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You're buying straight from source. If you buy something from Gymshark for £29.99 which costs £6 to make, would you feel bad buying from the factory for £7.50?
Dont mean to come across obvious but at those prices the people selling the clothes are fine - the factory workers are the people in this you wanna feel for but lets not open up that can of worms..
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the factory workers are the people in this you wanna feel for
Sorry - those are the people I was talking about. Appreciate buying direct is cheaper. But yes, that is another can of worms. The more I look into every day products like toiletries and cleaning products, the more I find out prison labour in the U.S. creates those products. Very hard to avoid at times.
JB
I've wanted to order something from them for a while, as I do like the appeal of paying a quarter of the price of a Buzz or McCoy's piece. But at those prices I've always thought that someone, somewhere is getting fucked over and I don't know how I feel about that.
However, it now states: 'made in our own studio' and the only address listed is in Stansted. Company listed is Middle Bridge Ltd who also seem to own 'yearnshoes.com'. So it's obviously not a studio in the UK.
The site's owner is: Luoyang Luoyi Trading Co.Ltd.
I have no issues with buying something made in China, but when it's that cheap - it doesn't give me a good feeling.