AmyArt21
Short North
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I guess in some capacity, we all knew it was true.
NBC's The Today Show reveals big-name retailers re-tagging and selling pre-worn, returned (and sometimes stained!!!) undergarments.
This is you should wash everything before you wear it - even if it comes hermetically sealed. :)
hugh59
Aboard the ultimate power in Olde Towne East
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AmyArt21 wrote >>
I guess in some capacity, we all knew it was true.
NBC's The Today Show reveals big-name retailers re-tagging and selling pre-worn, returned (and sometimes stained!!!) undergarments.
This is you should wash everything before you wear it - even if it comes hermetically sealed. :)
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/35659447#35659447
Darned hermits! Soiling everything!
L.I. to Buckeye
West side/Galloway
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I'm really surprised by the Gap return. You can't return ANY worn merchandise there (unless it's defective)and, typically, that policy is strictly enforced. I know this because, until recently, I was in the Customer Relations department there and I had to talk to many, many, many angry customers who had their returns refused.
I have to believe that the person posing as the customer somehow communicated to the cashier that the items hadn't been worn. We didn't see much of the interactions between the customers and the store employees. Something just doesn't seem right with it.
That said, I'm also pretty positive that it's against company policy to resell anything that had been worn (which is typically only defective stuff anyway).
L.I. to Buckeye
West side/Galloway
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Roland wrote >>
L.I. If that's the GAP policy and the consumer knows it. Then I can see how used clothing returned as new and unworn could potential end up on the shelves for resale.
Ro, it's printed on the receipt trailer and on the return policy placards, too. Believe me, most people plead ignorance and/or want an exception (and they usually wound up speaking to someone--or multiple people--in my old department). Exceptions really aren't given because, well, how do you decide who can have one and who can't? They try to treat everyone fairly and according to the policies.
Even though it made my job hard, I always appreciated that sense of fairness. That's why I feel that, somehow, there's something that was left out of that story, probably to make it more sensational.
Rockmastermike
CORNspiracy HQ
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wait... stores allow you to return underpants? That seems like a really bad idea.
For some reason i thought that was illegal in ohio, but a quick search of the law shows no such thing.
jarsloth
west side
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I once had a friend who would occassionally forget to pack some of her undergarments when she went to the gym in the morning. Rather than go without, she'd stop by the mall on the way to work to purchase new underwear. I told her I thought that wasn't a good idea to wear underwear (or any clothing, for that matter - though I am a bit on the fastidious side) before washing them. Of course, I had to forward her the above link in a "I-told-you-so" email about a conversation she's probably long-forgotten...
Rockmastermike
CORNspiracy HQ
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manticore33
Delaware, OH
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Most retail stores will try to resale returned merchandise; I see this as no different. Likewise, what is to stop someone from trying the underwear on in the dressing room with the tags still left on? Really, just WASH IT.
And is this really that different from using public restrooms and sitting on the pot? Or wiping with 'community' toilet paper?
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