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The bags come from many different goodwill places throughout the US. I doubt all of them have bed bugs. I’ve bought from the online goodwill before. I’ve never had problems with bed bugs but then I’ve washed the bags that I got from them. They were all vintage Coach which can be washed.
do you have a front loading washer or one with an agitator? I have the agitator type
 
do you have a front loading washer or one with an agitator? I have the agitator type
I have neither. I drop the clothes in (top load?), but it doesn't have an agitator. However, I just hand wash my vintage coach bags in a tub of water with Dawn soap.

Shelby will probably have some super helpful advice about bed bugs in bags if it becomes an issue.
 
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I got my MAB from Goodwill....good news is it is a full size MAB and in quite good condition. The lining is pretty clean, no corner wear, just a bit of wear on the HW. Unfortunately the person who posted about bedbugs from goodwill created a full blown paranoia for me so I have the bag in the dryer just so if there are any bed bug eggs they will be killed. Uugh. I hope I can get over this and enjoy the bag. If it came from a private seller in this condition, I wouldn't have given it a thought. It clearly hasn't been used a lot. the black and white lining isn't even soiled in the top area near the zipper and the lining of the outside pocket is pristine.
 
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I got my MAB from Goodwill....good news is it is a full size MAB and in quite good condition. The lining is pretty clean, no corner wear, just a bit of wear on the HW. Unfortunately the person who posted about bedbugs from goodwill created a full blown paranoia for me so I have the bag in the dryer just so if there are any bed bug eggs they will be killed. Uugh. I hope I can get over this and enjoy the bag. If it came from a private seller in this condition, I wouldn't have given it a thought. It clearly hasn't been used a lot. the black and white lining isn't even soiled in the top area near the zipper and the lining of the outside pocket is pristine.
I'd love to see photos.
 
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I got my MAB from Goodwill....good news is it is a full size MAB and in quite good condition. The lining is pretty clean, no corner wear, just a bit of wear on the HW. Unfortunately the person who posted about bedbugs from goodwill created a full blown paranoia for me so I have the bag in the dryer just so if there are any bed bug eggs they will be killed. Uugh. I hope I can get over this and enjoy the bag. If it came from a private seller in this condition, I wouldn't have given it a thought. It clearly hasn't been used a lot. the black and white lining isn't even soiled in the top area near the zipper and the lining of the outside pocket is pristine.
So glad you got it!!!
 
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Come to my attention that I have a crap ton of unanswered messages :nuts: like 100 so no way I can respond to all of them. I haven’t went to the message area of my account in months. My email associated with TPF hasn’t been receiving emails. I just didn’t really notice as I use as app that has 4 email accounts attached to it so it’s a lot of emails:lol: I promise I wasn’t ignoring anyone, I’m sorry!
 
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