JOGGING STROLLERS

WHEN YOU BUY
the real deal

The best way to save money on any stroller is to know what sort of jogging stroller you want in the first place, which means identifying your jogging habits and what sort of stroller (of the hundreds out there) best fits you and your child's particular needs. Better yet, compose a list of your top five models with which you can easily search all the avenues available to the savvy bargain hunter and with a little time and patience, save yourself a nice bit of cash.

The bad new first: if your desired jogging stroller is listed on the manufacturer's website, it's fairly likely you won't find any huge bargains on a new model (no matter where you look) as manufacturers tend to determine the lowest list price of their current models, regardless of their many distributors--that is, unless last year's model is being closed out of their inventory.

The good news is that you can check out the alternatives (even if your stroller is the newest of the new) and get a good idea of whether the jogging strollers you're interested in are grossly overpriced and/or potentially find a good one being sold second hand. Check out eBAY, Craigslist, the local online (and newspaper) classifieds, and of course garage sales and flea markets offer you some more challenging second hand shopping potential. Although the JPMA would tell you to never buy a stroller second hand for safety-related issues, we can't (with any conviction) tell you not to try and save money. What we will say is that you should test out any stroller (if possible) before purchasing it.