Graco/Simplicity wooden crib recall - harder to resolve than necessary

I found out this weekend that the crib that Juliana has had about 14 "incidents" due to the manufacturer using the wrong screw size in the construction of the crib. I suspect that this is a 'spin' on what actually happened but I could be wrong. Maybe they got a better deal on batches of screws that were a slightly different size and the engineering department said 'Yeah that will work just fine'.

Either way, I know our crib is within the date range of the recall but they are less than helpful on actually finding where the serial number and model is located. I had to find a news report on the web on where to find it because the Simplicity website did not mention it anywhere.

Only cribs with wooden mattress supports and with model number 8740KCW SC and serial number 2803 SC (made the 28th week of 2003) to 1605 SC (made the 16th week of 2005) are included in the recall. We received this crib secondhand from my parents so that envelope is long gone. That is my biggest gripe about this all. If a company is going to make baby products, they should stamp the serial number and model somewhere physically on the actual crib. The website requires a serial number and model number to see if you qualify for the "retrofit kit", which just means they are either going to send you the right screws or some type of widget to make it baby safe.

Well, I simply put in one of the week codes of the recalled items to be safe because it was purchased between those dates, right smack dab in the middle of the recall pool.

If you think you have one of these cribs, please go to: http://www.simplicityforchildren.com/ourproducts/notice_aspen/index.htm

I'm tempted to write a letter to the company, but maybe I am overreacting.