You Gotta, Get, That Mold Off Yo' Shoulder

[yokosesshoumaru]

Alrighty, my first ever gtfo!

So my friend xjust_anotherx  was awesome and bought me and another friend a meta blouse and altered Fruits Parlor skirt last week from user savpixie with the intention of having us pay her back once they arrived.

They arrived today... in less than pristine condition.

community.livejournal.com/egl_comm_sales/13647335.html

There was fucking mold

Comments

[x_azriel_x]

If clothing fibers are molding, that usually means the item is pretty well damaged. IF you could get the mold out you're still likely to end up with permanent discolouration.

If magically this all doesn't pretty much ruin your clothing, it is still a.] disgusting and b.] bad practice not to mention causing you, the buyer, to spend money you didn't intend to on items that were not sold to you in the condition agreed.

Considering I've worked in retail, if I had a customer come in with those complaints I am pretty sure I'd be sending them home with new clothing and some sort of gift card or whatever the management deemed necessary to make it up to them. Last I knew EGL had tightened down on this stuff--it's expensive clothing, there have been a lot of issues with scammers in the past--if you get a bad rap you are basically assured you will never sell in the comms again.

This person might want to get their ass in gear on it. I am pretty sure you would win a paypal dispute easily [mold I am pretty sure is considered a health issue, I don't usually just 'brush mold' off of anything and expect it to be okay] not to mention just blowing it up to the point people know about it kills this person's business credibility.

Aside that I'm sorry you had to open up a moldy box of disappointment. Getting new stuff is supposed to be exciting, not a colossal pain in the ass.

[yokosesshoumaru]

But seriously, what if Kirsty or Shane, or me or Lindsey for that matter, were allergic to mold? Or oranges for that matter?

Bleh. I love me some dramu, but this is just plain stupidity.

[x_azriel_x]

Even if one of you was asthmatic depending on the type of mold you can even get pneumonia from such a thing. It's unsanitary which is why it's unacceptable to do this in any business practice.

It's been a long ass time since I sold anything, but it was a blouse--in several several bags, in a box with bubblewrap. And I think I taped them anyways. Everything I have ever bought has been wrapped up and sealed, even if it's just triple bagging and a bit of masking tape. There's no excuse. Everyone has a couple of walmart plastic bags if nothing else, it's just as effective as anything. And there's literally no reason for food of any kind to end up in your clothing.

[razeasha]

I'm so glad that none of you had a reaction to it!
As for cleaning...It's a white blouse. If the tag says that you can use bleach, I would probably do so. Test a little WATERED DOWN (You probably know that, but I just gotta say it.) on a part of the blouse that is not visible. I think it's 1 part bleach to at least 4 parts water. Then, if all looks safe, bleach the mold. It kills it pretty well. I've never tried this on clothes, but my mom did it to a part of one of our plaster walls after a hurricane destroyed our roof in one place. It takes out the mold smell pretty well too. I don't know if anyone else has tips, but Google is probably gonna be a good resource in this case.
I'm sorry that y'all have to deal with this.

[yokosesshoumaru]

We're pretty much going to try whatever we can to try to salvage the blouse, but honestly, even if we -can- get the stain out, will we even want to touch the blouse after this?

It's a shame because it really is such a cute blouse. :/

[razeasha]

Yeah, I understand. Personally, I think that I could probably still wear it, but I definitely understand that different people are grossed out by different things. Of course, I wasn't there to smell it either... :/