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2. Primark won't let you use your own bag - they make you have a plastic one! 2 answers

   Asked by clagnut about 1 month ago

   1. 
      JeffF

      Hopefully this is not company policy. I would have asked for a manager. It is less advertising for the store since you will not be walking around with a bag with their name on it, but it is saving them money because they pay for the bags.
      Do they recycle used bags? You might inquire about that and then return the bag at your next visit to the store.
      Depending on your personality, there are several things you can do the next time you visit their store. One thing is to get the manager and tell them they have lost a sale if they make you take their bag and that you will contact the upper management about this. Another is to empty the items from their bag into your own just after they hand it to you and give them back their empty bag.
      You might also contact a local paper to see if they can find out about their bag policy. A news reporter is likely to get a quicker response from a Company. You could then follow up by contacting the company and ask them about their bag policy because you read the article.

   2. abbyamadan

      interesting since Primark/Penneys is originally an irish company and Ireland has the plastic bag levy in place meaning that Primark don't give out plastic bags here and use paper ones instead and as long as you have receipt available to be checked by the store security they are quite happy for you to reject the paper bags and use your own. I don't think that as long as you have proof of purchase the shop can force you to use a polythene bag, it is only a security thing to help prevent shoplifting.

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