cameleon Stroller is "A Celebration of Personal Expression!" A breakout box also tells you that these are "celeb-favorite strollers," which goes a long way to explaining their vapid target audience.
My opinion, by the way, of several parents has dropped sharply after finding they were stupid enough or vain enough to purchase this stroller. And here of course is the rub: there's nothing quite so joyful as watching children play, but there's nothing quite so stomach-churning as listening to the parents go on to each other about their $20K preschools and imagined dangers of all stripes. And no, not all of your goddamned children are gifted.
Only mine are.
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Does the stroller come with a year's supply of pampers? A rocket launcher?
Roller skates?
Wow.
"And no, not all of your goddamned children are gifted"
That is priceless - and at the same time amazing how many parents (and some teachers) don't accept this as true.
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