I was at Goodwill today and I was looking at a bottle of "Brawn OXY" laundry detergent and my fiancee noticed that there was a different label under the "brawn" label. So I peeled it off and the detergent that was in the bottle was called "valuetime" it had no Oxy in it at all and it was a completely different product. On the back side of the bottle was a directions label for "Brawn" covering up the "valuetime" label. I asked the store manager if he could explain this and he looked really confused and said I have no idea. Infact he put the product back on the shelf and went on back to work!! Can a company do this?
2007-12-07 14:19:27 · 8 answers · asked by monkeystoneart 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
I would call his boss and explain what happened, goodwill has everything donated to them, i have worked there in the past, and my advice is not to buy items that could be somehow contaminated. and it sounds like that may be the case. he should have taken it off the shelf
2007-12-07 14:38:27 · answer #1 · answered by kitty469782 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Goodwill sells donated items. It is a non-profit organization. They certainly wouldn't have placed fraudulent labels on a bottle of laundry detergent. I'm surprised that they would even sell that type of donated item in the first place as you can never be sure of the contents. The manager probably should have disposed of the item, but he probably didn't care enough to do anything about it. I guess if someone is having hard times and needed laundry detergent, they'd probably take the valuetime.
2007-12-07 14:51:00 · answer #2 · answered by josi 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A lot of "generic" products are actually produced and package by the name brand manufacturers. The are often the exact same product, but are offered under a different label as a way to distinguish the "generic" product from the name brand one.
Distributors will often buy huge quantities of a product, at a good discount, and then have the products relabled to be sold at lower prices. The major manufacturer doesn't care, so much, because they are still selling product, and keeping their employees busy.
2007-12-07 14:40:00 · answer #3 · answered by Vince M 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At the Goodwill store, this is false advertising. Don't call the police, but DO call the central Goodwill office and report this twerp. He is giving Goodwill industries a very bad name.
Were it not a Goodwill store but a salvage store that takes over partially damaged shipments, there is a possibility of a relabel of the goods to hide the true brand name. But even then, the relabeled product cannot be falsely advertised.
2007-12-07 14:29:04 · answer #4 · answered by The_Doc_Man 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well, maybe the oxy people and the valuetime are one and the same. they could just put a label over the other one if they ran out of emptys for what they were running. seen it before.
2007-12-07 14:30:03 · answer #5 · answered by gen patton 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think so, sounds dangerous, I'd go back and take off the stickers anyway, lol
2007-12-07 14:57:30 · answer #6 · answered by millenium_ryan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so! That's false advertisement, right? Selling someone something that's not even so.
2007-12-07 14:27:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes,,,,,
things are DONTATED to goodwill.....THEY DON'T PURCHASE PRODUCTS TO SELL (ie Wal-Mart). what was he suppose to do SEND IT BACK.....ok then TO WHO!
2007-12-07 14:28:15 · answer #8 · answered by THE CROP KICK CHICK 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋