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On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

bonnielu — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:03:31 GMT

I will not mention the item but there seems to be an abundance of a shirt with a hateful message. Does anyone have an experience with the process of taking down the item? And what was the result. No need to mention anything other than the experience. Cannot believe retailers are not responsible for what they sell.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

millieshops — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:06:08 GMT

They wouldn't need to be responsible if people refused to spend their money on such.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

deepwaterdotter — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:10:15 GMT

I believe that retailers are responsible for what they choose to sell. I also believe that shoppers have the choice to not patronize retaiIers they find do not meet their standards.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

makena — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:12:07 GMT

Freedom of speech.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

proudlyfromNJ — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:15:17 GMT

Does this have to do with QVC ? What's the big secret?

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

Moonchilde — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:18:20 GMT

All you as an individual can do is complain about it to their corporate offices. Generally, the only thing that gets stores to stop selling items offensive to some is major media bad publicity. Unless you can get national news media attention, they won't pay any (attention).

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

SeaMaiden — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:18:48 GMT

@bonnielu What store or website?

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

Noel7 — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:21:28 GMT

Just because you can say something doesn't mean you should.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

Noel7 — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:23:06 GMT

Freedom of speech is not absolute, and stores are not required to allow it on their merchandise.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

Noel7 — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:26:31 GMT

@millieshops wrote:
They wouldn't need to be responsible if people refused to spend their money on such.

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That's the crux of it imo. Many people luxuriate in hate speech.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

bonnielu — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:31:10 GMT

Not QVC. Beyond that I don't want to identify the stores or the items. I just don't want anything said that will be close this post. I was just interested if anyone had found ANYTHING OBJECTABLE at any time and what was the result.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

Moonchilde — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:31:45 GMT

And of course, just like all over these forums, what's "hateful" to one person isn't to another.

I'd guess that if it's something that is majorly offensive to a significant amount of people, we'll start hearing about it. If we don't hear about it, it probably isn't bothering many.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

Melvin-QVC — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:34:22 GMT

This post has been removed by QVC because it could be deemed political.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

happycat — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 19:40:53 GMT

Nope, I have never seen any merchandise in stores that I found offensive.

I have seen some men wearing offensive t shirts that I did find offensive. Have no idea where they find such filth.

If I saw these shirts for sale in a store I was shopping at, I would complain.

Some were racist and others that were degrading to women. Completely inappropriate. In any setting.

I think some people like to be as offensive as possible. Sick.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

Mj12 — Thu, 08 Jun 2017 20:08:56 GMT

@bonnielu wrote:
Not QVC. Beyond that I don't want to identify the stores or the items. I just don't want anything said that will be close this post. I was just interested if anyone had found ANYTHING OBJECTABLE at any time and what was the result.

Hi @bonnielu I wish you could mention the store. Have no idea what you're referring to. I have not seen anything objectionable in stores at any time.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

Kachina624 — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:01:34 GMT

Every retailer of any size has a websites with a "contact us" link. You can express your thoughts freely there. They do pay attention to the comments they get.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

truffle — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 00:37:19 GMT

It is up to the Buyer in the Purchasing Dept who chooses these things and frequently without approval. Maybe the owner of the store would give kudos and maybe not, so I do think it's a good idea to let someone higher up on the ladder know what is going on.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

occasionalrain — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 01:52:26 GMT

I could list a hoard of things that offend me but since I'm against censorship I mind my own business. I wish others would do the same.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

qbetzforreal — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 01:58:34 GMT

Almost all retailers and businesses have a Facebook wall. You can lodge your complaint there or call their corporate offices.

Re: On line and in stores sales of questionable hateful items

Carmie — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 02:05:56 GMT

The only offensive clothing and other items that I have personally seen have been in the boardwalk stores at the beach.

Some of them left me speechless, if that is even possible.