topic Re: That darned Quacker factory in Fashion

That darned Quacker factory

151949 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:43:53 GMT

i had myself convinced that I did not need or want any new clothes. I had my large walk in closet stuffed. it was ridiculous. So I cleaned the closet out using a heavy hand. Made a lot of room in there and it is so nice to not be squishing my clothes. I still have way more than I absolutely need.So - now I'm not buying. Nothing at all. Then I see that darned QF and they forced me - honest - i had no control over it - they forced me to buy a Christmas t shirt. The one with the trees. Oh the guilt - oh the angst.( back of hand against forehead) if you can picture it - a force came out of the TV and started dialing my phone - the force used automated ordering - how does QVC do that?

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GCR18 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:46:40 GMT

I've had a similar experience. The nice clean roomy closet doesn't last long.

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Group 5 minus 1 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:51:53 GMT

I really don't care for Quacker Factory. Don't like all the glitz. If I need a holiday type shirt I can usually find them at Goodwill.

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morning glory — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:01:01 GMT

Well, you are no fun. Everybody needs a little glitz in their life.

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Dominosmom — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:24:43 GMT

Yep, I just bought a nearly new quacker top at goodwill. It's red with lots of gold sequins for $5. So I am all set for the holidays.

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151949 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:26:33 GMT

@ncascade wrote:
I really don't care for Quacker Factory. Don't like all the glitz. If I need a holiday type shirt I can usually find them at Goodwill.

i prefer not to buy used clothing and even the clothes at Goodwill were originally bought new by someone. After all the people I have seen come into ICU with horrid infections - there is no way I would wear someone else's used clothing,if you had seen things I've seen - you wouldn't either.

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151949 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:30:44 GMT

OMG - i reread my OP and it reminded me of Sophia on Golden Girls " Picture it - sicily 1948..."

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sunshine 919 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:45:12 GMT

I just found a really nice Denim and Co sweater at Goodwill. It looks like it has never been worn. I grabbed that one !!! I know D&C clothes really hold up. I love finding something when I am not looking. I was just browsing for Halloween costumes. Enjoy your day ladies

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Chrystaltree2 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:22:32 GMT

@morning glory wrote:
Well, you are no fun. Everybody needs a little glitz in their life.

......and some of us need a whole lot of glitz in our lives...lol I purposely did not watch that QF show, I didn't even check out the items in the show. I know myself.....

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Andreatoo — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:34:06 GMT

@151949 wrote:
@ncascade wrote:
I really don't care for Quacker Factory. Don't like all the glitz. If I need a holiday type shirt I can usually find them at Goodwill.

i prefer not to buy used clothing and even the clothes at Goodwill were originally bought new by someone. After all the people I have seen come into ICU with horrid infections - there is no way I would wear someone else's used clothing,if you had seen things I've seen - you wouldn't either.

I believe she was using Goodwill to make an insulting point..

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okaywitheasypay — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:36:16 GMT

In brick and mortar stores they have dressing rooms where customers try on clothes. Strangers have worn the clothes most likely before an item is purchased.

While a patient in a hospital have worn the gowns. Of course they have been cleansed acording to certain standards, but still worn many times.

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ID2 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:41:16 GMT

@151949 wrote:
@ncascade wrote:
I really don't care for Quacker Factory. Don't like all the glitz. If I need a holiday type shirt I can usually find them at Goodwill.

i prefer not to buy used clothing and even the clothes at Goodwill were originally bought new by someone. After all the people I have seen come into ICU with horrid infections - there is no way I would wear someone else's used clothing,if you had seen things I've seen - you wouldn't either.

Umm that's what washing machines are for.

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Pearlee — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:47:00 GMT

@ID2 wrote:
@151949 wrote:
@ncascade wrote:
I really don't care for Quacker Factory. Don't like all the glitz. If I need a holiday type shirt I can usually find them at Goodwill.

i prefer not to buy used clothing and even the clothes at Goodwill were originally bought new by someone. After all the people I have seen come into ICU with horrid infections - there is no way I would wear someone else's used clothing,if you had seen things I've seen - you wouldn't either.

Umm that's what washing machines are for.

I was in the PJ/Robes section of a thrift store just this week. A well dressed woman was buying her teenaged daughter (who was trying things on) PJs and a robe from that section. I said, "Are you comfortable with wearing PJs after washing them in hot water?" I buy thrift store clothes sometimes but never intimates and usually just tee shirts that I can tell are new. I still always wash them in hot water before wearing.

She said, "Oh yes, and I always add about a cup of white vinegar to the hot water too; that kills the germs. I'm perfectly comfortable wearing anything I've bought at a thrift store when I do that."

Good tip.

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Andreatoo — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 18:19:17 GMT

You gals do realize that the odds of catching anything off of a piece of clothing hanging in a thrift store are slim to none? Communicable diseases don't live outside of a host

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151949 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:35:00 GMT

@Pearlee wrote:
@ID2 wrote:
@151949 wrote:
@ncascade wrote:
I really don't care for Quacker Factory. Don't like all the glitz. If I need a holiday type shirt I can usually find them at Goodwill.

i prefer not to buy used clothing and even the clothes at Goodwill were originally bought new by someone. After all the people I have seen come into ICU with horrid infections - there is no way I would wear someone else's used clothing,if you had seen things I've seen - you wouldn't either.

Umm that's what washing machines are for.
I was in the PJ/Robes section of a thrift store just this week. A well dressed woman was buying her teenaged daughter (who was trying things on) PJs and a robe from that section. I said, "Are you comfortable with wearing PJs after washing them in hot water?" I buy thrift store clothes sometimes but never intimates and usually just tee shirts that I can tell are new. I still always wash them in hot water before wearing.

She said, "Oh yes, and I always add about a cup of white vinegar to the hot water too; that kills the germs. I'm perfectly comfortable wearing anything I've bought at a thrift store when I do that."

Good tip.

vinegar does not kill MRSA - nor does hot water of the temps in your washing machine.Perhaps if you put it in BOILING water. BTW - the hospital linens and gowns are cleaned at temperature you could never achieve at home. despite that it fades and wore out my scrubs, I washed them always in hot water and bleach.And the bleach has to be 1/10 of the volume of the water to kill things like MRSA. that is a lot of bleach!!! You all want to wear someone else's germs - it's a free country - but never this lady !!!!

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151949 — Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:36:24 GMT

@Andreatoo wrote:
You gals do realize that the odds of catching anything off of a piece of clothing hanging in a thrift store are slim to none? Communicable diseases don't live outside of a host

Some things can live for very long periods of time.

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Zhills — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 02:19:36 GMT

You really don't think anyone has tried on the shirts you buy at Beall's? Especially the ones that have been in the store long enough to be on the SALE rack!

I have returned an item and it was back on the rack before I left the store!

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Venezia — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 02:33:41 GMT

Good heavens! How did this thread get hijacked from a fun post about Quacker Factory to doom and gloom about communicable diseases?

Some people can only afford to buy items from such as places as the Salvation Army and Goodwill. Those items are well cleaned before they're put out for sale, believe me. Even if you walk in with them dry-cleaned, they clean them again.

If you take towels or blankets to the local animal shelter, they wash them again!

Can we return to the original "fun" tone of this thread now? Don't let one silly poster derail it.

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cater — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 03:11:51 GMT

Don't feel bad that is what happened here. I swear I was just looking and all of a sudden my fingers hit Speed Buy next thing my password was typed in and my order was placed. Could not believe how fast these fingers went out of control. But thats ok I love to wear different Christmas tops every day in December.

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cater — Sat, 31 Oct 2015 03:19:17 GMT

Venezia, thanks it never fails something that starts out making a person smile then someone has to put the gloom mark on it. Geeze see how fast I responded to your post when I read it. Its these fingers!!!!!!!!!!!