to "libberate" buttons from shop stock?

[cryinshaim]

More of a WIBU really. The shop that I buy clothes from has stopped providing spare buttons on them. So if I buy a top and the button cones off (frequently - things aren't made as good qual as they used to be) I'm left with an unwearable top. So WIBU to take my kwikunpick in the changing room and "borrow" a spare? Can't think if any other way of dealing with this.

[MadgeHarvey]

Oh don't be so ridiculous. Why can't you just have a stock of a few buttons?

Assume this is a rather poorly thought out attempt at a wind up?

[SHRIIIEEEKPoolingBearBlood]

well where would the "spare" come from?
Of course YABU!
But do you only buy your clothes from one range in one shop?

[AnneTwacky]

YABU because it's stealing.

[WinklyFriedChicken]

What, criminally damage shop stock and make it unsellable? Er yeah YABU

[PumpkInDublic]

Why not when you buy the new top sew all the buttons on properly?

[MTBMummy]

YABU - and actually stealing (sorry I seem to have my judgey pants on today)

Can't you go to a habberdashery and just purchase a new set of buttons, or knowing that they are not sewn on correctly, why don't you just reinforce them yourself before you wear them?

[LeeCoakley]

How about stitching them on firmly after buying?

Your solution leaves someone else with an unwearable top so of course YABU. But then it sounds so outrageous I'm not sure if this is real!

[MTBMummy]

oh X post with everyone else

[DeWe]

As long as you wouldn't complain if you buy a top and find it has a button missing.


If you don't know you are unreasonable then

If you think the buttons may come off because they are not "sewn on as well as they used to be" then sew them on tightly as soon as you get the item of clothing.

[cryinshaim]

It's Evans.

[EmpressOfTheSevenScreams]

Well, it makes a change from grapes in the supermarket.

Sew them on properly, as everyone else said, or start going to a different shop.

[EdithWeston]

You'd sacrifice your personal integrity for a button?

Did it not occur to you to reinforce the button stitching yourself at home as a prophylactic measure?

Or to email the manufacturer (not retailer) about continuing to provide spares, and switch to other purveyors if they won't?

[MadgeHarvey]

How the frig does it matter what shop it is? Does that make it better somehow? You need to get a grip, or a life, or something.

[SHRIIIEEEKPoolingBearBlood]

Madge i assume that was in response to my questions

[MadgeHarvey]

Oh. Well. Whether it's Evans or Marks or BHS or CheapTattyClothesRUs I can't see that it matters. It's still an absurd concept!

[WelshMaenad]

Oh, please do go do this in the shop my husband manages. (Not Evans). He would have you arrested and you could get a free ride in a police wagon!

[cryinshaim]

I phoned up head office and they can't provide spares as it's too complicated to locate the original manufacturer . This all stems from a top that I bought that I loved (last in my size) and when I popped in teh wash after first wear I noticed a button missing. No sowing marks. So I couldn't return it for a replacement. Stuck with a 35quid top that I now can't wear with our it gaping on my bar. It's now stuck in my wardrobe. So I guess I thought if they're willing to seel to me without a full number of buttons, why can't they sell to others like that who may not care?

[cryinshaim]

I say it's Evans as I'm forced to go there for the big sizes.

[TantrumsAndBalloons]

Oh well if it Evans,that's ok then.

[MadgeHarvey]

Are you incapable of buying a button and sewing it on yourself?

[AnneTwacky]

Then buy a similar whole new set of buttons that go with the top and sew them on.

[hlipop]

your top you can't wear because of missing button just put a mismatching button on - it won't matter ir a thin top underneeth?

[Floggingmolly]

It's not "borrowing" or "liberating" (even more twee) unless you intend to give it back. Don't be so ridiculous.

[SkiLift]

Just sew them on tougher in the first place.

[cryinshaim]

The button wasn't there in the first place.