Thanks for the update.

Kate

"Roy" wrote in message
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| Well I have been keeping an eye on the Wal Mart dumpster for when they
| dump those liners. They are not currently anywhere outside like they
| used to be but have yet to be dumped. While I was waiting for the
| manager to talk to about those liners the other day I had spotted a
| Water Gardening book, but forgot to pick it up before I left. Anyway
| today I was at the other Wal Mart on the other side of
| town..........which I have to say is like being in a whole different
| world compared to the one I was at first. There foks were busy cleanin
| g up lawn and garden items, taking care of plants etc, unlike the
| other store who is usually busy dumping cartons of dead wilted plants
| etc. I spotted a preformed pond with a three tier cascade water fall
| and pump and fountain and started to look at it. It was marked at $79.
| They had 9 in stock full complete pond kits contaiing a 600gph pump,
| filter, foutain and the two preforms with thre larger pond itself
| being a 90 gal cap. Made by Marcote (SP?) Smae liner along sells for
| over $120 at most home builder stores like HD and Lowes. I inquired
| if they had the water gardeing book I was looking for, (they did not)
| and I mentioned, that I was now forced to go back to the "other"
| walmart and get it. I then asked the person who happened to be the
| ast. mgr in the garden center how was it that they had complete pond
| kits on the shelf there but the other store had a heap of just liners
| fixing to get trashed.........or do you soon plan on trashing those
| kits too. He laughed and said "Oh the pond liner fiasco"
|
| What happened was the manager they had at this other store screwed up
| and ordered more than he needed. He did not have place to display them
| all so he got the bright idea to break all the kits down and stack
| liners in side liners and all parts in the top liner........Well one
| thing lead to another and soon most parts were scattered all over.
| Since none of the items were intended to be sold individually those
| that cropped up laying here and there were tossed as they were not on
| inventory per se as a single type item (pump, filter etc etc) This
| clown also did the same with his overstock of wheel
| barrows..........put all the tubs in one pile and piled in the wheels
| and attaching hardware etc to conserve shelf space. Anyhow he
| "managed" (he was a manager wasn't he?) to cost the company a few
| bucks of lost merchandise and is no longer employed at the store, due
| to this and his inept ability to manage folks yet alone merchandise.
| Also found out that store had the highest rate of returns on dead or
| inferior plants. The plant supplier puts out a good product, and
| warrants it, however they only warrant it one time to Wal MArt, plant
| for plant, after that its Wal MArts loss on additional plants.
| Needless to say plants and in general anything in the lawn and garden
| department was not taken care of properly, right down to the lawn
| tractors etc. They also trashed a heap of well used and abused lawn
| furniture as well that was literally setup and set outside and foks
| just used as casual gathering places, and suceeded in trashing most of
| it......So anyhow since the pond liners were never intended to be sold
| individually they had to be cut up and thrown out........As far as
| this other manager that was telling me this knew Wal MArt took the hit
| on that and a lot of other screwups this manager made, who in th end
| sufficiently screwed up enough to cost him his job. This particular
| store is in a not too good side of town and clientel are not the
| worlds greatest, and evidently they hire managers and clerks that go
| hand in hand with the clientel they serve.
|
| So I can;t really find fault with Wally World on this issue to a
| certain point, wrong as it may seem by destroying the liners. They
| have a given policy and they try and hold to the policy and to
| introduce items not normally stocked on on a location list would foul
| up things overall.
|
| Sorry for the rant!
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