Expert Voices Concerns about the Dangers of Secondhand Shopping
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With thrifting comes diligence, Reporter Dathan Trevino talks with experts to outline the importance of being informed when it comes to the dangers of buying secondhand items.
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Also make sure to wash your hands after using the toilet, look both ways before crossing the street, don't play with explosives and never swim with crocodiles.
Brush your teeth 2 times a day 😂
Probably right,,,
Lolllolllolll
Hahahaha
Both ends of the gun are the dangerous ones
I wash brand new clothes from the store before wearing-common sense right? 😂🤣🤣
I used to work in a warehouse, please wash all your "new" clothes. I don't even like trying them on in the stalls after seeing what all these "new" items go through.
@@user-um8zt2ke8oreally?! Like what?
But you can't wash them before trying them on in the fitting rooms, and who knows how many others tried them on before you, who they were, or what they have🤢🤮
So how do you know if something will fit well or whether you'll even like the item(s) without first taking them home, removing tags, and washing the items, at which point some stores may not take them back. Plus, then you miss out on trying on different sizes, colors, etc, of the same item to help you find the right ones for you. What a pain. I think we need to go back to making our own clothes or having them custom-made instead of off the rack.
@KatarinaS. It's not only clothes that are potentially dangerous. Even train seats. So I basically say God protects us.
You better wash them because those clothes be on the floor and stepped on before they even get on the racks . Some nasty stuff goes on in the back of the warehouse...
I have bought TONS of clothing and shoes from thrift stores for years and NEVER had a problem.
I haven't either but I also make sure I wash them before I wear them
I feel bad for you.
White privilege at its finest
Just takes once.
It seems, people used to wash their hands after using the toilet and do other more sensible things in the past
Many of the pandemics and illnesses come down to being spread because of a simple lack of sensible hygiene.
Also, we for the most part didn't even know bedbugs were actually real.
When buying second hand closes putting them in the dryer for about an hour or more at high heat FIRST kills both bedbugs AND their eggs.
You might want to put a damp towel in the load since your putting them in the dryer FIRST.
Then run them through the washer.
If it's a public washer; repeat the dryer procedure AGAIN, because previous users of the washing machine may have left bedbugs (even just ONE) or their eggs.
Believe me, it's worth it. Bedbugs breed WAY faster than roaches and it's quite expensive to exterminate them. 🌺
I worked for goodwill at one time. I want to warn people that homeless people will come in and try on clothes and will put their clothes back on the racks and take the clothes from good will or any other thrift store. I worked there for 3 months and got scabies from working there. My doctor caught it early so praise the Lord. But be careful. You can catch anything from the clothes.
😱 wow! I worked in management at a savers thrift store like 20 yrs ago and they were really good about checking everything. For anything with fabric they had people whose job it was just to check if it was clean and hang it or line it up to be further inspected by more eyes and a price assigned. Nothing made it out to the sales floor if it was grimy, stained, badly wrinkled, etc. Glad for that! Also the fitting rooms were monitored so clothes swapping was rare. Even the back of house staff used to watch out for swappers, they were on it! It would be horrible to have bugs, etc at work! Sorry that was yr experience it must have been difficult! 💛 😪
Wash them before wearing. Simple. Scabies is from scratching a bug bite with dirty fingers...little kids are susceptible. Grown ups, not so much.
These reporters are truly the epitome of thrift store precaution experts.
I buy a majority of clothes from goodwill or thrift stores and most of my items have new tags on it. I have been safe so far
Infection protection director,,,
@@user-gw6hh1bu7syou should still wash them, who knows how long those clothes have been sitting around in someone's house.
From u.k.
We call them charity shops over here.
L.M.F.A.O.! at your comment!
Online shopping has ruined every town
So these charities move into the vacated
shops.
Every town has about 5 or 6 of them!
All different charities.
You can get some real bargains though!
I’ve seen well heeled people in them.
Having a good ROOT as we say.
Take care and have a good ROOT!
NEVER know what ya FIND!
Oh no! Used things are dirty??! Who would've thought?!
Ya, you’d think that would be common knowledge, but the fact that they felt it necessary to make this video probably hints that it ain’t so common anymore.
@@ab-hx8qe someone should make a video about my socks disappearing
It's cleaned in most stores depending on state laws. But people visit try clothes on and put them back on the store shelves or racks.
After working in Pest Control some 20+ years ago, used furniture isn't an option. A Lender in a strip-mall called in for Service. Got there, things seemed a bit off, everything was well maintained in every capacity. However, next door was a resale shop for furniture, they promoted their business like a Rent to Own place, thus loads of repos. I didn't need to enter the shop to see the problem, they were crawling up the window in the middle of the day... huge infestation. I wanted to go in and ask for Upson Pratt.
Bed bugs definitely don't die in a week...😂😂😂😢,learnt that the hard way after being gifted a book stand. Thank God after a ton of wrapping EVERYTHING in plastic and stayed looking for them bitches l am going on 2 years bed bug free. What a horror that was. Don't lose hope guys. Vigilance,some plastic wrap and bags,bed bug spray and some mild bleach water to wipe down and spray certain corners got the job done. Glad l didn't believe that jive that you can't get rid of them.
Another thing you can easily bring home from a thrift store is 1..carpet Beatles. Didn’t have them up north, but in warm climates they destroy.coats, rugs, & anything else w/ natural fibers. 2. Also, very common in hot areas is termites. My house has been tented, but u can easily bring home termites, and they can get into all wood. I picked up a picture frame one day at home, and was shocked to find that the termites ate the entire wood frame and left the paint, which looked like the frame, but wasn’t. LOL. Thus the tenting.
3. Also, there are few kinds of roaches, they hide in paper so most southerners avoid paper bags & cardboard. If I bring a paper bag home, bc I need one, I fold it up & put it in the freezer for a couple days. Thrift stores provide a valuable service when they sell good used, or new stuff at a 75% discount. Make sure u have a 3 day warranty on electronics, & try the item as soon as u get home. Many of the shops don’t test irons, crockpots, vacuums, and more. And when u find you bought an item or have an item that doesn’t work right, like the crockpot I bought, do me a favor and throw broken stuff away instead of donating it where the next shopper is burned.
If you adopt an animal you should also give it a good washing when you bring it home
Wow. You mean I need to wash clothes from a thrift store before I wear them ?? Come on guys you have the equipment, can’t you find something useful to report ??
This is for dummies.
How about now buying clothes from the thrift shop.. it’s safer!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂Right😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yeah I don’t believe this is a real story… I think these guys are sneaker re-sellers and this is a mock channel
Some people don't wash the thrift items. I just read some comments on another website and some people said they don't so not everyone is the same.
Heck, was your hands after shopping, anywhere,
A lot of thrift store/ goodwill don’t clean the clothes
Nope none of them I worked for Goodwill
Yeah, I figured that. I donate often, so I always wash the clothes and whipe items first.
Yeah and if they did it would make everything cost way more. I'd wash it either way.
Why should they. You need to take them home and clean them
Yep.
In the summer leave items in the hot car for a few days
One can do the same in winter, in minus degree , put firniture/clothes etc outdoors or put in the freezer
To get rid off bed bugs at least
One should be careful with one's suitcases as well, to not bring them into the house, leave outdoors or in balcony
Sun light...in the very old days people took their furniture and rugs outside in the sun light. They had a pretty wand sorta like a tennis racket but w a loopy flower top n beat the rugs n furniture beds ECT. The sunlight fresh air always killed the bed bugs mites n lice type in any fabric
That only works in an area with no car burglary, otherwise you find your windows smashed and items gone
This applies to all thrift clothing wash them yourself with borax, vinegar and laundry soap.
You can tell as soon as you walk into a secondhand store if the items have been cleaned. It smells of BO in most cases. Shoes are the worst. Not a good idea to buy used shoes because most shoes are formed to the person’s feet.
Are you going to VOLUNTEER to wash and dry all of the clothing, linen donations????
I've been thrifting for 40 years and I have literally never once smelled BO on any item of clothing. 🙄
@@laoxinat it’s not most clothing but some. Maybe it depends on the persons who takes the items to get donated. I still love going to the thrift stores. The ones I go to in Canada are really expensive now being it was all donated. Some items cost more money than buying it brand new.
Currently battling my second encounter with lice compliments my local Value Village (from a cap I bought). I shower after trying on. Yes, I wash before officially wearing and even before storing in my home. However, my issue was I didn't wash everything in hottest heat and dry everything in hottest heat. There are items that just can't be washed that way. Be sure to bag in plastic then take to a dry clean and let the dry cleaners know you bought second hand. I didn't know this info until I did research after dealing with this again (and the covid precautions taken by stores early on in the pandemic reduced the risk of this happening, but...they stopped doing them). It's great if a shop cleans the clothes, but it's a bit rare.
Also, NEVER store furniture outside.That's HOW you'll get bed bugs, fleas, and other bugs in and on your furniture. The only time you store outside is if wrapped securely in plastic and on a hot summer's day to kill any potential bugs, including bed bugs.
Those who claim they never got anything from a thrift store either live in a cush area or don't have allergic reactions to the bug bites. In my situation, people just don't think and donate stuff while they're in the middle of a pest control issue (a patient of mine admitted she donated stuff during the middle of a flea infestation) plus homeless people shopping there. I also got scabies the first time around, too, b/c I learned (after getting them) that there was a scabies outbreak in my area, particularly around the homeless population.
Please be careful and heed their warnings.
Paris fashion week bed bugs in high priced hotels .. New York City bedbug epidemic in MD’s waiting room chairs .. movies etc ., sprayed my clothes & back of my coat w tea tree oil ‘ natural repellents .. even in Taxi’s i worry ‘n spray myself w natural oil repellents to feel safer
I will buy some tea tree oil spray for my coats, thank you. I take the subway and there are lots of homeless people.
@@sct4040 it's not just homeless people.
If not new....DUH thats a no brainer! Also, i learned tge hardway....everything at a thriftstore belonged to a person. Was that person good or bad? Dont know but if bad and you buy a trinkett or piece of furniture have it saged, say a prayer before bringing it in. Bad mojo comes with it, so to be safer give positive before bringing into your home.
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Some thrift stores store items in tractor trailers for up to a year. Never wear clothes from thrift stores without washing them. Some items are donated that are from rat and roach infested homes.
The clothes normally are not washed prior to your purchasing them.
Bugs can infest the clothes.
I'm more concerned about the DYES(Colorings) in new Clothes than I am about used clothing.
When I buy new Towels, underwear, socks, etc. I have to wash them at least 4 to 5 times before wear. Otherwise that coloring absorbs in my skin.
yes actual
cases of cancer from some .. buyer beware
Nope bc Walmart, hotels, court, had bed bugs. Also, wash everything thoughly before you use it.
Awh look at fast fashion trying to dismantle upcycling because people have to wash the clothes they buy 😂
I have worn second hand clothing and other items all my life. I have never contracted any disease. I always wash and clean items I buy... its just about common sense.
Another item not to buy: plush toys. Thrift stores in my area were not even taking them anymore because of bedbugs, fleas, lice, etc.
Good advice
And Don't buy any thing with holes in fabric, pillows, comforters & such its beg bug heaven
You can bring home any bug even buying new or wven delivered to you by online shopping
Yep.......
I got a infection from a chair 😢 at the second hand store
What were you doing on it? And with who?
HOW????!!!!
I read about a man who bought a framed picture and inadvertently brought home bedbugs. Ugh
I'm going to have to take the risk because after I pay for food and rent I have no money left over for new clothing!
Is this a real news station ?
Read the info about the channel, it's a student run news program.
@@22lyric are the students so dense they don't know about such basic things????!!!! 😮
I order a comforter from JC Penney and it had bedbugs. JC Penney wouldn’t compensate me for it. I sent email after email. They told me I couldn’t prove it.
I picked up something in a Goodwill Clearance Center years ago that had cat poop on it. I've found lots of dirty stinky things in thrift stores, usually always Goodwill, in their regular store or the Clearance Center bins, which we are fortunate enough to have in our town.
Even if it's difficult to wash things if one is low income, may not have a washing machine or a dryer to heat clothes to high temps, you can wash them in the sink with very hot water. You can wipe shoes down carefully with something sanitizing.
This is a non-story. This is common sense, as everyone is staying here 🙄😮💨
Bedbugs etc is a whole other story!
yes and disgusting cd smears ‘n filthy visible greasy fingerprints ..need 90% alcohol wipe off
One shouldn't donate pooped on and stained or funky smelling clothes; and stores shouldn't sell such garbage. 🗑️
Thanks. 👍
I just… won’t…. buy….used upholstered furniture. Period.
In hot climates, termites can be in anything wood. A chair, a picture frame, a rocker, a trunk, a dresser, a trinket box, and on and one. If u want to make sure you’re not bringing termites in, wrap the wood piece in heavy plastic & leave in garage, but put 8 ounces of mothballs inside the plastic wrap, for contact with the wood. Then leave it for 4 or 5 months. Sounds paranoid, but I had an antique cupboard with termites, so o put a package mothballs in it , on the different shelves, & taped it all up & and the termites were killed. Problem solved. BUT, moth balls are extremely toxic, and should never be anywhere close to ppl., even it the furniture is wrapped up.
Also, be careful sitting in the chairs in the waiting room at the doctors office. I’ve heard there are sick people there.
Considering where most articles of clothing are manufactured these days, it's a good idea to wash new ones as well before wearing them.
Factories that are willing to use child or slave labor are also most likely not too worried about cleanliness or use of dangerous chemicals.
It never hurts to be cautious, even overly so.
I have a good life honestly I forgot thrift stores are a thing thanks for the reminder UA-cam be blessed people.
I thought they were going to touch on the spiritual aspect of it. If you know you know.
This can happen with brand new clothes too if customers hang them back up.
Yikes!!!😱🤔
Lol, in the thumbnail, there's 3 of one sneaker! 😂
I once bought a shirt at goodwill and I died.
😂
Always wash in hot, dry in hottest setting, and perhaps spray with lysol before washing.
All the same goes with brand new items as well you can bring home anything in new items too DUH
This dudes tie and clothing, were they bought at a second hand clothing?😂😭🤣
I notice clothes I buy from Thredup has a disinfectant smell to them, even the handbags. Of course, I wash them first in hot water then dry in the hottest setting.
Some years ago, I bought clothing from Thredup that had SO much animal hair!!!!! I just stopped using that online store........🤢
Can't get enough fear
This very important to clean everything disinfecting is a must.
😅...i thought you meant secondhand shopping, like secondhand smoking...
your friend is shopping and you invariably end up shopping as well..😄
Ha! Yes! Perfect lol 😂👍
You can catch yellow toe nails by buying used shoes. The workers at places like the Salvation Army, complain that a lot of people who donate, are just trying to get rid of junk. The recipient of the donation has to then pay out the extra money to make dump runs …Of course, it’s not cheap to launder all of those clothes either. These shops are dedicated.
Yeah ngk fwiw underwear and swim stuff I would just assume get new... same with socks but yeah fwiw other stuff I just would wasj it as soon as one gets home with it regarding lcothes wether or not new or no matter where they came from,
But fwiw furniture I would likely assume thoroughly vacuum to pull out frominside of it all of as much potnetial dust and allergens as possible and use a Kirby vacuum cleaner on it fwiw and maybe even the silicon/silicone based dry foam "Carpet shampoo" in the upholstery tool for further cleaning it deeply.
And throughly but also just as general no matter what a cut up peice of a small peice of flea collae r sticking it inside of the inner disposable vacuum bag and another in the outer cloth/decoration bag fwiw is good advice for anybody anywhere imho..
Dangers of secondhand shopping= Saving money
Many things clothes and shoes, that peoole sell on Amason were bought at the garage sale and trift store.......🤮🤮🤮🤮
I’ve been buying used stuff for decades. No problem so far 🤷♀️
I am glad this shop does the right thing. I have always known this. There is no way bed bugs die just by furniture being left outside. It doesn't get hot enough, or cold enough.
Wrap in plastic.
Oh please, worried about 2nd hand stores stealing business much? I always check the Thrift Shops first. ❤
Good job guys. Nice story and produced smooth as ice
Tell me common sense isn't so common anymore without telling me common sense isn't so common anymore. I'll go first, these reporters and their story.
Deseret Industries in Utah DOES NOT CLEAN ANYTHING!
Simple solution just wash the crap you buy and even if it's knew you still have to make sure no one has tried it own, if they have you still need to wash it.
60 years, never a problem. Clothes go right in washer when you get home. Dont scare people away from these stores.
It is important to carefully inspect second hand underwear before purchase.
It's important to buy new underwear and wash it before wearing. 💁🌺
@@miriamhavard7621 It's important to carefully inspect used underwear for brown spots and ask for a discount if it does.
Duh.
I thought they were talking about divorced women
All of which you could be just as likely to get from Walmart 😂
Even new clothes should be washed before wearing. It's just common sense!!!
Oh you have to do his washing when you meet him
I hate to tell you that people try on clothes and dressing rooms in stores and leave stuff on the floor and don't wear proper undergarments and it's all disgusting. Just wash everything first
You don't know from which funeral home the clothing came from😮
Don’t purchase used underwear. Got it. 👍🤦♀️
Lots Of People Thrift I Hope Most Of The See This Video 😮
We see it and we never had a problem.
Scabbies is a vitamin C deficiency! Also, whether you are buying new or used. You should always wash everything!
Scabies is a tiny mite that gets under the skin and itches terribly. Scurvy is a vitamin C deficiency.
@@cynthiafuhrman544I am stunned that there are three people who liked the original comment!
You are thinking of scurvy, a condition that British sailors had from an inadequate diet. To combat this, they stored limes on board and Brits are known as limeys from this. North American indigenous stewed spruce needles to treat it.
Never purchase shoes or underwear. Check the quality of the fabric when buying clothing. Look for worn out areas. All that being said, using 2nd hand shops is an excellent way to obtain fabrics for learning to sew without putting a lot of money into it if a new hobbie doesn’t work out.
Thats common sense.
Be sure to wash your hands of the sniffer joe
Common sense. I wash/ wipe everything b4 using it
Chinese never ho for 2nd hand goods. Very unlucky as some may have come from the dead.
Everyone's gonna die lol. If they had nice clothes and its clean? You can wash it a few times to get the death off. I'm just being silly but its really just being creeped out or superstitious to think that. I mean they proabably didn't die in the donated clothes lol. But to each their own.
My neice bought a used sweater and like died. 💀
It’s niece
The sweater did it?! 😲
Oh stop it
Duh
Wow, where do you people live that this stuff is on your second-hand items?
I know right? 😬
Is this for real? These guys look like no reporters I've ever seen on TV before. They look like high school kids putting on a skit.
If you click on the channel name then click on the line that has a > symbol and it tells you this is a student run news program.
Which expert? This young dude with glasses?
NOT ACAB
Are you saying that people shouldn't buy used underwear ? 😂
They are correct.
Bedbugs
Why would anyone buy second hand
Just give them away
Or buy new clothes which are not from any brands which are affordable
Avoid skidded out underwear
Garbageville 😢😊
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Uh, do we not understand that people shop at thrift stores because buying things new is largely unsustainable? Maybe let's not blame poor people for existing?
Yeah, do not buy underwear second hand. Duhh
ALLL WASH SECONDHAND THINGS
Sure thanks corporate hack
Haha retail is losing money
All lies!
Worra load of f BS story.
This reporter looks second-hand.
Lol...bingo😅