This Vending Machine Sold T-Shirts For Only 2 Euros, But Nobody Wanted To Buy Them
A non-profit named Fashion Revolution has created a wonderful social experiment that has challenged people to reconsider how they shop for their clothes. A vending machine they set up in Berlin offers passers-by shirts for only 2 Euro (roughly $2.19), but there was an unexpected catch… they first had to watch a video about the exploited sweatshop laborers that make cheap clothes possible.
The video was released on April 24th or Fashion Revolution Day. This day commemorates the collapse of the Rana Plaza in Bangladesh in 2013, which killed more than 1,000 garment workers who had been making clothing for American brands in an unsafe work environment. The workers at such factories are often underage, and most are also underpaid and overworked since the labor laws there are practically non-existent. Fashion Revolution wants to encourage people to start asking questions about the morality of their clothes, like where they were made and under what conditions they were made.
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This vending machine in Berlin offered to sell t-shirts for only 2 Euros
Seems like a bargain, right?
However, nobody was buying them…
The machine showed who was behind the cheap clothing we buy:
Often-underage workers work as many as 16 hours a day…
…for as little as 13 cents an hour
Do you still want to buy this 2 EUR t-shirt?
Of course, most people decided to donate to their cause instead of going through with the purchase
Here’s the full video:
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same poor employers, just the company earn more money for them
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So when no one buys the 2 euro shirts there isn't a need for poor Nanisha to work in a sweat shop so she loses her 0.13$ a day job & starves
But if all people started to care about what they buy then companies would have to come up with a more ethical strategy.
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you choose to buy it these people still have jobs
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Western hypocrisy. Let those people make money for themselves and survive. Stop pushing western hypocratic ideology on other people.
Because your alternatives are so much better. Oh, wait. You don't have any.
Load More Replies... This experiment only works if ALL clothing manufacturers did this. They don't. Experiment invalid.
Somebody has to start the experiment and hope others will follow. Even if just 1 followed then it would be valid!!! No negative comments!!!
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What is a way to know that the clothing you buy isn't being made by slave labour?
Hi there, i think this is such an important topic, i know it was over a year ago now but i think this campaign needs to be kept alive, i've just written a blog post about it - feel free to read and comment - https://moralcompasssite.wordpress.com/2016/10/05/fashion-revolution-2-euro-t-shirt/ The demand for fast fashion is the cause of this cruelty there's no two ways about it.
It!- a great idea, but they shouldn't only put BUY and DONATE on the screen.
Yeah lets boycott all shops which sell clothes made in sweatshops.Then the workers will starve and our highstreets will die off quicker
ALL clothes are made in some kind of terrible factory. The blame lies with the governments of the countries where the factories are.
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And by not buying them all they are doing is letting these people starve...
The important thing is that the message got through. However, I agree with the comments below.
Also consider. If nobody bought the 2 dollar shirt, the people willing and needing to work for 16 cents and hour will then be out a job.
What if this employer is still one of the best in the region. And without it they would be unemployed with no benefits and means to live?
clever campaing.... but hypocrites as we are.... we will forgot it next day.... or we will buy that same t-shirt in a shop somewhere else!
I bought several right next door at Primark here in Berlin. They all are made in southeast Asia. No matter if it's adidas or Abercrombie ...
Either donate or buy,for sure the one sponsored all this matter wil do have it all,still less fortunate for workers.
So in theory... If one doesn't buy the £2 t-shirt made by the unethical company, it has a knock on effect to their margins, right? In order
you choose to buy it they still get the donation then you give the tshirt to a homeless person everyone wins ish
I'd still of purchased the shirt because I'm not disillusioned about where they come from and i wear h+m,sweat shops aren't a new fad cause.
I don't understand why they put a machine that has an English video in a German city? - Obviously the Germans are more generous?
If only that money goes straight to charity.. they send 10% or 15% of it to the poor and keep the rest!
Everyone donates from moral obligation. But doesn't think that from the 2euros the poor girl gets 50cents and no job tomorrow...
...and still, why don't ask the people in the big companies to donate 2 euros but the regular people, some of whom may have no job at all???
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Yet we will buy gap, banana republic, Nike, old navy..etc...all clothing made in sweat shops.
yes they pay what we consider nothing, but to them in the society, these are some of the highest paying and safest jobs available to them
and another money making racket to pulling donations and spent 80% of that money on CEO's pay checks, cars, property like most charities
The irony of this beeing done in Germany.They should watch how other european countries live because of them, before they buy ANYTHING!
Most people said western. That doesn't solely include Americans, don't be so narcissistic.
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so very one sided. so you don't buy the shirt. then what. the cheap labour then starves. its about FAIR pay, not cheap pay, or worse NO pay.
Those people have a job because you buy a shirt for 2 bucks. The government won't feed them so not buying a shirt could starve a family.
Basically there was false advertising and extortion through pity, good job.
I wonder what a homless person would do. I bet they would be amazed at being able to buy a new shirt for only two bucks
C**p! Who is making 20 eu or 50 eur tees? Big greedy brandy bosses? Yeah, right. One thing is campaign for help, but this just sucks
This is a c**p! They make shirts in same conditions but some of THE BIG bosses like to earn more money so they charge a 15 or 25 eu per one
Isn't it better to pay for the shirt so they at list got the 30 cent salary paid instead of nothing?
The problem is if you buy a tshirt for £30. The workers still get 13cent per hour because you pay it for the company not for the workers
I am not even remotely suggesting that the system is fair, but I would happily buy the t-shirt and make a donation.
The only difference between $2 t-shirt and $20 t-shirt is that you pay the huge salaries of the european/usa traders and head office staff.
Were the shirts in the vending machine not contributing to the problem?
For capitalism to work it has to be somebody who gets a lot less than others, how come people don't get it?
Cuz it's a cruddy part of society that no one should accept? We shouldn't have better lives than others just because of where we're born.
Load More Replies... same poor employers, just the company earn more money for them
Load More Replies... So when no one buys the 2 euro shirts there isn't a need for poor Nanisha to work in a sweat shop so she loses her 0.13$ a day job & starves
But if all people started to care about what they buy then companies would have to come up with a more ethical strategy.
Load More Replies... you choose to buy it these people still have jobs
Load More Replies... Western hypocrisy. Let those people make money for themselves and survive. Stop pushing western hypocratic ideology on other people.
Because your alternatives are so much better. Oh, wait. You don't have any.
Load More Replies... This experiment only works if ALL clothing manufacturers did this. They don't. Experiment invalid.
Somebody has to start the experiment and hope others will follow. Even if just 1 followed then it would be valid!!! No negative comments!!!
Load More Replies... What is a way to know that the clothing you buy isn't being made by slave labour?
Hi there, i think this is such an important topic, i know it was over a year ago now but i think this campaign needs to be kept alive, i've just written a blog post about it - feel free to read and comment - https://moralcompasssite.wordpress.com/2016/10/05/fashion-revolution-2-euro-t-shirt/ The demand for fast fashion is the cause of this cruelty there's no two ways about it.
It!- a great idea, but they shouldn't only put BUY and DONATE on the screen.
Yeah lets boycott all shops which sell clothes made in sweatshops.Then the workers will starve and our highstreets will die off quicker
ALL clothes are made in some kind of terrible factory. The blame lies with the governments of the countries where the factories are.
Load More Replies... And by not buying them all they are doing is letting these people starve...
The important thing is that the message got through. However, I agree with the comments below.
Also consider. If nobody bought the 2 dollar shirt, the people willing and needing to work for 16 cents and hour will then be out a job.
What if this employer is still one of the best in the region. And without it they would be unemployed with no benefits and means to live?
clever campaing.... but hypocrites as we are.... we will forgot it next day.... or we will buy that same t-shirt in a shop somewhere else!
I bought several right next door at Primark here in Berlin. They all are made in southeast Asia. No matter if it's adidas or Abercrombie ...
Either donate or buy,for sure the one sponsored all this matter wil do have it all,still less fortunate for workers.
So in theory... If one doesn't buy the £2 t-shirt made by the unethical company, it has a knock on effect to their margins, right? In order
you choose to buy it they still get the donation then you give the tshirt to a homeless person everyone wins ish
I'd still of purchased the shirt because I'm not disillusioned about where they come from and i wear h+m,sweat shops aren't a new fad cause.
I don't understand why they put a machine that has an English video in a German city? - Obviously the Germans are more generous?
If only that money goes straight to charity.. they send 10% or 15% of it to the poor and keep the rest!
Everyone donates from moral obligation. But doesn't think that from the 2euros the poor girl gets 50cents and no job tomorrow...
...and still, why don't ask the people in the big companies to donate 2 euros but the regular people, some of whom may have no job at all???
Load More Replies... Yet we will buy gap, banana republic, Nike, old navy..etc...all clothing made in sweat shops.
yes they pay what we consider nothing, but to them in the society, these are some of the highest paying and safest jobs available to them
and another money making racket to pulling donations and spent 80% of that money on CEO's pay checks, cars, property like most charities
The irony of this beeing done in Germany.They should watch how other european countries live because of them, before they buy ANYTHING!
Most people said western. That doesn't solely include Americans, don't be so narcissistic.
Load More Replies... so very one sided. so you don't buy the shirt. then what. the cheap labour then starves. its about FAIR pay, not cheap pay, or worse NO pay.
Those people have a job because you buy a shirt for 2 bucks. The government won't feed them so not buying a shirt could starve a family.
Basically there was false advertising and extortion through pity, good job.
I wonder what a homless person would do. I bet they would be amazed at being able to buy a new shirt for only two bucks
C**p! Who is making 20 eu or 50 eur tees? Big greedy brandy bosses? Yeah, right. One thing is campaign for help, but this just sucks
This is a c**p! They make shirts in same conditions but some of THE BIG bosses like to earn more money so they charge a 15 or 25 eu per one
Isn't it better to pay for the shirt so they at list got the 30 cent salary paid instead of nothing?
The problem is if you buy a tshirt for £30. The workers still get 13cent per hour because you pay it for the company not for the workers
I am not even remotely suggesting that the system is fair, but I would happily buy the t-shirt and make a donation.
The only difference between $2 t-shirt and $20 t-shirt is that you pay the huge salaries of the european/usa traders and head office staff.
Were the shirts in the vending machine not contributing to the problem?
For capitalism to work it has to be somebody who gets a lot less than others, how come people don't get it?
Cuz it's a cruddy part of society that no one should accept? We shouldn't have better lives than others just because of where we're born.
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