EEEWWWW - Retailers caught restocking used womens underwear - Page 2

monster · 03-14-2010, 11:41 PM

So here's the deal....would you return used underwear? Right. Eeeeeew. Now... Imagine the skanks who would. Now imagine you're paid minimum wage to deal with them. Really want to start something? Are you going to buy the used undies? So it's not skin off your nose if the manager tells you to retag them.

caveat emptor

ZenGum · 03-15-2010, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by classicman

Where is Zen when you need him? What are the odds that a female cellar poster has bought some of them?

You rang, sir?

I'm no expert on any of this, apart from media reports about the Japanese used underwear trade.

Seriously, these stores are stupid. Not only does this risk offending/losing actual customers, those used undies are probably worth more sold online as used.

richlevy · 03-15-2010, 08:47 PM

What's really odd about this is that some of these same stores have been caught destroying new clothes that they couldn't sell before throwing them away.

So they'll throw away new clothes, but resell used underwear??

jinx · 03-15-2010, 09:02 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

So it's not skin off your nose if the manager tells you to retag them.

I can see this happening at the single brand stores, but how do Bloomies or Macy's have all the various manufacturer tags available? They would only have their own price tags I would think.

Still, washing new shit is a no-brainer.

Clodfobble · 03-15-2010, 09:27 PM

I do it even if it comes packaged in plastic, because I hate that chemical "new clothes" smell.

monster · 03-15-2010, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by jinx

I can see this happening at the single brand stores, but how do Bloomies or Macy's have all the various manufacturer tags available? They would only have their own price tags I would think.

Still, washing new shit is a no-brainer.

Even in the 80s when i worked in clothing stores, manufacturers sent spare tags. Tags genuinely get lost all the time.

monster · 03-15-2010, 10:36 PM

...no I never retagged used lingerie -in fact that was in the UK pre customer-is-always-right days. We didn't accept returns at all unless accompanied by the corpse of your first born

wolf · 03-16-2010, 11:57 AM

I only buy undies in original, sealed packaging ... there aren't a lot of stores that sells panties by the each in my size. When I do find them, they get checked before buying and washed before wearing. I get my bras from QVC these days ... once you find a brand and style you like, you stick with it.

Spexxvet · 03-16-2010, 12:45 PM

When I worked for a "low price" optical, years ago, We recieved a frame, in original packaging, with a prescription lens in it.

Gravdigr · 03-18-2010, 02:05 AM

Every time I hear something about bras, I thank God that we men don't have to wear something similar for our boys. Like a nut-sling. Or a huevo-hammock.

monster · 03-18-2010, 10:38 PM

jockstrap?

Shawnee123 · 03-19-2010, 08:00 AM

Walkin' 'round restocking underwear.

(sung to the tune of Winter Wonderland)

squirell nutkin · 03-19-2010, 08:12 PM

Mercifully, you have left out the rest of the lyrics to that song.

Pete Zicato · 03-19-2010, 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

Mercifully, you have left out the rest of the lyrics to that song.

She's saving it. It'll be a big hit next Christmas for Weird Al.

TheMercenary · 03-20-2010, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

... those used undies are probably worth more sold online as used.

@ zen

03-14-2010, 11:41 PM	#16
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	So here's the deal....would you return used underwear? Right. Eeeeeew. Now... Imagine the skanks who would. Now imagine you're paid minimum wage to deal with them. Really want to start something? Are you going to buy the used undies? So it's not skin off your nose if the manager tells you to retag them. caveat emptor __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-15-2010, 08:47 PM	#18
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	What's really odd about this is that some of these same stores have been caught destroying new clothes that they couldn't sell before throwing them away. So they'll throw away new clothes, but resell used underwear?? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I do it even if it comes packaged in plastic, because I hate that chemical "new clothes" smell. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

03-15-2010, 10:36 PM	#22
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	...no I never retagged used lingerie -in fact that was in the UK pre customer-is-always-right days. We didn't accept returns at all unless accompanied by the corpse of your first born __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-16-2010, 11:57 AM	#23
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I only buy undies in original, sealed packaging ... there aren't a lot of stores that sells panties by the each in my size. When I do find them, they get checked before buying and washed before wearing. I get my bras from QVC these days ... once you find a brand and style you like, you stick with it. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-16-2010, 12:45 PM	#24
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03-18-2010, 10:38 PM	#26
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	jockstrap? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-19-2010, 08:00 AM	#27
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