Is it illegal?

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Tear the Tags Off the Mattress Day is annually observed on May 9. This is not an event for the timid, so if you crave excitement and like living on the edge, forgo those posted warnings from the government and rip off those tags! Do the pillows too if you like. And in case you’re wondering if removing a tag is illegal, be advised that it is for some. The notification that the removal of mattress tags is punishable by law is not directed to consumers but the mattress manufacturers.

Have you ever wondered what the purpose of a mattress tag is? Well, it is to let consumers know exactly what is inside the mattress, i.e. what it is made of. They are there to serve the consumer. A mattress may be manufactured with a material some people are allergic to, so this information must be available for everybody. A mattress tag is a way to protect consumers from what they think they are paying for.

When the government required that manufacturers add tags to a mattress’s ‘ingredients,’ there were some who weren’t using high-quality materials and, of course, didn’t want consumers to know, so they ripped off the tags before the mattresses hit the retailers’ showroom floors. It’s for that reason that a required notice was added on every tag, stating that it’s punishable by law to remove or damage a tag.

 

 

[tunahead72 2,521]

Legal, illegal, what's the difference?

 

 

[rmaynard 15,953]

Here's an interesting fact for antique dealers in Pennsylvania. If you sell any upholstered furniture like an arm chair or sofa for example, you must have a tag (yellow) issued from the (I'm guessing) health department stating that it's used and has been disinfected. I guess the department of bedbug control had too many complaints. 

[lynnmor 7,618]

21 minutes ago, rmaynard said:

Here's an interesting fact for antique dealers in Pennsylvania. If you sell any upholstered furniture like an arm chair or sofa for example, you must have a tag (yellow) issued from the (I'm guessing) health department stating that it's used and has been disinfected. I guess the department of bedbug control had too many complaints. 

I learned a bit about that disinfection process when I had a public auction of my parents things.  The auctioneer went around to each upholstered piece and gave it a tiny poof from a spray can, that can is probably a lifetime supply. 

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1 hour ago, rmaynard said:

  issued from the (I'm guessing) health department stating that it's used and has been disinfected. I guess the department of bedbug control had too many complaints. 

All I could think about while reading your post Bob was the Blue Sky Motel  …

[rmaynard 15,953]

5 hours ago, Sparky said:

All I could think about while reading your post Bob was the Blue Sky Motel  …

You know that WheelHorseFixer (Duke) claims that the Blue Sky Motel cost him $40,000. One night there and the bed bugs caused him to buy a motor home. 

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7 hours ago, lynnmor said:

I learned a bit about that disinfection process when I had a public auction of my parents things.  The auctioneer went around to each upholstered piece and gave it a tiny poof from a spray can, that can is probably a lifetime supply. 

An old auctioneer I knew used a PA-approved method of placing upholstery in a sealed space and burning formaldehyde candles.  One fine day he sequenced his lighting going away from the exit and had himself a good whiff of the stuff on the way back out.

I’m not sure which would be worse; that residue or the bugs?