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.
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
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! 💛 😪
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 have shopped at thrift stores for 20 years! Never had a problem. I have all expensive brand name clothes that are beautiful for a fraction of the price!
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.
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.
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...
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!
@@Kelly-d1l Well, judging from this 'report" I'd say you'd better start worrying about all sorts of potential issues and be alert for the signs of illness they mentioned. And tune in tomorrow and they will have helpful hints on managing your stress and anxiety!
That's also very true regarding pet products. Carriers, litter boxes, rugs, toys can potentially put your pet in danger, particularly ones that were thrown out for an unknown reason.
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.
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.
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.
I've been shopping thrift store all my life but FYI the clothes are NOT washed before they are put out on the racks! that's complete nonsense,!!!!! even when I volunteer there or work there the only clothes that go to the washing machine are the ones that have really bad stains on them that they think they can get the stains out of and then sell ,other than that clothes are NOT washed otherwise they would be there for days trying to put clothes out and nothing would get put out, think about it 🤔🤔🤔!!!!!!!!
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.
Still much cheaper than discount stores for nicer stuff. I have been getting 3 tops from the local Goodwill for $12.99, normally $5.99 each. Includes sweaters. No tax. Can't really beat that anywhere else.
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.
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.
@@thinkforyourself-t6l 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.
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
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 ??
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.
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
That is because people live in too close proximity to too many people. Thats civilisation. Move further out and have more space. You won't get sick as often. The herding is the problem
I THOUGHT SO ITEMS I BOUGHT STUNK LIKE BUG SPRAY OR THAT CRAP FEBREZE AWFUL HIDEOUS ODAR LIKE BUG SPRAY HIDEOUS IDEOUS 😅 it's toxic crap never use fabreze it's like raid.
The second hand shops where I live have clean clothes . Even with that you should wash them prior to wearing them. Many people hands are biological hazards 😢.
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.
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.
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
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I have worked at several thrift stores. The amount of donations they get makes it impossible to wash anything. Unless they bought several heavy duty washing machines and dryers and had them running non stop. And half or more of what's put out doesn't sell. So that's a huge waste of time, water, power and money. If you are too stupid to realise that second hand means its been worn and is probably not clean then you deserve what you get. Wash everything yourself AFTER you buy it. Not that hard.
During a visit to my local GW I picked up a fan to look at, turned it upside down and saw the biggest black widow spider I have ever seen in my life! Showed a employee and he screamed like a little girl😳
I worked at a thrift store for 8 years ,we never had a customer complaining about anything like this,most people have enough gumption to was clothes before wearing even if they cone from a department store
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.
Goodwill's policy is that they don't wash clothes that are donated to them. Everything from Goodwill needs to be thoroughly washed by customers after purchase.
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.
Most thrift shops do not wash clothes, bedding, hard furniture surfaces might be wiped. Many thrift stores have problems with roaches, bedbugs, mice, rats, lice, fleas and other parasites and often have to be fumigated. Shoes need to be thoroughly cleaned, washed in hot water dried in hot dryer and detergent and use a fungicide on them. Never buy furniture with cushions, pillows, never bring any item strait into your home, keep in basement or garage long enough to get it cleaned, washed and subjected to very hots temps for several days before, not your car, bedbugs can infest your car, check all seams of clothes, check every part of hard furniture. Many people that suddenly have a bedbug problem brought it home from a thrift shop or even second hand clothes online. Had a relative that worked in a thrift shop while in college and told me about this, believe me, this is not nonsense these are the facts.
You helped the planet too. Fast fashion Companies use lots of energy and resources during production and of course produce tons of waste too. Turning away from their new products can reduce the demand and mass production.
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.
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!
Random but a note to be aware of: I saw a video short here on UA-cam the other day about someone who found kitchen knives just sitting in those clearance boxes and the guy was ok but he said be very careful as you rummage through!
Anything I get at a thrift store I leave in a hot car, windows up for 2 days. Then hot wash hot dryer. If it doesn’t survive hot wash, and hot dryer, I throw it. You can check for bed bugs in furniture by aiming a hot blow dryer on a spot near seams. They are attracted to heat. But mainly with furniture I only buy hard wood items.
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.
I can tell you a true story of 2nd hand shoes my uncle brought for himself. He ended up with a golf ball size ulcer from a pair of shoes he brought from 2nd hand clothing shop. 5 years after he brought the shoes he died from sepsis caused by the ulcer. Never buy 2nd hand shoes. They have bacteria.
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.
This is actually good information because as “common sense” as it sounds a vast majority of people have the belief that if they can’t see anything, nothing is there. And I know because I’ve worked years in fashion retail, I’ve seen it.
The sun purifies with heat as well as ultraviolet radiation. Hang washed clothing in the sun when possible. Parasitic spores are probably microscopic and can get on all kinds of things including bed sheets.
Thank you Dale for responding and highlighting my situation. Since the time that I contacted you, I have since spoken again to someone in the corporate office who told me that they would send my concerns to their accounting department but after two weeks, I have not heard anything back from them. I contacted them within the past two days, only to be told the very exact thing that they would forward my request to the accounting department. I left the property in July and they sent out what may have been my refund to the old address even though I had given the property manager my forwarding address. This was in August and after several attempts to reach out to the property manager, no one has answered the phone or responded to my voicemail messages that I sent to them. I don’t understand what is going on and why nobody has contacted me. This is disappointing and completely unacceptable because I followed and fulfilled my lease agreement.
I’ve been thrift store shopping for years. I have never had any issues!! Everything I buy gets laundered and cleaned. I have bought clothing, books, furniture, underwear. I would never buy couches or over 😢stuffed chairs. Thrifting is so satisfying and I am amazed at the number of people who DO thrift shop!!!
My mum literally banned second hand clothes in our home. We weren’t allowed to buy them. I remember buying a shirt from a school fair when I was 8 or 9 years old. My mum told me to return it. Years later she told me what happened to her friend who caught scabies from buying a second hand coat. The scars were everywhere and difficult to erase. I’ve also heard of a case where a second mattress was purchased and threw off a couple who used it. It contained a spirit 😮 one of the things I find creepy and even mentioned it to friends I know who buy thrift store clothes or items is that the previous owners could have been into spiritistic practices, be careful
Some clothes and shoes sold as new are actually returns and have been worn, especially formal dresses and dress shoes. There are people who buy an outfit for an event, and then return it unwashed, and department stores and online stores do not clean the returns either.
Don’t forget that if if the clothes are new, people tried that, or even the employees who just handled without washing hands, think about all places and hands things go through before it gets to the store and to you. Wash and clean everything you can before wearing or using it.
I've purchased many pieces of clothing, shoes, furniture, housewares for years at thriftshops without issues. However, that doesn't mean all thrift stores have set standards for items they receive & resell. It really is up to the buyer to assess the condition of items they're interested in purchasing, to wash, clean, wipe down purchases before using them.
Yeah we’ve known this since the pilgrims came over. It’s amazing that this isn’t taught since childhood. When we thrift clothes they go in garbage bags in the trunk of the car for a few days to let the heat kill anything. I also have an old fashioned (1930’s) washer in our shed so the clothes can be washed and dried in the sun before they go in the house. I’ve only got one piece of furniture and that set in our greenhouse for a few days, it gets ridiculously hot in that greenhouse. Shop wisely and always protect yourself!
I will only wear used clothes by immediately putting it in the washing machine . I don’t buy furniture only because it can have eggs from bugs in it . But if your forced to due to your finances spray with raid and leave in the back yard and spray everyday for a week is the only way I’d do that . Bugs can make your life hell
I have bought sketchers and Nike shoes brand new at the thrift store and what you do is you look at the soul.Then you twist the shoe to make sure the soul and the toe of the shoe is not coming off
I bought 3 products at place in Kitsap County, wa state a jacket, tennis shoes, & ironing board with cover all were in different part of store. BUT ALL STUNK WITH SAME HORRIBLE ODAR & SPRAYED DOWN WITH A TOXIC SPRAY I THREW THEM AWAY AS TOXIC SMELL WAS UNBAREABLE & I DID NOT NOTICE AT STORE ONLY AFTER I GOT HOME noticed AWFUL foul SMELL.. i did wash but it did nothing to help smelled like raid bug spray hideous. I BOUGHT THINGS IN PAST YEARS AGO FROM GOOD WILL NO PROBLEM BUT SINCE COVID & MILLIONS OF OPEN BORDER INVADERS & THEIR WOOPING COUGH & diseases I WILL NEVER BUY ANYTHING AGAIN FROM GOOD WILL or places like it. I wasted money on unusable toxic clothing sprayed down by crap store.
Also had bought some glass items at the thrift store and they wrapped it and put it in a box for me, when I was unwrapping all of it a cockroach went running out of the box.
I love thrifting! Even though ive found some scary stains, its obvious to wash your clothes and hands. Dont be scared to shop smart. You can wear gloves when you shop if youre really worried. 😅
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.
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 even wash packaged undies and everything from retailers before I wear anything.
Hell yeah, it’s loaded with toxic chemicals.
You should. When I worked in a jewelry store I would have to stop people from trying on earrings before I wiped them with alcohol.
Toxic chemicals is put on the garbage
Even new clothes should be washed before wearing. It's just common sense!!!
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
Agreed
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.
I've never heard of this.
Disgusting! I never buy clothes at a thrift store anyway. You take the same risk with retail clothing as well.
I don't buy clothes at thrift stores anyway, but you take the same risk with retail clothing.
Omg!
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 have shopped at thrift stores for 20 years! Never had a problem. I have all expensive brand name clothes that are beautiful for a fraction of the price!
I don’t donate anything with rips or stains, who would want it. I wash first too. No one wants stank used clothing!
Please wash & clean everything before donating!
And after buying, even new.
I know right.
I do that!
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...
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,,,
@@Kelly-d1lyou 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!
@@Kelly-d1l Well, judging from this 'report" I'd say you'd better start worrying about all sorts of potential issues and be alert for the signs of illness they mentioned. And tune in tomorrow and they will have helpful hints on managing your stress and anxiety!
That's also very true regarding pet products. Carriers, litter boxes, rugs, toys can potentially put your pet in danger, particularly ones that were thrown out for an unknown reason.
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.
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.
Books or other paper items can carry silverfish.
You can microwave these items (carefully). You can also put small items in a box with diathemaceous earth for a few days.
Another item not to buy: plush toys. Thrift stores in my area were not even taking them anymore because of bedbugs, fleas, lice, etc.
Or pillows.
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.
Even NEW clothes. Who knows who tried on those clothes.
Heck, was your hands after shopping, anywhere,
Wash
IKR. I get back in my vehicle and go straight for the hand sanitizer. Even before the pandemic.
I've been shopping thrift store all my life but FYI the clothes are NOT washed before they are put out on the racks! that's complete nonsense,!!!!! even when I volunteer there or work there the only clothes that go to the washing machine are the ones that have really bad stains on them that they think they can get the stains out of and then sell ,other than that clothes are NOT washed otherwise they would be there for days trying to put clothes out and nothing would get put out, think about it 🤔🤔🤔!!!!!!!!
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.
Thrift is too expensive now
Still much cheaper than discount stores for nicer stuff. I have been getting 3 tops from the local Goodwill for $12.99, normally $5.99 each. Includes sweaters. No tax. Can't really beat that anywhere else.
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.
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. 🙄
@@thinkforyourself-t6l 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.
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
Oh yeah, I have done this.
When us 3 boys were being raised by our father(white privileged)we got clothing from Mullers Funeral Home. I wonder where the clothing came from.❤
This applies to all thrift clothing wash them yourself with borax, vinegar and laundry soap.
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!
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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.
Also, be careful sitting in the chairs in the waiting room at the doctors office. I’ve heard there are sick people there.
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.
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.
That is because people live in too close proximity to too many people. Thats civilisation. Move further out and have more space. You won't get sick as often. The herding is the problem
Illegals open border invasion
You can bring home any bug even buying new or wven delivered to you by online shopping
Yep.......
That's true, a lot of the warehouses have cockroaches.
Awh look at fast fashion trying to dismantle upcycling because people have to wash the clothes they buy 😂
The big major Thrift stores don't clean their merchandise, but just spray everything with Febreeze, so it smells clean but really isn't.
Thrift stores don't have the ability to launder items,the one I worked at only put out clothes that appeared clean
Clean doesn't smell. If it was sprayed with Febreze it will smell like Febreze.
I THOUGHT SO ITEMS I BOUGHT STUNK LIKE BUG SPRAY OR THAT CRAP FEBREZE AWFUL HIDEOUS ODAR LIKE BUG SPRAY HIDEOUS IDEOUS 😅 it's toxic crap never use fabreze it's like raid.
Who doesn't clean purchased used ?
right? I also make sure to clean new clothes before wearing too. You just never know.
The second hand shops where I live have clean clothes . Even with that you should wash them prior to wearing them. Many people hands are biological hazards 😢.
I once bought a shirt at goodwill and I died.
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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.
Nope bc Walmart, hotels, court, had bed bugs. Also, wash everything thoughly before you use it.
If you adopt an animal you should also give it a good washing when you bring it home
That’s a no brainer…
True. Always done that for each of my cats. Even though they despised it
This can happen with brand new clothes too if customers hang them back up.
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.
Most do not wash clothes before they are put on the racks, don’t kid yourself!
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
I have worked at several thrift stores. The amount of donations they get makes it impossible to wash anything. Unless they bought several heavy duty washing machines and dryers and had them running non stop. And half or more of what's put out doesn't sell. So that's a huge waste of time, water, power and money. If you are too stupid to realise that second hand means its been worn and is probably not clean then you deserve what you get. Wash everything yourself AFTER you buy it. Not that hard.
Good advice
And Don't buy any thing with holes in fabric, pillows, comforters & such its beg bug heaven
I once saw a spider pop out of a suitcase that I bought from Goodwill.
During a visit to my local GW I picked up a fan to look at, turned it upside down and saw the biggest black widow spider I have ever seen in my life! Showed a employee and he screamed like a little girl😳
I worked at a thrift store for 8 years ,we never had a customer complaining about anything like this,most people have enough gumption to was clothes before wearing even if they cone from a department store
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.
You can get scabies from adopting pets. Lets hope that people don't stop adopting unwanted animals.
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????!!!! 😮
Yeah I couldn’t tell if it was real news or like a shitposting type of deal at first lol 😂
Goodwill's policy is that they don't wash clothes that are donated to them. Everything from Goodwill needs to be thoroughly washed by customers after purchase.
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.
Bugs can infest your car.
I got a infection from a chair 😢 at the second hand store
What were you doing on it? And with who?
HOW????!!!!
Most thrift shops do not wash clothes, bedding, hard furniture surfaces might be wiped. Many thrift stores have problems with roaches, bedbugs, mice, rats, lice, fleas and other parasites and often have to be fumigated. Shoes need to be thoroughly cleaned, washed in hot water dried in hot dryer and detergent and use a fungicide on them. Never buy furniture with cushions, pillows, never bring any item strait into your home, keep in basement or garage long enough to get it cleaned, washed and subjected to very hots temps for several days before, not your car, bedbugs can infest your car, check all seams of clothes, check every part of hard furniture. Many people that suddenly have a bedbug problem brought it home from a thrift shop or even second hand clothes online. Had a relative that worked in a thrift shop while in college and told me about this, believe me, this is not nonsense these are the facts.
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!
Same
You helped the planet too. Fast fashion Companies use lots of energy and resources during production and of course produce tons of waste too.
Turning away from their new products can reduce the demand and mass production.
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.
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. 🗑️
Random but a note to be aware of: I saw a video short here on UA-cam the other day about someone who found kitchen knives just sitting in those clearance boxes and the guy was ok but he said be very careful as you rummage through!
Always wash in hot, dry in hottest setting, and perhaps spray with lysol before washing.
Anything I get at a thrift store I leave in a hot car, windows up for 2 days. Then hot wash hot dryer. If it doesn’t survive hot wash, and hot dryer, I throw it. You can check for bed bugs in furniture by aiming a hot blow dryer on a spot near seams. They are attracted to heat. But mainly with furniture I only buy hard wood items.
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........🤢
I can tell you a true story of 2nd hand shoes my uncle brought for himself. He ended up with a golf ball size ulcer from a pair of shoes he brought from 2nd hand clothing shop. 5 years after he brought the shoes he died from sepsis caused by the ulcer. Never buy 2nd hand shoes. They have bacteria.
All the same goes with brand new items as well you can bring home anything in new items too DUH
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.
This is actually good information because as “common sense” as it sounds a vast majority of people have the belief that if they can’t see anything, nothing is there. And I know because I’ve worked years in fashion retail, I’ve seen it.
All of which you could be just as likely to get from Walmart 😂
The sun purifies with heat as well as ultraviolet radiation.
Hang washed clothing in the sun when possible.
Parasitic spores are probably microscopic and can get on all kinds of things including bed sheets.
I read about a man who bought a framed picture and inadvertently brought home bedbugs. Ugh
This can happen in any retail store everbody touches all of the items
Thank you Dale for responding and highlighting my situation. Since the time that I contacted you, I have since spoken again to someone in the corporate office who told me that they would send my concerns to their accounting department but after two weeks, I have not heard anything back from them. I contacted them within the past two days, only to be told the very exact thing that they would forward my request to the accounting department. I left the property in July and they sent out what may have been my refund to the old address even though I had given the property manager my forwarding address. This was in August and after several attempts to reach out to the property manager, no one has answered the phone or responded to my voicemail messages that I sent to them. I don’t understand what is going on and why nobody has contacted me. This is disappointing and completely unacceptable because I followed and fulfilled my lease agreement.
Dangers of secondhand shopping= Saving money
"These can be signs that they were not cleaned properly"
I have a remarkable grasp of the obvious too.
You should also never eat yellow snow.
This very important to clean everything disinfecting is a must.
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.
I’ve been thrift store shopping for years. I have never had any issues!! Everything I buy gets laundered and cleaned. I have bought clothing, books, furniture, underwear. I would never buy couches or over 😢stuffed chairs. Thrifting is so satisfying and I am amazed at the number of people who DO thrift shop!!!
60 years, never a problem. Clothes go right in washer when you get home. Dont scare people away from these stores.
My mum literally banned second hand clothes in our home. We weren’t allowed to buy them. I remember buying a shirt from a school fair when I was 8 or 9 years old. My mum told me to return it. Years later she told me what happened to her friend who caught scabies from buying a second hand coat. The scars were everywhere and difficult to erase. I’ve also heard of a case where a second mattress was purchased and threw off a couple who used it. It contained a spirit 😮 one of the things I find creepy and even mentioned it to friends I know who buy thrift store clothes or items is that the previous owners could have been into spiritistic practices, be careful
Thank god I watched this video, also don't stare at the sun.
I thought they were going to touch on the spiritual aspect of it. If you know you know.
Many things clothes and shoes, that peoole sell on Amason were bought at the garage sale and trift store.......🤮🤮🤮🤮
Some clothes and shoes sold as new are actually returns and have been worn, especially formal dresses and dress shoes. There are people who buy an outfit for an event, and then return it unwashed, and department stores and online stores do not clean the returns either.
😅...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 😂👍
Don’t forget that if if the clothes are new, people tried that, or even the employees who just handled without washing hands, think about all places and hands things go through before it gets to the store and to you. Wash and clean everything you can before wearing or using it.
I've purchased many pieces of clothing, shoes, furniture, housewares for years at thriftshops without issues.
However, that doesn't mean all thrift stores have set standards for items they receive & resell. It really is up to the buyer to assess the condition of items they're interested in purchasing, to wash, clean, wipe down purchases before using them.
Yeah we’ve known this since the pilgrims came over. It’s amazing that this isn’t taught since childhood. When we thrift clothes they go in garbage bags in the trunk of the car for a few days to let the heat kill anything. I also have an old fashioned (1930’s) washer in our shed so the clothes can be washed and dried in the sun before they go in the house. I’ve only got one piece of furniture and that set in our greenhouse for a few days, it gets ridiculously hot in that greenhouse. Shop wisely and always protect yourself!
Surely everyone that buys used knows and does that!!?
I will only wear used clothes by immediately putting it in the washing machine . I don’t buy furniture only because it can have eggs from bugs in it . But if your forced to due to your finances spray with raid and leave in the back yard and spray everyday for a week is the only way I’d do that . Bugs can make your life hell
Lol, in the thumbnail, there's 3 of one sneaker! 😂
Why does this "news report" remind me of something that would be seen on public access television..?!
I have bought sketchers and Nike shoes brand new at the thrift store and what you do is you look at the soul.Then you twist the shoe to make sure the soul and the toe of the shoe is not coming off
Don’t purchase used underwear. Got it. 👍🤦♀️
seriously, what a waste of air time.
If you buy items at a thrift store and you don’t wash the shit out of it, you’re insane. Most people are dirty af.
Steve Bannon 🤮
I bought 3 products at place in Kitsap County, wa state a jacket, tennis shoes, & ironing board with cover all were in different part of store. BUT ALL STUNK WITH SAME HORRIBLE ODAR & SPRAYED DOWN WITH A TOXIC SPRAY I THREW THEM AWAY AS TOXIC SMELL WAS UNBAREABLE & I DID NOT NOTICE AT STORE ONLY AFTER I GOT HOME noticed AWFUL foul SMELL.. i did wash but it did nothing to help smelled like raid bug spray hideous. I BOUGHT THINGS IN PAST YEARS AGO FROM GOOD WILL NO PROBLEM BUT SINCE COVID & MILLIONS OF OPEN BORDER INVADERS & THEIR WOOPING COUGH & diseases I WILL NEVER BUY ANYTHING AGAIN FROM GOOD WILL or places like it. I wasted money on unusable toxic clothing sprayed down by crap store.
People just don’t have common sense.
That goes the same with things that you buy new in the stores. I thought It was against the law to sell bathing suits or used underwear .
I worked in a high end department store. People can try on underwear in the fitting room.
Thanks. 👍
Also had bought some glass items at the thrift store and they wrapped it and put it in a box for me, when I was unwrapping all of it a cockroach went running out of the box.
I love thrifting! Even though ive found some scary stains, its obvious to wash your clothes and hands. Dont be scared to shop smart. You can wear gloves when you shop if youre really worried. 😅
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.
Can't get enough fear