Comments on: Is That Brand-New Dress You Just Bought Really New?

By: scoji

scoji — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:46:49 +0000

I just want to say I work for a small boutique in Perth and we don’t have staff wearing, we have to buy all our clothes but are not compulsory to wear clothes from the shop, so my point is not all retail shop is like that, maybe just the big stores, I don’t know!

By: Indulgent Diva

Indulgent Diva — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:50:01 +0000

I saw this on Today Tonight too and it scares me! So despicable! I can’t believe it. They shouldn’t let this go on. I too always thought they either had to buy them or were given those as samples from the store and they get to keep them! Not use and back on rack for the rest of us! Sigh….

By: SG

SG — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:52:12 +0000

I always thought that the salesgirls had to buy the clothes first before they wore them! Well now I know… not impressed at all!

By: kaoru

kaoru — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:34:09 +0000

This just makes me happier I’m an odd size… Calling something new that’s been worn by the sales people is wrong. If they want to sell it for a discount price, that’s one thing, but they should warn their customers that the item they are buying might not be as clean as they might think.

By: sesame

sesame — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:16:04 +0000

I always ask for new ones. Unless I really love the piece, I won’t settle for off the rack pieces.

By: beetrice

beetrice — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:57:47 +0000

that’s disgusting! for one, if the sales girls are happily wearing the clothes before you buy them, can you still justify paying the premium prices at some of these outlets for something USED? geez, if these girls can wear designer clothes everyday by working at a clothing store, what on earth am i doing slogging for hard-earned money to buy them?

By: miku

miku — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:22:03 +0000

Actually, I saw a sale assistant putting back on the rack clothes she tried on. My jaw fell on the floor. Now if I buy ‘new’ clothes… I wash them as soon as I get home!

By: geekchic

geekchic — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:21:31 +0000

Oh, I always insist on getting new ones from the store room. However, when I was in Country Rd recently to get some work shirts, I picked a few straight from the shelves: The girls never wear work shirts

By: ohmypetticoat

ohmypetticoat — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:00:42 +0000

Personally, I feel it’s better for shops to wear uniform. Yeah I always ask for the ones still in plastic but plue might be right, they could repackage it after all. *shudders*

By: Paris B

Paris B — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:56:23 +0000

Which is why unless the item is on heavy sales where what you see is what you get, I always ask for a new item. Less chance that its been worn though its not to say that its never worn. Again, clothes on the racks would have been tried by multiple customers so they too aren’t “new” in the true sense of the word.