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Original poster

Talk to me about PRIMARK...everytime I'm in there it's full of crumpled, cheap looking crap

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SamVimesIsMyHero · 01/04/2009 20:44

but LOADS of people I know shop there, a friend the other day had a gorgeous skirt from there, looked £££.

TBH I feel very uneasy about the way in which they make SUCH cheap clothes, I'm assuming they are produced in sweat shops?

WHY does everyone love it so much, do I need to give it another chance?!

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janeite · 02/04/2009 17:03

perpetuates - was reading the news as well! Lol!

ProfYaffle · 02/04/2009 17:04

I like their kids pjs but my heart sinks every time I walk in, horrid looking stuff in massive piles on the floor

BikeRunSki · 02/04/2009 17:16

It's the lucky of the draw I think. I used to love it, but now not so sure. I have a little cropped swing jacket that I got a couple of winters ago. I wear it with a Hobbs dress to weddings etc and I always get comments about how fab it it. Recently,I have had some really rubbish T shirts from them, and agree with Pruners about the sizing. I treated myself to some Ts from Boden and the qulaity difference is apparents - the Boden ones are thicker, stretch , wash and hold their shape better and longer (v important for post partum tum).

But they were fab when I was pg last summer, I just bought bigger Ts and vests for a few pounds every few weeks.

MintyyAeroEgg · 02/04/2009 17:25

Just don't shop in Primark. Tis easy! I bought one or two items for my dcs when they were babies in there but that's all. Now I prefer charity shops, jumble sales and ebay for the children's clothes. I bought a Next cardigan for my dd in a charity shop for £1 today. Immaculate. I suppose I could have bought a cardi for her in Primark for, what, £3? but this Next one will last and wash without shrinking and if DD outgrows it before its worn out I can hand it on to another charity shop, or to a friend and it will probably be worn for two or three years that way. So much better than buying to throw away. Sorry, lecture over!

frazzledgirl · 02/04/2009 17:28

Where are these fab charity shops which sell good clothes for teeny prices?

The ones round my way either sell Primark stuff, for nearly as much as it would have been new, or (as I saw y'day) nasty Lipsy smock for a fiver and a pair of shoes labelled Jasper Conran but actually JC at Debenhams which they wanted £20 for.

BikeRunSki · 02/04/2009 17:32

... but now that I am not growing out of my clothes on a weekly basis, I have to agree with Janeit.

I bought my DS some vests from Primarni that I thinks bought out previously unseen eczema. It flared up madly and it took me a while to work out what had bought it on. Once I had, I stopped using those vests and eventually it calmed down. I am pretty sure it was him.

MintyyAeroEgg · 02/04/2009 17:33

I do concede I live in a slightly poncetastic area of London. But there is a Primark about 2 miles away and I avoid it like the plague; I find it a bit depressing, actually.

Tidey · 02/04/2009 17:33

Some of their stores are neater than others. I've been in one that was like a gigantic grubby jumble sale, but others that were quite nicely presented.

As for the quality of their clothes, yes they can be rather crap, but at £1.50 for a T-shirt, you can't really expect too much.

Themasterandmargaritas · 02/04/2009 17:34

Here in Africa, the selling of second hand clothes in markets is a huge industry. I go down there often and 80% of what we get comes from the UK, 80% of that is from Primark, Tesco or George. Sometimes it can cost more for me (or anyone else) to buy it second hand here than it cost for you lot to buy it new!

FioFio · 02/04/2009 17:35

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Tommy · 02/04/2009 17:42

the baby clothes are really good value - and you don't need them to las too long anyway - although DS is currently wearing 3rd hand Primark stuff so it can't be that bad.

I tend to steer clear of the women's clothes as I can't be bothered to rummage but I do shop there for the DSs

CompareTheMeerkat · 02/04/2009 17:45

I have got some nice things there - I think you need to go not at the weekend and be prepared to rummage a bit

hidetheribbons · 02/04/2009 20:19

Go early in the morning. It gets progressively messier throughout the day. If you go after 10 am everything will be on the floor and the queues will be a mile long!

shhhh · 02/04/2009 21:25

I used to think the same the poster...that was until our local store expanded and underwent a huge refurb..

I went in 2 weeks ago....and returned last week....

Yes, I have bought things..imo they are cheap and cheerful. No idea how they wash/last yet BUT quite happy with what I have got.. I only really bought stuff that I know I will only want for a while iykiwm..fashionable stuff tc.

shhhh · 02/04/2009 21:28

Oh and ours is rummage free...the old one from what i can recall was like a rummage sale...

This one is now new,clean and tidy .

In fact the changing rooms are devine . Modern,fresh and like some kind of boutique.!

higgle · 03/04/2009 07:37

The Cheltenham Primark is lovely and the stuff I've had from there has lasted well - 2 summer dresses I had last summer will be fine for this year and I've got some t shirts I'll wear for messing about in for their third year - they will then be relegated to housework/decorating and dusters next year so no great environmental cost with that. I confess to liking and buying some Boden things, but the qulality is sometimes a bit disapointing and the long sleeved tops I've had fade and go twisted at the seams very quickly.

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