As a bargain hunter to the nth degree I would hate to see this happen. But,
not knowing the numbers I cannot say how foolish this is or not. I would
suspect this policy is just for people like me - to encourage them to buy
them at retail, rollback or even clearance and not wait for 'giveaway'
pricing, lest they be gone. I am a self employed printer. All jobs are
overprinted to allow for loss during the bindery stage. I used to always
include any extras left over (instead of trashing them) untill I realized
people would order less or less frequently counting on getting some 'for
free'. What goodwill or perceived discount this made in the buying decision
is very difficult to say. However the industry pretty much follows this
rule, apparently believing the more you give away the more you are taking
out of your own pocket.
On the other hand:
Enforcement or policies may be different but just the other day I was at
Lowe's and spotted 8 planters the water lilies had been in. Again being a
bargain hunter to the nth degree I thought these would be great for future
planting. They were rectangular but were fairly deep, nice construction,
lip to grab them with and probably would not require a weight training
program to be able to pull them back out of the pond. I asked what was
going to happen with them and was told "People like you carry them out.
Take all you want". Eight seemed like a nice round number
Happy Bargain Hunting!
Bill Brister

"Roy" wrote in message
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Was at Wal MArt today and happened to see a heap of preformed ponds
setting on a pallet outside the garden section. (15 total preformed)
I looked at them and there were two sizes / shapes, both relatively
large in size, but no price on them..I inquired inside on how much
they were, (actually hoping they may be discounted for clearance) and
no one inside could tell me what the story was, so they called
management. Management came and I asked about the preformed ponds
outside and how much they were. I was promptly told they were not for
sale and were to be trashed.....and then.........She promptly
reminded the assocate there to make sure they were cut in two before
they got thrown in the large construction dumpster out
back...........

Only in America.......where excess bountiful materials and goods are
trashed before selling.
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