Panic after Kmart pulls popular item from shelves over safety fears
When Kmart released its new furniture and homewares collection last month, shoppers went crazy for a chic blush velvet chair selling for just $55.
The sell-out item became one of the discount superstore’s most coveted products, but now, owners are in panic mode after it was pulled from shelves over safety concerns.
A member of the Kmart Mums Australia Facebook group brought the news to light after her local store called to inform her that her layby had been cancelled and that the plush chair was no longer available. It is also no longer listed for sale on their website.
Other members of the group were quick to comment with their own experiences, with one woman saying her chair “hasn’t been right from day one” and that she plans to return it.
Another woman posted a screenshot of the Facebook message she received from Kmart, which confirmed that the chairs have been withdrawn from sale, “but should be back on shelves soon”.
It comes after a woman shared her experience on Facebook, revealing that it “collapsed in less than a minute” of her sitting on it, despite weighing just 70kg.
In a statement to Yahoo Be, Kmart revealed the chair had not been recalled, but just withdrawn “until investigations are completed”.
“At Kmart our priority is customer safety, the Kmart quality team have conducted assessments on the pink velvet chair from a number of batches where all chairs tested performed safely,” a spokesperson said.
“However, upon receiving two customer reports we believe further investigation is required, therefore as a safety precaution we have withdrawn the chairs from sale until investigations have been completed.”
Tell us in the comments below, do you own this chair? Have you experienced any problems with it?