primark

coreysmum · #1 08-10-2008, 10:46 AM

did anyone see that programme about primark?
i was so shocked when they showed how there clothes were being made and thoses poor kids sawing beads and buttons on the clothes.they got something like 50p for a full days work for there family to eat.those kids were as young as 9.its sick!

Lynne · #2 08-10-2008, 11:44 AM

Yes i saw a bit of it, as shocking as it was I am not going to stop shopping there. The children are not being forced to work and they are willingly taking up the work to get that little bit of money, and yes it's not ideal in the slightest, but think where they would be without that little bit of money. I think if they were being forced to do it it would be a different story but theyre choosing to do it, so i dunno.

coreysmum · #3 08-10-2008, 11:53 AM

true u have a point there!
i havent stopped shopping there,but its just horrible seeing young children working to get extra to live on for there families.

Lynne · #4 08-10-2008, 11:56 AM

I know it's not nice at all, especially when u look at ur own children who are of a similar age and how much they have and you couln't imagine them doing that to get a little bit of money

stacy_elise · #5 08-11-2008, 11:25 AM

i do agree its wrong that the kids are working 4 such pennies but i also agree that they are in there coz they want to be not because the are forced.

and im the primark queen lol, take a lot 2 stop me shopping there lol.

is it jus me or lately has the stuff gone really down hill tho. its really bad quality, i know it hasnt always been top notch but 2 the point where stitching is coming out n stuff now. n they arent doing as many fashinable stuff. where am i meant 2 shop now lol. x

Charlie_x · #6 08-11-2008, 12:15 PM

im a guilty one too i love love primark! although ive been good and havent shopped in there for a good while there was a time when i would go in there and just about £100 a time eek

c.a.cullum · #7 08-11-2008, 01:34 PM

i dint watch it...but if they arent being forced then thats not as bad as wen some r forced to work..altho i dont think they should take advantage of the children...they shud pay them a significant amount...
also i shop there too and i worked there for 3years..LOL..altho dint kno this at the time!! wish i watched it now!! ***

Lynne · #8 08-12-2008, 06:11 PM

Yeah I think the stuff has gone down hill a bit recently, its still a godsend though, with having 5 kids its fantastic, don't know where i would go to get such nice stuff without costing me an arm and a leg!

mumofmonsters · #9 08-12-2008, 06:24 PM

I think a lot of it was made worse by the media to make it more shocking and therefore more interesting to watch. It seems like such a little ammount, but over there it is quite a bit and those children did look pretty well fed etc. But it is such a shame that they have to work and have no school or fun, but unfortunately thats the way it goes. Not a single person that I have spoken to about it wants to stop shopping there though, I suppose its too much of a good thing, you can come out with loads for £100 and its always in the mags showing their stuff. Its the sweat shops that are worse for shops like gap etc who charge a fortune and pay so little that workers cant eat, we are pretty lucky here really, even though we moan about the credit crunch!

stacy_elise · #10 08-12-2008, 08:17 PM

i love the girls clothes from like 5-6. cant wait till my daughter fits in that size. n i buy the clothes wether there great quality or not lol, 4 the price they can last me 2 mins n i wudnt mind.