#and its funny bc i have found some shein shit in our depop-alike too (but you cant really see quality from photos) and theyre charging even

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ok so i encountered my first shein garment in the wild (thrift shop) today and wow. the quality is about as bad as i expected but also worse than pretty much anything i've encountered before and the shop in question was charging considerably for it? bleak times

#for comparison i got a nice sweatshirt for 25% of the price they were charging for this '''''''corset'''''' crop top made of the worst #polyester i ever had the displeasure of touching #i mean the sweatshirt was pretty cheap. idk why it was so cheap but it happens sometimes #like i got a whole ass wool blazer for 5 bucks too once. it was a little ravaged in places (like they cut open the lining to remove the #shoulder pads and cut the pockets open wrong. also its petite so it's a solid 5cm short on the sleeves for me. but i digress) #but it's a solid blazer! and that was cheaper than this godawful shein top #and what really gets me is that shein isnt particularly cheap in brazil #bc our currency is worth jack shit atm. so like........ why #and its funny bc i have found some shein shit in our depop-alike too (but you cant really see quality from photos) and theyre charging even #even more there. like everything in there tends to be expensive bc of fees and shit but you can tell ppl are dying to regain some of their #losses with these clothes #it makes me a little sad.. like how quality illiterate people can be ynow? #like ive been to shein to see what the fuss was about and just zooming in on some photos you can already tell what youre gonna get wont be #worth it. but thats bc i really care about this shit i think? like im not shein's target audience to begin with #its so hard for me to conceptualize someone who doesn't really care about their clothes quality #not even bc they cant afford better stuff! but just... they dont care? #bc i see some egregious stuff in physical stores too ad it boggles the mind bc presumably someone picked this garment up #and said 'well the fabric is kinda shit and it fits kinda weird but its ok i guess?' #i legitimately do not understand