T-shirts for under £2
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Been after some odd colours like bright orange and purple a while
Ziggy
Been after some odd colours like bright orange and purple a while
Ziggy
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i bought mine last week when they was 2 fiddy, mrs dave wouldn't let me get bright colours
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I've just checked all the labels and packaging on mine it it don't say in what country they are made, is that legal?
In this country yes. You don't have to have the country of origin. What you can't do is imply by the product's name that something is from somewhere that it isn't. So if you were importing sparking wine from South Africa you can't make it look as though it is French.
Along similar lines, things like cutlery 'made in Sheffield' turned out to be from a small town in china which just happened to be called 'sheffield' (or something like tha!)
I actually used to work for a company who imported cheapo "stainless steel" from China, then stamped it with the words "Made in Sheffield, England". The money saving aspect backfired though, because when we had to bend and form the "steel" into the required shapes, it became apparent that it was all chromium electroplated crap, as all the chromium literally cracked and fell off.
They still shipped it out to retailers like Debenhams, John Lewis, Habitat etc. Some of it never got sent back!
A bit off topic, I know.
That's how they were getting away with claiming "made in Sheffield"
"Shaped in Sheffield", or "Bent in Sheffield" (is that a dodgy film title?)
wouldn't have had quite the same effect would it?!!
It is very common to import part-finished articles, then add some process here, and then claim it is made in UK. However if Trading Standards get their teeth in to it, they will quite rightly try to figure out what proportion of the process has been made in the UK. If it turns out that that process was minimal, or even just the packaging, then the importer will have some trouble on their hands. Ironically though this is less of aan issue nowadays when the country of origin is not a legal requirement for most goods.
"Shaped in Sheffield", or "Bent in Sheffield" (is that a dodgy film title?)
wouldn't have had quite the same effect would it?!!
It is very common to import part-finished articles, then add some process here, and then claim it is made in UK. However if Trading Standards get their teeth in to it, they will quite rightly try to figure out what proportion of the process has been made in the UK. If it turns out that that process was minimal, or even just the packaging, then the importer will have some trouble on their hands. Ironically though this is less of aan issue nowadays when the country of origin is not a legal requirement for most goods.
