Hollister Doesn’t Sell That!
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I’ve only been in Hollister a hand full of times, and have never purchased anything from there or had anything purchased for me from Hollister. I have however applied for a position there when I went around the mall last summer applying at every store which I might even potentially shop. Though the last two times I went in Hollister, these visits were spaced about 6 months apart, my sister saw something fairly cute on the mannequin and both times we were informed, much to our surprise and annoyance, that the item isn’t sold “there.”
The first time, when we inquired as to where we could get the item, we were told the sweater we liked was only sold online and not in stores. The second time however we were informed that the tank top, that was most certainly over-priced, may be in the sale room “which is really dirty, but you can go search for it if you want.” Just for kicks we did go search for the top, and it wasn’t anywhere in the store. Actually, it was in the store and could be seen on at least 5 mannequins, I kid you not, but they couldn’t take the top off the mannequin because they were “stretched out and dirty.”
For those of you who do shop at Hollister, does this happen to you often? I happen to find it quite annoying, being drawn into a store I would normally never shop in by a cute garment, only to find out I can’t buy it in that store anyway. If the item is only sold online, why would they advertise it on one of the IN STORE mannequins? That’s like my local Forever 21 putting items from TwelvebyTwelve on the mannequins and then saying, “Oh, we don’t sell that here!”
I also only slightly understand not selling the clothes on the mannequins. I’m just going to sum it up to the fact that I think they have one regional merchandiser who comes in and dress the mannequins every season, and no one at that store is adept enough to throw another white tank top over the blue tank top to create the same effect.
Congratulations Hollister, you’ve successfully lost at the very least 2 potential customers forever!
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Uhh that is such a bummer that happens to me at H & M all the time they told me I had to keep calling to see if it was off the mannequin yet
Really! At least though at H&M they said you could have it after the mannequin is done with it. I’m not even sure what they do with the clothes when they take them off the mannequins at Hollister. I definitely don’t shop there enough to want to find out.
Are you f-ing SERIOUS?! That’s the dumbest crap I’ve ever heard. . . I never liked Hollister’s stuff anyway. Too manufactured-looking and young.
But that’s flipping unbelievable that they’d advertise stuff they don’t even SELL.
Blasphemy.
xoxo.
this is one of those reasons that i stopped shopping there a couple years ago. not just cheaply made clothing, but poor customer service as well.
Oh please! Well I love Hollister. So whatever. Next time if you dont like the store dont enter it please. Y would you go into a store if your gonna go out of your way to make a website about it? Well thats all I have to say. And im going to continue to shop there. FYI go get a credit card so you can actually buy the clothes off the mannequins if its that serious!
Ok now! Have a lovely day!!
Mkay..well I work at Hollister and the stuff on the mannequins always sell out faster. Or go on clearance and we don’t get anymore shipped in. Other stores might carry it or there might be more online. If the employees know it’s in the store it’s up to them to sell the item to you. But when it’s not, they direct you to other stores or online.
And we do rip and stretch stuff to make it look tight fitted on the mannequins. Once they’re removed we end up sending them back because we can’t sell them.
omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
U DO NOT SAY STUFF LIKE THAT ABOUT HOLLISTER
i LOVE IT AND GUESS WHAT GIRLFREIND
MAYBE IF U WANTED TO GET IT THAT BAD WHY ARENT U DA FIRST 1 TO GO TO THE STORE
SO U F-ING MISSY
IT MIGHT BE IN UR BEST INTEREST TO SHUT YOUR F-ING MOUTH
The reason that they do not take clothing and accessories from the “forms” is because all Hollister (and ANF) stores have a proprietary set up. Everything from the music that you hear to the cologne that you smell is “set” to create the atmosphere. To take something from a form would be to change that set up. The store would than be out of uniform with all of the other stores.
I don’t know about “dirty, but they were right about the “stretched” clothing. ANF has even been known to cut the clothing on the forms to accomplish a desired “look”. Regardless of what they say you can’t have something for, it’s to keep the uniform of the store.
P.S. As far as “over-priced”? Hollister is cheap. Try Abercrombie or Ruehl, they are over-priced, but that’s a point of wearing it, yah.
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I am chelsea rae, the person who made his website. I have come to tell you that, now that im not as poor as I was, I dont complain about hollister. U can get good stuff if u take the time to find it(AND HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY IT!!!)
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Wow! What a reaction. First things first, I completely respect everyone’s opion whether it’s for or against Hollister. Secondly, to hollister lover chelsea rae all of my comments link back to the PRC homepage. I also have an affinity for capitalizing proper nouns, and I hate using the letter “u” instead of “you”. Also, I’m not exactly sure how my disdain for Hollister equals being “poor.” I’m not “rich,” but I’ve never wanted for anything, and if I was rich I definitely wouldn’t be caught dead in a store that sell over-priced, poor quality garments, most of which branded with the name of the store.
p.s. Excessive punctuation is beyond annoying!
Hi, if you cant tell by my name im a girl and i shop at hollister, acctually i was there the other day because they were having a good sale on sweatshirts but anyway i always look at the mannequins and think about how cute their outfits look but i know better than to ask if they have the items. but i like the store only when they have sales its not that im poor its just that i have better things to spend my money on and there is nothing wrong with thrift stores you just have to be picky. and for the people who think that its desgusting to shop at thrift stores then think twice before you borrow your friends clothes.
Hollister is sooo smart- getting all u lemmings to buy their cheesy thin shirts and overpriced jeans just coz u hav 2 hav a name brand on. They laff at u each time the cash registers go cha ching!!!
And those stupid manequins with that bump in their crotch with the pants falling down like u girls are interested in that look, like u are hookers who can’t figure out they r trying to use u 2 sexualize u and get u hooked on wearing crap that tells the world u are easy and cheap and not worth a great guy or girl’s effort!!
Y do u think they have that colgone drifting out of their stores so u will come on in and drop $100 on 2 items of clothing? Wake ^ up lemmings!!
okay…. let me set something straight
hollister is not expensive. they have shirts for $8 bucks. only the stuff that just got off the line is expensive, and is always in the first room. just go to the other rooms and -tadaa- thats where the cheap stuff is.
i actually dont shop at hollister anymore because it labels you as a 7th-8th grade girl who wants to be cool. forever 21, pacsun, and delia’s are my shops of choice because they have unique clothing.
so stop ripping on hollister and get the facts straight….and if ur addicted to it maybe try and shop somewhere else where the name of the store is printed across ur ta-tas.
xoxox kate
Just like Brit, I also work at Hollister and what she says is correct. You are one of the many customers who asks for items on the mannequins! If the item is no longer in the store, it’s because the clothes on the mannequins DO sell out very quickly. We also cannot sell those clothes because they’re used by our visual team for display only. And most of the time, those clothes ARE damaged or stretched in some way. In the Hollister that I work at, the clothes on the mannequins are sometimes all cut up to created a desired “look” or have holes in them because we stick sensors and clips on them so that they don’t fall off the mannequins. Sorry for any inconvenience! Hollister usually updates the mannequins after whatever clothing on the mannequins gets sold out.
As for the associate who told you to go “search for it if you want” he/she should’ve really helped you look for it instead of making you search for a needle in a haystack.