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Parents can get refunds for Baby Einstein' DVDs

Walt Disney Company, the parent company of the "Baby Einstein" child development DVDs, is offering refunds to any parent who purchased the DVDs between June 5, 2004 and Sept. 5, 2009. Full Article at Centre Daily Times

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Related Quotes

  1. We see it as an acknowledgment by the leading baby video company that baby videos are not educational, and we hope other baby media companies will follow suit by offering refunds
    SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle 1 month ago
  2. Disney was never held accountable, and parents were never given any compensation. So we shared our information and research with a team of public health lawyers
    SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle 1 month ago
  3. We found a team of public-health lawyers, we found them a plaintiff, we shared our information with them and now there's a refund
    SOURCE: Canada.com 1 month ago
  4. I'm embarrassed in hindsight because I bought the pitch
    SOURCE: Canada.com 1 month ago
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