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A while back a friend that worked at a large retailer brought me a $400 lawnmower that was thrown away because whoever bought it, brought it back due to a missing bolt. Rather than replace the bolt, the entire lawnmower was replaced and the one with the missing bolt was tossed in a dumpster! WTH?
Anyway, someone that works at a very new, very large sporting goods store on woodruff road told me that they do the same thing. Could someone please explain how this makes sense? Wouldn't selling it as scratch and dent be better? Donating items to charity? Giving all their crap to me so I can fill eBay up?
Now, I must assume that this is common practice with most places. I find it a little disturbing.
It's a tax write-off; they get more money if they call it a total loss than if they were to try to turn it around as used. This is a normal practice.
Why would anyone give all of their items to you so you can fill up ebay? That makes no sense and ebay isn't worth the time, effort and cost to list anything for sale anyway.[/quote]
A friend of mine working at Sears in the 1980s was told to throw out, 500 new fishing rods at the end of the season, and the store would take a tax write-off.
Do a keyword search of "Dumpster Diving" on You Tube and prepare to be amazed.
There are people on there who do it professionally for a living and film it all. Imagine walking into a store like Bed Bath and Beyond and just filling your car with merchandise off the shelf for free. That is what those guys pull out of the dumpsters behind retail stores and groceries. Five 200.00 king comforter sets, cases of brand new bath accessories, piles of designer clothes with tags, 200.00 of fresh organic produce still in wrappers. It's pretty amazing to watch.
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