Comments on: More clothes vandalized in Ballard

By: J.M@Damsalfly

J.M@Damsalfly — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:28:12 +0000

You are mistaken…I remember this incident and the pants that were sold were off the “sale” rack that clearly states all sales “final” and sold “as is” . This is why they were on the sale rack in the first place. A missing button shouldn't evoke such a statement as “you'd never shop here again or tell others the same.” In fact we always offer to repair items , loose buttons , etc…free of charge …so ? Sorry you had such a bad experience at my shop.

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:35:27 +0000

hear hear…

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 20:22:41 +0000

Sure, thanks for that…and the more I've researched this issue, the more it doesn't seem to be envy, which would most likely result in theft. This sounds personal, so, it's more likely a young, poor, twisted individual that hates her, former employees or disgruntled customers.

http://www.nwsource.com/ae/scr/edb_vd.cfm?c=s&v...
this was an interesting review…

By: kim

kim — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:32:49 +0000

ouch!

By: boardbrown

boardbrown — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:20:28 +0000

Unfortunately you don't have to be mentally ill to not be happy about Christmas.

By: silence.kit

silence.kit — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:13:26 +0000

Not “could be wrong,” I'd say most likely wrong since you have no proof.

Sigh all you like. A stupid statement is still a stupid statement.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:55:15 +0000

I saw a man walking down the north side of Market St on a weekend before Christmas, and he systematically slashed the strings that were holding the hay sheath decorations onto the trees along Market. He then stepped on the hay to mess it up enough so that the decorations were not worth tying up again. I was across the street and too far away to yell, and no one else tried to stop him. Maybe they did not notice what he was doing or they were afraid that he would turn his weapon on them. I assumed that the guy was mentally ill and not happy about Christmas.

By: Meth Heads hate pretty things

Meth Heads hate pretty things — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:49:33 +0000

You would be surprised. Some meth heads seem perfectly normal. They say, some even go to work on the stuff these days.

By: Trix

Trix — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:25:16 +0000

Never been in, is Damsalfly a consignment shop? That would explain the 'sold as is' policy, Shane Dillon. It's standard for consignment stores.
Whatever reasoning this sick puppy has to do this to Damsalfly I'm sorry for them. I'll pop in this week to shop, for sure.

By: ballard complainers society

ballard complainers society — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:29:46 +0000

The 'ballard clothes slasher' strikes again.

I'm curious about the disgruntled customer theory. this is more plausible than the meth head idea as the latter sort of person would be watched closely.

Perhaps someone is suggesting they 'slash' their prices?

By: Shane Dillon

Shane Dillon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:00:30 +0000

Sad that someone has resorted to this mindless vandalism. It could be a disgruntled customer as the return policies aren't that great at that store. Last year my aunt was visiting and she bought a pair of pants, five minutes later whilst eating in Volterra (or whatever the spelling is) she noticed there wasn't a button on the pants, so she crossed the street only to be told by the manager that all goods are sold as is as they were doing a sale. It was only five minutes later, and all she was asking was to exchange the pair for one with a button on.

I would never shop there again or tell anyone else to.

However that does not condone someone 'slashing' clothes.

By: Meth Heads hate pretty things

Meth Heads hate pretty things — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:52:13 +0000

Remember the guy on meth, swinging the box cutter around at people in two Ballard Ave bars a few weeks back. Police used a stun gun on him too. It was in the Ballard News Tribune…

By: jlamon

jlamon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:33:25 +0000

I'm so sorry! I just shopped in there on Thursday and was talking to the owner's mom about the slasher. They thought it was over, I'm sorry to hear it's not. I too will be in soon to spend a little more money to help support. Such a great, affordable shop. I got compliments all weekend on my top!

By: Manders83

Manders83 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:19:16 +0000

Unbelievable, who would do that? I'm sorry to hear about this and will plan a shopping trip to help Damsalfly weather the vandalism, how sad.

By: e/c

e/c — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:12:28 +0000

very sorry for the loss, and the extra added expense you will have to incur to put security cameras in place…it makes all of us less trusting and even harder to make a living in this economy.

By: boardbrown

boardbrown — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:06:54 +0000

Cameras will help only if the angles are just right. And what about dressing rooms? What if the perp was taking them in there to do the damage? You can't put security cameras there…unless you want a lawsuit.

The best defense is attentive sales clerks. Not the ones who hang out behind the counter surfing the internet all day.

By: Susan Mullen

Susan Mullen — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:53:06 +0000

I worked in a store with security cameras. It is very important to get the angle right, as well as the field of focus. Also, monitor your security cameras carefully and plan your archives, back-ups, etc.

Specifically, many stores will have a security camera mounted on the ceiling and aimed at the door. The way the camera was in the store where I worked, it got a good picture of the top of a person's head. You could tell if a person's skin was light or dark and you could also tell a little about their build, but nothing else. It won't do much good if all you can say is "some white guy" did it. Or worse yet, you have 5 cameras but only one of them is working.

Also, make sure your customers know the cameras are there. They don't have to know where all of them are, but a nice clear color monitor of people walking in will help them know that you're serious.

People used to try to make me angry by talking bad about my employer's security cameras. My own experience as an employee taught me the more cameras the better.

By: ballard complainers society

ballard complainers society — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:48:57 +0000

are you suggesting one of these neophobes committed the act?

I think they just like riling people up with their scapegoat tactics.

it was a full moon a few days ago...I'll go with that theory.

By: jm

jm — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:43:19 +0000

We have noticed a number of people posting on this web site that are against yuppies, flippers, condos and anything new Ballard. It’s probably someone that’s against change.

By: Lush

Lush — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:30:20 +0000

I dont know if they are “twisted with class envy” but that is too bad that this is happening to Ballard businesses. It's no use to try to speculate about why someone would do this, but I think we can all agree that it's a shame.

By: kim

kim — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:23:26 +0000

is it consistently the same “type” of clothing? does someone have something against lingerie or jeans or price or just the owner? twisted i say!

By: chopper_74

chopper_74 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:57:37 +0000

Yeah, it sounds like security cameras would certainly be in order. Sorry for the loss. It's a shame that somebody would do this. It sounds like the same person. I'd guess that they are young, poor, and twisted with class envy. Unfortunately, no shortage of those…
Of course, I could be wrong, and I'm sure that I'll hear plenty about that. (sigh)

By: ballard complainers society

ballard complainers society — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:55:52 +0000

I bet it's Billy Bob Thornton and his band “The Boxcutters”

seriously though, this person must have a mental illness. and if chased, they'd only be running with scissors, and that's never good.