Wal Mart steps over a dollar to pick up a dime

I worked at Staples for a cuple of years.
They had a policy of literally trashing (hammering it to smithereens)
anything that was returned (after they got their credit from the
manufacturer) if it was not in a package.
The reason for this was so that people would not fish thngs back out of the
dumpster and then try to return it without a receipt.

It seemed silly, but still made sense.

Kate

"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message
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| "Crashj" wrote in message
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| "Jabba" wrote in message
| ...
| Somebody reported:
| ## Wal-Mart used to sell off all their plants and trees (very
| reasonably)
| late in the season. You could get great deals. Then one of the long
| time
| employee there told me they stopped that! They now trash them
rather
| than
| mark them down.
|
| What's the difference between your greed to get a bargain and the
stock
| holders greed?
|
| Friend ran a chicken place where the employees were not allowed to take
| home
| leftover chicken at closing, it went into the dumpster. Why? Simple,
when
| they allowed it there was ALWAYS a full fryer at the end of the day.
Maybe
| Wal-mart is protecting the stockholders from the associates?
| --
| Crashj
| ===================================
| That sounds like poor management to me as much as dishonest employees. As
| for places like Wal-Mart - that wouldn't apply. They are not the ones who
| order the pond and garden merchandise for the stores.
| --
| Carol.... the frugal ponder...
| "Whenever you meet a man who would make a good husband,
| you will usually find he's already married."
| ~~~~~~{@
| "They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
| http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
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|
|

*rolling her eyes*
sorry for the typos guys.. my fingers have gotten pretty clumsy.
that should have been "couple"
Kate

"SVTKate" wrote in message
nk.net...
| I worked at Staples for a cuple of years.
| They had a policy of literally trashing (hammering it to smithereens)
| anything that was returned (after they got their credit from the
| manufacturer) if it was not in a package.
| The reason for this was so that people would not fish thngs back out of
the
| dumpster and then try to return it without a receipt.
|
| It seemed silly, but still made sense.
|
| Kate
|
| "~ Windsong ~" wrote in message
| ...
| |
| | "Crashj" wrote in message
| | hlink.net...
| | "Jabba" wrote in message
| | ...
| | Somebody reported:
| | ## Wal-Mart used to sell off all their plants and trees (very
| | reasonably)
| | late in the season. You could get great deals. Then one of the
long
| | time
| | employee there told me they stopped that! They now trash them
| rather
| | than
| | mark them down.
| |
| | What's the difference between your greed to get a bargain and the
| stock
| | holders greed?
| |
| | Friend ran a chicken place where the employees were not allowed to
take
| | home
| | leftover chicken at closing, it went into the dumpster. Why? Simple,
| when
| | they allowed it there was ALWAYS a full fryer at the end of the day.
| Maybe
| | Wal-mart is protecting the stockholders from the associates?
| | --
| | Crashj
| | ===================================
| | That sounds like poor management to me as much as dishonest employees.
As
| | for places like Wal-Mart - that wouldn't apply. They are not the ones
who
| | order the pond and garden merchandise for the stores.
| | --
| | Carol.... the frugal ponder...
| | "Whenever you meet a man who would make a good husband,
| | you will usually find he's already married."
| | ~~~~~~{@
| | "They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the
same."
| | http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
| | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |
| |
| |
|
|

"Jabba" wrote in message
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## Wal-Mart used to sell off all their plants and trees (very
reasonably)
late in the season. You could get great deals. Then one of the long
time
employee there told me they stopped that! They now trash them rather
than
mark them down. They do that to stop people from WAITING until the mark
downs. Can you believe the GREED of Wal-Marts owners/stockholders?She
told
me this when I asked her about a huge pile of shrubs, trees and large
potted
plants behind the building.


What's the difference between your greed to get a bargain and the stock
holders greed?
===========================
There is no GREED when you get or look for a bargain. A bargain benefits
BOTH sides, not just one side. The items are sold cheaply and the store
doesn't take a loss, or worse yet, dishonestly claim a loss from their
insurance Co. The person gets a good deal on the item and saves money that
they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else.
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"Whenever you meet a man who would make a good husband,
you will usually find he's already married."
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There is no GREED when you get or look for a bargain. A bargain benefits
BOTH sides, not just one side. The items are sold cheaply and the store
doesn't take a loss, or worse yet, dishonestly claim a loss from their
insurance Co. The person gets a good deal on the item and saves money
that
they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else.

What would you describe it as then?

'they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else' any
proof of this - LOL

"Jabba" wrote in message
...

There is no GREED when you get or look for a bargain. A bargain
benefits
BOTH sides, not just one side. The items are sold cheaply and the store
doesn't take a loss, or worse yet, dishonestly claim a loss from their
insurance Co. The person gets a good deal on the item and saves money
that
they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else.

What would you describe it as then?
==================================
I would describe it as CAREFUL and WISE shopping. Since I retired some
years ago I seldom buy anything unless it's on sale. Why should I not do
this? The store is still making money on my purchases, or at least
breaking even. Isn't this society wasteful enough as it is?

'they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else' any

proof of this - LOL

Proof of what? You must be a stockholder.... LOL!!! :-D
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"If athletes get athletes foot, do astronauts get mistletoe?"
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AND...
the stuff gets used instead of winding up in the landfill :-)

Kate

"~ Windsong ~" wrote in message
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|
| "Jabba" wrote in message
| ...
| ## Wal-Mart used to sell off all their plants and trees (very
| reasonably)
| late in the season. You could get great deals. Then one of the long
| time
| employee there told me they stopped that! They now trash them rather
| than
| mark them down. They do that to stop people from WAITING until the
mark
| downs. Can you believe the GREED of Wal-Marts owners/stockholders?She
| told
| me this when I asked her about a huge pile of shrubs, trees and large
| potted
| plants behind the building.
|
|
| What's the difference between your greed to get a bargain and the stock
| holders greed?
| ===========================
| There is no GREED when you get or look for a bargain. A bargain benefits
| BOTH sides, not just one side. The items are sold cheaply and the store
| doesn't take a loss, or worse yet, dishonestly claim a loss from their
| insurance Co. The person gets a good deal on the item and saves money
that
| they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else.
| --
| Carol.... the frugal ponder...
| "Whenever you meet a man who would make a good husband,
| you will usually find he's already married."
| ~~~~~~{@
| "They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
| http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|
|

There's an old saying that I try to live by.

"Waste Not, want not."

Chances are it's not the greed of a good deal, but the financial economics
of it.

"Jabba" wrote in message
...
| ## Wal-Mart used to sell off all their plants and trees (very
reasonably)
| late in the season. You could get great deals. Then one of the long
time
| employee there told me they stopped that! They now trash them rather
than
| mark them down. They do that to stop people from WAITING until the mark
| downs. Can you believe the GREED of Wal-Marts owners/stockholders?She
| told
| me this when I asked her about a huge pile of shrubs, trees and large
| potted
| plants behind the building.
|
|
| What's the difference between your greed to get a bargain and the stock
| holders greed?
|
|

"SVTKate" wrote in message
nk.net...
There's an old saying that I try to live by.

"Waste Not, want not."

Chances are it's not the greed of a good deal, but the financial economics
of it.
==========================
EXACTLY!!!! :-)
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"If athletes get athletes foot, do astronauts get mistletoe?"
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~