Re: Re: Vegan running shoes by suttree, 728 days ago
You raise a good point - and not just about these Vegan shoes either. A number of high profile supermarkets here in the UK sell clothes at incredibly cheap prices. Plenty of shoppers buy them thinking that they're paying a decent price because, in the UK, we like to think that we get ripped off when it comes to added tax and European prices (things are much cheaper in the US, "Rip off Britian", etc).
The real issue, though, is not that clothes are cheap at last, but how can they afford to be so cheap? If you're buying a pair of jeans for £5, then someone, somewhere is making less money out of it, and you can be fairly sure that it's not a company or executive giving you that discount Most likely, it's someone from the East working longer hours, taking less breaks for less money.
Re: Re: Re: Vegan running shoes by suttree, 725 days ago
Well, that was a well-timed comment:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6219274.stm
"Textile workers in Bangladesh get paid as little as five pence an hour to make cheap clothes for UK companies Tesco, Asda and Primark, a report says."
And...
"Bargain retailers such as Primark, Asda and Tesco are only able to sell at rock bottom prices in the UK because women workers in Bangladesh are being exploited," said War on Want chief executive Louise Richards.
Certainly makes you think twice about buying those cheap, cheap clothes.
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You raise a good point - and not just about these Vegan shoes either. A number of high profile supermarkets here in the UK sell clothes at incredibly cheap prices. Plenty of shoppers buy them thinking that they're paying a decent price because, in the UK, we like to think that we get ripped off when it comes to added tax and European prices (things are much cheaper in the US, "Rip off Britian", etc).
The real issue, though, is not that clothes are cheap at last, but how can they afford to be so cheap? If you're buying a pair of jeans for £5, then someone, somewhere is making less money out of it, and you can be fairly sure that it's not a company or executive giving you that discount Most likely, it's someone from the East working longer hours, taking less breaks for less money.
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Well, that was a well-timed comment:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6219274.stm
"Textile workers in Bangladesh get paid as little as five pence an hour to make cheap clothes for UK companies Tesco, Asda and Primark, a report says."
And...
"Bargain retailers such as Primark, Asda and Tesco are only able to sell at rock bottom prices in the UK because women workers in Bangladesh are being exploited," said War on Want chief executive Louise Richards.
Certainly makes you think twice about buying those cheap, cheap clothes.
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