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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
It doesn't matter whether they can do embroidery or not, if they tried to embroider the logo it could not be done with the same appearance as the machine embroidered logo and would not meet with school approval.
The jumpers I have bought are exactly the same shade as the ones I've bought from the school. I will never buy from school again after we were conned into paying more and the surplus put into school funds. I would not have objected to donating to school funds but I didn't like the underhand way it was done.
The jumpers they currently have in stock for Accrington Academy (ex Moorheaad) come from 2 suppliers. One is the exact same supplier the school obtain theirs from. In other words there cannot be a difference. The shop does not make the garments they purchase them from suppliers. They have exactly the same manufacturer's label in. They are made by the same people and obtained from the same source. They also do them from another well known school wear manufacturer (Trutex) which is a better quality than the one I got from the school. They are not stocking inferior quality garments in my experience.
The smoking items are no longer on sale so I don't know why this discussion is continuing. They were never selling drugs or bongs. The items they did sell were perfectly legal. The shop sells adult clothing and accessories as well as school uniforms. The school uniforms are only part of their stock. If a customer had approached Mr. Vij and told him they objected to the ashtrays and cigarette lighters he would ahve removed them then. He was unaware that anyone was offended by them until I told him about this thread.
Despite the fact that the same items continue to be sold in several shops in town, including alongside sweets in a shop where children go with their own spending money, this is the only shop which seems to have been targetted for complaint both by AccyWebbers and by the local press. Article in today's Telegraph although conceding that the stuff is no longer even there continues to refer to it as "drug related items" which is grossly unfair.
He isn't selling them at all now, on top of or under the counter. People will have to go on the market or to Popundland or to the Glory Hole in future. On the market they will also find bongs which have never been on sale in the Abbey Street shop.
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I went in last week to get my daughter two new school jumpers and they ARE a different colour to the School ones. The ones in the shop are a lot lighter than the ones I buy from the School which I prefer.
They are also cheaper to buy at School and of better quality. I know of other people who have bought their jumpers from there and have faded badly in the wash, the School's jumpers never have.
As for the smoking items, I never mentioned they were selling drugs or bongs. I just wanted to have my say, everyone else has so can I not?? Neither did I say they were illegal. If you look I actually said if they sold them under the counter I wouldn't have a problem with it.
I do agree that this shop has been penalised when other shops are selling likewise items. I've walked through the market before now and seen these items readily for sale, which is strange consdering that drugs are illegal but the items used to smoke drugs or whatever you do with "bongs" and the like are not, doesn't make sense to me.