complained to primark about plastic bags!

melancholly

i got really angry the other weekend when a primark sales assistant demanded that i use one of their bags as a security measure. no other shop is this militant in giving out plastic bags.
i've just sent them an email asking them to clarify how using their bag makes them more secure, and how they manage to overcome this in their penney's stores in the republic of ireland where plastic bags are now taxed!

i'll let you know if i get a reply!!

Skiduck

do they not do reciepts?
very strange behaviour from them

melancholly

i got the reciept but was told i had to put their clothes in their bag, not one i already had. made absolutely no sense to me either!!

Penelope_Penguin

Ridiculous! I smile sweetly then leave their advertiement/carrier bag on the desk. I've not been sued yet!

Penny. x

wishingonastar_3

how annoying, our primark hasn't opened yet, but on my new mission not to use bags, i think thats awful.

melancholly

i got a standard reply this morning, giving me links to shop openning times and stuff (!??!) so we'll see if they get back to me later in the week!

martinpike

Primark's insistence on plastic bags is not the only reason they aren't 'green'...

http://www.labourbehindthelabel.org/content/view/123/54/

J_P_S

The only reason they want you to use one of their bags is free advertising.

security is just an excuse, the receipt is all the proof of purchase you need.

melancholly

J_P_S wrote:

The only reason they want you to use one of their bags is free advertising.

security is just an excuse, the receipt is all the proof of purchase you need.

yeah - i pretty much said that to them in the email reading it again today, it definitely had a tone to it ....;)
no proper reply as yet!!

jonnyw_2

J_P_S wrote:

The only reason they want you to use one of their bags is free advertising.

security is just an excuse, the receipt is all the proof of purchase you need.

My father used to ask if they were prepared to pay him for carrying their adverts round for them. Then when they said no he used to turn the bags inside out.

It was really embarsssing at the time.

hollydays

Think thats just one assistant interpreting their rules badly.