I’m not easily freaked out, at least I don’t think I am. But some sights in resale and consignment shops make me shiver… or at least, look in another direction while swallowing hard.
First up, dress forms that imply someone’s been beheaded.
I’m okay with headless forms, even headless mannequins… but plop a hat on that neckblock or even worse, a big blood red blossom, and I can’t help think “gory movie” or “alien with tentacles instead of a face.” It’s probably just me.
Along the same lines, mannequins missing arms, hands, fingers.
War injuries? Amputation based on too-enthusiastic Black Friday early-bird shopping? Or just a “our merchandise doesn’t deserve a nice display”-itis?
Bins of hangers all tangled. I envision $15 an hour employees leisurely unraveling the mess, one hanger at at time.
I spent far too many years of my life in a half-crotch, untangling the boogers. Use a hanger stacker, I want to scream!
Auntie Kate The Resale Expert 
Oh no!!!! I believe that hanger disaster picture belongs to our store!!! So hard sometimes to corral those hangers! But a picture is certainly worth a thousand words…and so our solution begins! I guess it’s a good thing that we have the problem as that means we are selling lots of clothes!!
Thanks Kate!
Kerry & New To You staff 🙂
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Well, I didn’t want to say anything 🙂 Thing is, you have plenty of hanger stackers readily available… (and folks, this is one of the busiest resale shops I’ve ever encountered: 8-10 people waiting for the 9:30 am opening every day, furniture sold within a few hours or days… no TIME for staff OR volunteers to untangle hangers, that’s for sure!)
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