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Big Box Corporations Pressure Medela into Price Fixing

Babies R Us may not be alone in the pressuring of Medela to limit distributors and to keep prices high. The following Big Box retailers are allowed to list the price of Medela’s Pump in Style series and to sell them through shopping cart software:

  • Babies R Us (an identified culprit, for those who may not know this is not the first time Toys R Us has had a price fixing lawsuit)
  • Target
  • Amazon
  • JC Penny
  • Drugstore.com

Scary, but TRUE!

Breast pumps being sold on the black market? Yes it is happening, and it could happen to you. In an effort to bypass Medela’s unfair distribution policy many online retailers have resorted to buying Pump in Style breast pumps from black market sources.

It is said in order to get around Medela’s policy these retailers break the manufacturer’s seal on the box, open it and remove any trace of a product serial number. But wait, aren’t breast pumps personal use items that need to remain sealed to avoid contamination! Be aware that you could purchase one of these possibly contaminated Pump in Style breast pumps, and it could put your health as well as your infant’s in danger.

Could Medela’s policies lead to infant deaths? Join the fight to stop this policy today.

Call Medela at 1-800-435-8316 to let them know that you disagree with their distribution policy!