Prior to returning to Kansas City, Amy's mother had observed the Snap-N-Go-LX in action and heard Amy speak pleasantly about it (even I was impressed with its smooth drive, soft suspension, tight turning radius, easy-on-the-back height, and ease of set-up and break-down -- I don't think Amy cared about all of these factors when making the purchase and I doubt she has considered them in her post purchase evaluation).  The MIL mentioned this product to our sister-in-law (SIL?), who also lives in Kansas City and is expecting to deliver a baby within the next 10 days or so.  The MIL said that the SIL said that, she was going to buy a new infant car seat by Century and that she was interested in this product; the MIL passed this information along to Amy in a conversation this evening -- it was more of a "so, are you surviving ok without me there" type of call.

Based on these facts, Amy and I decided that we would get the SIL a Snap-N-Go-LX.  I hit the Web and visited some of my baby item haunts -- babycatalog.com, babycenter.com ($25 off $75+ purchase deal going on now), babygear.com (coupon codes available at deal-finder.com), rightstart.com, and babystyle.com (lowest regular price among these sites at $54 and free shipping is currently being offered).  I decided to order the item from babystyle.com because I had a $10 off coupon (for a net price of $44 -- and Amy had spent $59.95 + tax + driving + lugging + gas, etc. at The Right Start bricks and mortar).  Babystyle sent me this coupon because someone to whom I had sent an email about babystyle.com (Sandy) ended up making a purchase.  Incidentally, if you want to earn a $10 off coupon code from babystyle, have someone send you a babystyle e-card (I'll do it if you like -- be sure to include your name and email address).

Anyway, I made my way through the babystyle site and then just before I made my last click to confirm and finalize the order, I paused.  If you knew my MIL like I knew my MIL, oh, oh, what an MIL.  Since the Snap-N-Go-LX is compatible with only a few brands of infant car seats -- Century among them and some other leading brands -- I decided to call my SIL and confirm that she was going to buy a Century car seat before I made that final click.  I wouldn't want them to be in a situation where they would either have to return the gift or would not use it due to infant car seat incompatibility.

The SIL said she was not certain that she was going to get the Century infant car seat, so I did not finalize the order.  I really wanted to complete the transaction because I sometimes get itchy when I see a good deal -- you know, strike while the iron is hot and all of that kind of stuff.  My SIL will  probably make her infant car purchase within the next day or so and then, assuming that it is compatible with the Snap-N-Go-LX, I'll make our gift purchase for her (and Amy's brother, the SIL's husband).