EEEWWWW - Retailers caught restocking used womens underwear
 

The Today Show did an investigation at 8 mainstream/upscale retailers returning used bras and panties. They did one run with tags removed as if worn, and one run with the same and mineral oil 'stains'.

On the first run 6 out of 8 restocked the 'used' items.
On the second run 4 out of 8 restocked the 'soiled' items.:eek:

I am so glad that as a guy I buy my underwear in a wrapper.

From here

ewwww....

If this were Japan, they'd use the returned items to stock vending machines.

I'm just thinking that if women got smart, they'd buy their lingerie in plastic bags, too. Maybe only have samples hanging. I assume women try on bathing suits over their clothing, but do they try on panties in a store?

they have wax paper liners that are mildly adhesived to the crotchal region of bathing suit bottoms

I buy panties in plastic packs, and I wash bras beore I wear them. The thrift store here sells used undies. I never saw the charm, myself.

Department stores don't have the underwear in plastic bags but hanging on hangers or folded in bins. I buy my underwear from Victoria's Secret, and the stores have them folded in drawers or trays on top. They only come in plastic bags if ordered through mail.

In response to used bras/underwear, I thought they could not be returned unless not worn?!!??

The joys of shoping Wallie World. ;)

if i was some mook working at the gap, and someone wanted to return underwear....I'd be all like.... lady, these have snail trails in 'em. gtfo, ok?

Same here - I'd be like "I am NOT touching that shit no way, no how."

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

liar... you'd be sniffin em. ya sick freak

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Just the fact that you thought of that grosses me out!

yeah...,..

er... ch'yeah....


sniffer

lolz - you are farked in the hedz

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

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.

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??

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.

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

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

...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 :lol:

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.

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

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.

jockstrap?

Walkin' 'round restocking underwear.

(sung to the tune of Winter Wonderland)

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.

:lol: @ zen

Perish the thought.

She told you that too?

I believe Marks and Sparks have reinstituted that rule :P

See, another good reason not to wear undies

Ewwwww.....Anyways, I had to wear my pants without undies once. I forgot to bring my undies in when I went to take a shower. Had to wear my pants into my room to grab the undies. (I'm explaining the whole thing so y'all won't call me nasty. :nuts:) It felt really weird. :p:

After having a couple of kids, one's whole concept of nasty and gross is completely annihilated and a new grossness paradigm is installed.

Absolutely true. I'm tempted to give examples, but I won't.

Same here, I figured let's not scare the passengers.

The puke stories alone...
College kids think they know from puke. They do not.

I posted horrific poop photos on the board once. And those aren't even the ones I send his doctors.

Puke? Poop? When are you people going to learn not to feed the little monsters. :haha:

Doesn't matter if you feed them or not, they will find a way to mess up your carpet, keyboard, favorite book and hair all in one explosion. Or maybe two.

Those subsequent attacks are always the worst!

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how about looking at it with the eyes that you have in your head before you buy it?

especially if it's on a hanger fer fux ache.

Apparently, no one has considered that, in some circles, this is not only *not* a disincentive to buy, but for a certain clientele, a downright boon.

you're part japanese now?

Not my circles. But some people's circles.