Are you going to change your buying practices because of the Bangladesh building collapse?

[JNelson6563]

1. Like you, I am poor.

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I'm one of those poor sods you read about who has a full time job but can't get by on my wages. I rarely get to buy groceries, much less clothes.

For a long time now I haven't bought new clothes from any stores. I actually started this before my financial picture was so grim.

Over the past several years (maybe even longer) I have found the clothes at stores to be of such poor quality and so over-priced that I have long been buying used. This way I can afford the very good quality I couldn't afford to buy new and it has the added benefit of not contributing to the whole sweat shop nightmare.

Sometimes I buy from individuals at places like e-bay and other times I find treasures at the thrift shops. Such purchases help the economy in various ways, better ways than supporting corporations that exploit even poorer people than I.

Good OP, Cali. I hope more people will give consideration to the spending they do and where they do it.

Julie