Home & Garden - 15 January 2007

Hi there. A few months ago, I bought a couple of nice Polo button down shirts (about $75 apiece). Only after about four washes, both shirts started fading around the neck.

Both shirts are blue and faded to a pinkish-purplish color around the crease of the neck.

I think I'm doing everything right:
I'm washing in cold water;
I'm not using a lot of detergent (tide liquid cold water);
I'm washing on the gentle cycle;
I'm using the extra rinse;
I'm washing each shirt alone;
I'm filling the basket up with water first, putting the detergent in, then putting the clothes in;
I'm air drying the shirts after each wash (maybe 10 minutes in the dryer on delicate);

What else can I do??? Could I possibly get my money back from Dillards?

I was extremely careful with both shirts because I've had this happen to other shirts. I'm using a pretty new (and pretty expensive) Whirlpool top-loading washer.

Any ideas? Please help me. I'm tired of wasting my hard-earned dollars!

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thanks,
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If you have had this problem and found a way to resolve it, can you let me know what worked for you? Thanks

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