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Tips for Shopping at Thrift Stores

   
Carefully inspect the item(s) that you are interested in purchasing. Pay particular attention to:
   
 
Varment Guard Environmental Services Bed components Varment Guard Environmental Services Coffee tables
Varment Guard Environmental Services Upholstered furniture Varment Guard Environmental Services Luggage
Varment Guard Environmental Services Night stands Varment Guard Environmental Services Clothing
Varment Guard Environmental Services Dressers Varment Guard Environmental Services Wall hangings
Varment Guard Environmental Services End tables Varment Guard Environmental Services Comfort toys
       
Check both exterior and interior corners and crevices for signs of bed bug activity (see photo insert), which includes:
   
 
Varment Guard Environmental Services Live and dead bed bugs Varment Guard Environmental Services Fecal dots / stains
Varment Guard Environmental Services Cast skins Varment Guard Environmental Services Eggs
   
 
   
  Bed bugs (reddish-brown), eggs (white), cast skins (yellow) and fecal dots (black).
   
Inquire with shop owners or managers whether a system is in place to ensure that used items do not contain bed bugs and other pests. Ask for details to your satisfaction.
   
Point out to the shop manager when items of interest look like they could be infested.
   
Do not bring suspicious items into your transportation or residence or workplace without having them inspected by someone who is experienced with bed bugs.
   
If treatment of items is necessary, options can be obtained from the following sources:
   
 
Varment Guard Environmental Services Franklin County Board of Health &  Central Ohio Bed Bug Task Force http://centralohiobedbugs.org/
Varment Guard Environmental Services Ohio State Univ. Entomology Extension
http://ohioline.osu.edu/lines/pests.html
Varment Guard Environmental Services Pest management professional
http://www.varmentguard.com
Varment Guard Environmental Services National Pest Management Association
http://www.pestworld.org/For-Consumers
Email: info@pestworld.org; Phone:(703) 352-6762
   
   
 

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