Wal Mart steps over a dollar to pick up a dime

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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"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...........

That would have prompted a letter from me to the head office, without a
doubt.

BV.

"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...........

## 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.

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

## You got that right. :-(
--
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you will usually find he's already married."
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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?

"Jabba" wrote in message
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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

"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?

Or all large multi-nationals are evil organisations that would burn there
employees if given half a chance :-)

--
Crashj

"Jabba" wrote:

Or all large multi-nationals are evil organisations that would burn there
employees if given half a chance :-)

And there are evil employees who steal from their employer and would
steal more from their employers if give half a chance. AT&T and many
other companies will not through used equipment in the trash because
employees would through out things they wanted and pick them out of the
dumpster after work. Instead they have a salvage procedure and have an
agreement with a salvage agent who either pays or is paid to haul the
equipment away. This cuts down considerably on waste. When employees
benefit from waste, there is a lot more of it.

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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
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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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"~ Windsong ~" wrote:

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.

But the employees are the ones who can make sure merchandise doesn't
sell by hiding price tags, putting it in poor locations where no one
sees it, bad mouthing things they don't want to sell, leaving it in the
stock room or storage trailer, etc.

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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
| hlink.net...
| "Jabba" wrote in message
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| 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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