Baby Einstein DVDs, which were promoted as educational for babies but recently determined to be not-quite-educational, are going through a PR mess.
In the US, they’re offering a $15.99 refund no matter the original purchase price on any Baby Einstein DVD purchased between 2004 and Sept 2009. See details here.You can fill up the form on that page and tell them the date that you purchased it, and send in the DVD… up to 4 per household.
You may happened to have bought yours used on Amazon or Ebay at approx $2 each plus $3 shipping each, spending only $20 to get 4 Baby Einstein DVDs, and then let’s say you spend a couple bucks to send all four in together (just fill out separate forms).
You’ll receive $64 back as a refund, which they say is current market value. So… $42 bucks ahead if you recently bought them used. Or $64 if you already owned some. But this is only for people who already purchased these DVDs in the past. If you were to buy it today, it wouldn’t be honest to list an earlier date on that form. I guess you may have to use your best estimate, if you can’t recall exactly. Offer is valid until March 2010.