Labels will be cut for legal reasons?

ThinkingOfLinking

You can also double check by looking at the care label which needs to be kept in so you know how to wash/iron the garment...this tends to carry the retailer's name on it too.

railbuff

the_blacksmith wrote: »

Items sold with labels cut or removed are not done so because they are 'fakes' the labels have to be cut, blacked out or removed to comply with re-sale law & to stop store returns.

Exactly as what happens lets take topshop as an example.

1) topshop will order 10,000 jumpers from manufacturer
2) to allow for damaged etc. items the manufacturer will product 12,000 jumpers
3) they then give topshop their 10,000, but now say they have 1,200 let from the 12,000.
4) topshop dont want them and as they are styled for Topshop and labelled they cant sell to other retailers.
5) they will remove the labels from the 1.200 garments and then sell these to clearance houses/wholesalers as top shop seconds at a reduced cost
6) these will then be sold to market traders/ebay sellers.

this does not just happen with closths it happens with everything.

I can go to one of my wholsaler and stock up on Asda/Tesco branded goods

lindseykim13

As above ^ i used to buy wholesale clothing a couple of years ago now and the items would arrive normally with the labels already marked or cut. If they weren't then i would have to do it myself and state in the listings.

mkgirl1981

the_blacksmith wrote: »

Items sold with labels cut or removed are not done so because they are 'fakes' the labels have to be cut, blacked out or removed to comply with re-sale law & to stop store returns.
Many bargains can be had buying this way.
Wholesalers buy up any 'late orders' 'cancelled orders' or orders that dont quite pass the 'quality control of any said retailer'.

These are then sold on in smaller batches & you will find them on eBay, Amazon, Markets etc,Perfectly legal.

To assume they are 'fake' is just a lack of doing your homework.

Some retailers insist the whole label is cut out and no reference made to its name others want it snipped.

Hope this helps to clarify as accusing any seller of selling 'fakes'
unless your 100% sure is 'Defamatory.

If that's aimed at me I wasn't accusing anyone of selling fakes I was only asking why they cut the labels out as I've never seen it mentioned before.

too_much_debt

I used to sell as a Business on Ebay and would buy from Wholesalers, it is a legal requirement to remove the store label (although care labels are allowed to be left). Sometimes the store name would be blacked out.

This is taken from the website of a Wholesaler I have used in the past.

'Please note that xxxxx xxxxxx supply stock on the condition that all garments are delabled prior to sale. xxxxxx xxxxx accept no responsibility for any goods being sold labelled after the garments have left stock. Any fines or penalties incurred relating to the sale of labelled stock will be payable by the seller'.

I do see lots of sellers with listings saying 'Ex Next' or 'Ex M&S' or Ex Mini Boden'. I always used to put Ex Store on my items rather than risk getting listings pulled for using the store name. I did have some ex Mothercare pyjamas pulled once (about 6 years ago) so never touched Mothercare stock again.

Goldiegirl

Personally, I don't buy when the label is cut out.

Just in case I want to sell it at a later date, I don't think it would attract buyers to have second hand garment with no label.

the_blacksmith

mkgirl1981 wrote: »

If that's aimed at me I wasn't accusing anyone of selling fakes I was only asking why they cut the labels out as I've never seen it mentioned before.

No it wasn't aimed at anyone, sorry if it appeared that way:eek:, I just didn't write what I wanted to say too well.

I was just trying to be helpful. Others with a lot more knowledge than me have come along and given good advice.:)

pulliptears

soolin wrote: »

We have a stall in the local market that apparently sells M and S seconds with no labels, their stuff has never been anywhere near M and S in its life.

There used to be a stall in a town near me like that, they had a big sign saying M&S Seconds, my Mother fell for it every time. It was so obviously not, but being old and believing everything she see's she was adamant he must be because the sign says so

I've only bought a cut label item once, a topshop tunic. I think I paid about £10 for it and thought at the time it wasn't the best quality. When I saw the actual tunic in store later (in the sale I think, hadn't even realised it was current stock) it became obvious mine was a very poor copy.

That said, I've had some clothing bargains, managed to bag DD a very special dress the other week which is H&M and quite rare. I was expecting the seller to lose it as I'd paid under a tenner delivered and the others listed on BIN's were all £75 due to its rarity. Not only did it turn up but it was genuine with all labels.

railbuff

you can still sell with the labels on if you are willing to pay the brand owner a large payment.

several years ago i decided to change lines on a market stall and the markets i did never had any childrens clothes so sourced a wholesaler and ordered 3000 childrens clothes, when i got them 90% we adams branded, so before detagging i checked on adams site to see the items and the full retail price, so i had an idea on what to charge. i found only 2 items i had were still stocked. my neighbour at the time worked as an adams tore manager, so i asked her to look over the stock and confirmed that the items were no longer stocked, she gave me a number for the local adams buyer to see if these could be sold labelled and no longer stocked. they at first refused a, but said they would check and get back to me, they called me back the next day and told me i could sell with tags if i paid them 30p per garment, but they would need to see the garments and work out themselves. i had to take the garments to their local distribution center, so they could check. after they checked i had to hand over £900 but no pproblem as i had a letter that i was selling genuine adams cloths and i could see at RRP if wanted.

barmonkey

emerald_starcat wrote: »

It's bullcr*p about the shop returns, you can't return something without the price label tags anyway, the sew in label in the item does not need to be cut out(and the washing instructions).

Yes you can, I have many times