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It’s all incredibly wasteful, but on some level, I can see why they do it: if the “get credit and destroy” system changed to “get credit and donate”, it would really become “get credit, say they were donated, then take them home and sell them on eBay”.
Marco.org: Destroying perfectly good retail merchandise

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  1. usman reblogged this from deplorableword
  2. cflee reblogged this from marco and added:
    Marco.org: Destroying perfectly good
  3. kiyoshimartinez reblogged this from marco and added:
    For all the huffing and puffing over H&M’s alleged destruction...perfectly good...
  4. ched reblogged this from marco
  5. yeahyouoverhere reblogged this from singulus and added:
    Hey look! Reasoned analysis, both calm and sober. From a blogger. Huh. Is it possible that the news business wouldn’t be...
  6. eldoggrag reblogged this from deplorableword and added:
    yeah, ive known about it, and understand it… it would be good if there was more follow-up beyond, say, homeless people...
  7. deplorableword reblogged this from marco
  8. digitalmud reblogged this from marco and added:
    I’ve always wondered...that. Now, thanks
  9. allen reblogged this from marco and added:
    is an unbelievably irresponsible view. Better...destroy these items than
  10. falconieri reblogged this from redcloud and added:
    So I worked in retail also and the only time we “destroyed” something was when it was off demo and 10 years old, or...
  11. straightouttastafford reblogged this from marco and added:
    is true. We did this at GameStop, too. Any...Texas, repaired, then shipped back was...