Go for the bargain, man. I only buy fair trade when it’s the same price or only a little bit more expensive. If the companies can’t make it competitive then there’s no point.
Go to the shops that sell the bargains you like and interrogate the shop clerks as to who exactly made the item and what the quality of their life is. If the response from said clerk is ‘ I dunno’, then you can claim ignorance and buy away. As far as you know they live in a palace and make Nike trainers for a laugh. Of course if the clerk says ‘ It was a small boy called Juan who was paid poorly for his work in making this while his family are held under a military regime’ then you have to return the items and buy something else.
Go for the bargain, man. I only buy fair trade when it’s the same price or only a little bit more expensive. If the companies can’t make it competitive then there’s no point.
Go to the shops that sell the bargains you like and interrogate the shop clerks as to who exactly made the item and what the quality of their life is. If the response from said clerk is ‘ I dunno’, then you can claim ignorance and buy away. As far as you know they live in a palace and make Nike trainers for a laugh. Of course if the clerk says ‘ It was a small boy called Juan who was paid poorly for his work in making this while his family are held under a military regime’ then you have to return the items and buy something else.
Buy second hand fair trade.