The thrifting competition

Okay, I’m going to rant a little here. I hate ranting online but it’s therapeutic.

Anyway. I visited a business competitor’s store today. I checked out the clothes they have on sale - mind you, in person, not online. Guess what I see? The clothes are in bad condition - the color is not right anymore, I saw broken threads and tattered linings. In other words, the clothes look ratty.

To be fair, not all the clothes were like this. It’s just that there’s enough of them on the racks to irritate me.

This isn’t even about how the business is our direct competitor. This also isn’t about the fact that I don’t dig their style. I’m taken aback by the quality of the clothes, which, for the price (P500-1000+) should be a lot, lot better. I know these are just secondhand clothes but guess what? I sell secondhand clothes that are in mint condition for half the price, P500 being the highest we price.

I know that thrifting, while fun, can be really tiring and time-consuming. I just wish that stores will not do the clients a disservice by selling ratty clothes. I can live with an open seam or a missing button, but not fabric that has gone bad because of time. And IF you really MUST sell ratty clothes because the design is good anyway, have the decency to price it fairly.