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Michel Abegg (31) runs a sex shop in Bern. However, he is currently not allowed to sell sex toys, as BAG confirmed when asked, he told “Berner Zeitung.” She was even more amazed when she discovered the mini vibrators of the brand “Secret Lover” at Migros in Marktgasse Bern. At the pharmacy, next to the condoms. That upset the man from Zurich very much. “I accept this rule, but then it should apply to everyone,” he told the newspaper.
The same happened in the first confinement. He had to close his store and Migros continued to offer mini vibrators. Abegg didn’t want to let that get on him. He got in touch with Migros, who got rid of him and wanted nothing to do with the ban. So he went to the police. “They told me they would send someone,” he told the “Berner Zeitung.”
Other branches still sell the vibrator
When he went to Migros on Marktgasse the next day, the mini vibrators were no longer on the shelf. Police confirmed the operation to the newspaper. After talking to the police, the manager of the Migros branch removed the mini vibrators from the stove.
Abegg is not satisfied, however, other branches continue to sell the mini vibrators. When asked by the “Berner Zeitung”, a Migros Aare spokeswoman said that the federal government’s orders were being carried out “to the best of our knowledge”. And further: “Until now, vibrators have not been a problem when it comes to restricting product ranges, as far as we know.”
Unsatisfactory answers
Abegg is bothered by this attitude. It could not be that the small specialty stores suffered again while the large retailers did not obey all the rules.
In general, you are not sure what else to offer. So far, the corresponding responses have not been satisfactory. For example, under the Covid Ordinance, underwear can be sold because it has been declared a daily wear item. But Abegg isn’t sure if this also includes erotic underwear. So he decided to temporarily close his store. It only opens when someone picks up the merchandise on the spot.