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Re: TRU returning open sets
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Fri, 26 Feb 1999 19:09:47 GMT
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On Thu, 25 Feb 1999 17:17:12 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following
profundities...
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> Kevin Wilson wrote:
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> > > Depending on the manufacturer, (and retailer) some stores can get a
> > > credit back for opened and non-full items. It depends, I know when I
> > > worked at Best Buy they got a credit for some merchandise, but not all
> > > of it.
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> > Yep, our local Zellers will not go below 50% off on opened/damaged sets
> > because tey say they can get credit from Lego for them. Seems weird to
> > me that Lego will credit them for damaged goods.
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> If true, I wonder what TLG does with them? Can't resell them. Too
> expensive to part out and reuse. I bet they dump them in the parts bins
> that the Imagination Centers have...
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> But I don't think it's true, mostly. I think TRU ends up tossing these
> if they can't find someone to buy them.
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> > Kevin
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I understand that the spillage that occurs on the shop floor,
(in the factories), are distributed to local orphanages. I
would imagine that the same would be done? After all, they
would receive tax credits for that, wouldn't they??
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| I'd bet that stores toss opened/returned boxes and only send in the UPC or similar part of the box. Bookstores return the covers of books to the publishers for refunds and toss the rest of the books (I know, I've got lots of coverless paperbacks at (...) (26 years ago, 26-Feb-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Back when I worked for LEGO in Enfield not many bricks fell on the shop floor and I swept up most of the bricks that were left on the floor and tossed them in a dumpster. LEGO brick versus forklift wheel...you can imagine which object wins. (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) If true, I wonder what TLG does with them? Can't resell them. Too expensive to part out and reuse. I bet they dump them in the parts bins that the Imagination Centers have... But I don't think it's true, mostly. I think TRU ends up tossing (...) (26 years ago, 25-Feb-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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