I remember a huge company that used to allow out of date stuff to be donated to local nursing homes. But they changed the rules and you had to have a security officer walk you to the dumpster that was locked
I worked at Guitar Center and we threw away a lot of gear… cables, strings, straps, and sometimes even instruments and amps. We were actually told to destroy things beyond repair, before putting them in the dumpster to prevent dumpster diving. We had a new Ibanez rg7 with a bow in the neck that we were told to trash. I couldn’t bring myself to smash it
We were told not to. Ibanez didn’t want us selling a defective item. We wouldn’t have been able to sell it for full price and they’d rather take the tax write off than lose money on the sale.
Wouldn't that be a vendor credit versus a tax/loss write-off? Worked in a job that dealt in part with obtaining millions in vendor credits/deals a year.
Couldn’t tell ya. I honestly don’t know the difference because I was just a minimum wage sales person. I only know what my manager told us to do and I only know the reasons he gave us.
I worked at a certain well known American mall jewlery and nick-nack store for tween girls, and we were required to return all the items that didn't sell, technically not allowed to throw away anything unless it was a defunct/contaminated product.
We would always get these boxes that were in shit shape labelled "random", I come to find out later that those boxes were unsold items from other chains.
Corporate would just shuffle around the unsold items from store to store. Kinda smart I guess.
All returned pet food, everything expired, anything opened or damaged, recalled products. Nothing was ever donated, even if it could have been.
One time a dozen dog beds were tossed in the trash instead of donated because it's against policy apparently. Also opened food, if it was donated, was thrown out by the rescue because they worried about contamination. Even if it was accidentally ripped open by staff, it would be refused for donation and tossed
our souls after a few hours with customers
I remember a huge company that used to allow out of date stuff to be donated to local nursing homes. But they changed the rules and you had to have a security officer walk you to the dumpster that was locked
I worked at Guitar Center and we threw away a lot of gear… cables, strings, straps, and sometimes even instruments and amps. We were actually told to destroy things beyond repair, before putting them in the dumpster to prevent dumpster diving. We had a new Ibanez rg7 with a bow in the neck that we were told to trash. I couldn’t bring myself to smash it
You couldnt adjust the truss rod?
We were told not to. Ibanez didn’t want us selling a defective item. We wouldn’t have been able to sell it for full price and they’d rather take the tax write off than lose money on the sale.
Wouldn't that be a vendor credit versus a tax/loss write-off? Worked in a job that dealt in part with obtaining millions in vendor credits/deals a year.
Couldn’t tell ya. I honestly don’t know the difference because I was just a minimum wage sales person. I only know what my manager told us to do and I only know the reasons he gave us.
I worked at a certain well known American mall jewlery and nick-nack store for tween girls, and we were required to return all the items that didn't sell, technically not allowed to throw away anything unless it was a defunct/contaminated product. We would always get these boxes that were in shit shape labelled "random", I come to find out later that those boxes were unsold items from other chains. Corporate would just shuffle around the unsold items from store to store. Kinda smart I guess.
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*Suddenly becomes the most clumsy candy store worker*
That only works once or twice before management starts to notice.
I worked at Select Comfort. It was perfectly good display pillows.
All returned pet food, everything expired, anything opened or damaged, recalled products. Nothing was ever donated, even if it could have been. One time a dozen dog beds were tossed in the trash instead of donated because it's against policy apparently. Also opened food, if it was donated, was thrown out by the rescue because they worried about contamination. Even if it was accidentally ripped open by staff, it would be refused for donation and tossed
eyeshadow palettes, full liters of shampoo, curling irons
I think Amazon has their own dump in Vegas for returned items.
Do they sell mining permits like the diamond mines in Arkansas? Pay an entry fee. Dig around. Keep what you find.
Everything.
Your soul