Hot Topic

RANT ALERT!!!!!

im genuinely so pissed off at Hot Topic pricing genuinely it is like desgusting like i saw a bag no bigger than my wasit be FIFTY AMERICAN DOLLARS. like IK that im someone who D.I.Y.'s almost everything (jackets, pants, armwarmers, my bag ect.) but like, i wanted to buy this really cool Dr.Pepper shirt and it was TWENTY DOLLARS for a fully polyester shirt that had a DOGSHIT faded Dr.Pepper logo on it. like thats INSANE that, thats even being THINKED of charged that much. like i saw a PIN. from a BASIC pin machine being FIVE DOLLARS. dude my friend could give me that for ZERO. and i understand that Hot Topic is Hot Topic so they dont have just emo stuff anymore but i didnt see a SINGLE band patch. like it was INSANE. i didnt even see a SINGLE band tee in the ENTIRE shop. and i looked at one of their skirts with my friend and it was SO BAD. the stiching was horrible and even some FULL THREADS were coming off. and yeah i understand sewing isnt for everyone but like... you can make HALF the stuff at Hot Topic, and they support SUCH BAD child labor along with copying designs from other WAY SMALLER Brands. like it genuinely pisses me off so much. like i am straight up just boycotting. but anyways whats your thoughts on this? i really wanna see other peoples perspectives ESPECIALLY people who dont D.I.Y as much :3

edit: by the way i wanted to add that i ACTIVELY have a Hot Topic gift card that has like 5 on it but everything except for shitty pins are to expensive (this is coming from somone whos seen Hot Topic pins just break)