dj c-los
11-24-2003, 03:48 PM
Our hidden camera investigation of
Victoria's Secret and some other
major retailers has uncovered a
dangerous and appalling practice
that shocked customers when we
told them.
"It's just disgusting."
"I just think it's pretty gross."
"This is serious. This is real serious."
John, not his real name, is a disgruntled former employee
of two Victoria's Secret stores. He came to us with the
revolting allegation that it was store practice to take back
used underwear and then resell it.
"When women would come in, I would be disgusted. I
knew they were returning something they wore out to a
date or just wore out to a club and it's like, you want
another woman to buy this?" said John.
Diaz asked John if there were there times that he put back
underwear that he was pretty sure was used, "Yeah, all the
time, all the time. I don't even like touching it, I hold it by
the tag because I don't want to put my hands on that."
Could this be true? To find out we bought thong
underwear at two Victoria's Secret stores, and at Macy's,
Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdale's. We took them
home, cut off the sales tags to suggest they'd been worn
then marked each pair with two tiny black dots on the
labels.
Every store took back our thongs without the tags, never
asking if they'd been worn. Next our hidden camera caught
the sales clerk at a Victoria's Secret attaching a new price
tag on our returned thong, hanging it up and then putting it
back on the floor for sale. We know it's the same thong
because our two dots were on the label. Unbelievably, it?s
not illegal in the tri-state area to sell used underwear, but
"It could get someone sick."
Microbiologist Dr. Lori Daane says dangerous bacteria like
yeast and ecoli can survive for weeks on lingerie and can
be easily transferred. "Given the fact that you can get
these organisms on this clothing, especially thong
underwear, it's pretty likely you?re going to get some fecal
contamination."
We also found our returned thongs back on the sales floor
at another Victoria's Secret, at Saks Fifth Avenue and at
Macy's. Bloomingdale's was the only store where we didn't
see our thong back on sale. Lingerie customers were
horrifed at our findings.
"Who the heck wants to wear someone else?s underwear.
That's not a good thing."
Full article -click here (http://cbsnewyork.com/topstories/local_story_323155319.html)
Victoria's Secret and some other
major retailers has uncovered a
dangerous and appalling practice
that shocked customers when we
told them.
"It's just disgusting."
"I just think it's pretty gross."
"This is serious. This is real serious."
John, not his real name, is a disgruntled former employee
of two Victoria's Secret stores. He came to us with the
revolting allegation that it was store practice to take back
used underwear and then resell it.
"When women would come in, I would be disgusted. I
knew they were returning something they wore out to a
date or just wore out to a club and it's like, you want
another woman to buy this?" said John.
Diaz asked John if there were there times that he put back
underwear that he was pretty sure was used, "Yeah, all the
time, all the time. I don't even like touching it, I hold it by
the tag because I don't want to put my hands on that."
Could this be true? To find out we bought thong
underwear at two Victoria's Secret stores, and at Macy's,
Saks Fifth Avenue and Bloomingdale's. We took them
home, cut off the sales tags to suggest they'd been worn
then marked each pair with two tiny black dots on the
labels.
Every store took back our thongs without the tags, never
asking if they'd been worn. Next our hidden camera caught
the sales clerk at a Victoria's Secret attaching a new price
tag on our returned thong, hanging it up and then putting it
back on the floor for sale. We know it's the same thong
because our two dots were on the label. Unbelievably, it?s
not illegal in the tri-state area to sell used underwear, but
"It could get someone sick."
Microbiologist Dr. Lori Daane says dangerous bacteria like
yeast and ecoli can survive for weeks on lingerie and can
be easily transferred. "Given the fact that you can get
these organisms on this clothing, especially thong
underwear, it's pretty likely you?re going to get some fecal
contamination."
We also found our returned thongs back on the sales floor
at another Victoria's Secret, at Saks Fifth Avenue and at
Macy's. Bloomingdale's was the only store where we didn't
see our thong back on sale. Lingerie customers were
horrifed at our findings.
"Who the heck wants to wear someone else?s underwear.
That's not a good thing."
Full article -click here (http://cbsnewyork.com/topstories/local_story_323155319.html)