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Re: Wal-Mart shopping frustration
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lugnet.market.shopping
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Tue, 5 Mar 2002 18:46:46 GMT
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One of the superior ladies pointed out an incident with a recalled toaster
that she sold.
The set was taken off the shelves some time ago and finally reappeared. I
don't think Lego would take the time now to repackage that set and ship it
back to that store, but then again, you never know...
Scott
Member 718
In lugnet.market.shopping, Troy Cefaratti writes:
> While I can certainly understand your frustration, I'd think this is
> probably a safety mechanism and a good policy for them to have. Most items
> that are recalled are usually recalled for safety or quality issues.
> Imagine the backlash if a store were to sell a known recalled item that had
> safety issues and then someone went and hurt themselves with it.
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> Sure, that is not the case with the Ogel set, but I doubt that store
> personel can keep up with the reasons for every recall. It's probably best
> that they just don't sell anything that is recalled.
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> Of course, it would also be best if they actually took it off the shelf and
> sent it back to the manufacturer like they were supposed to. I find it hard
> to believe that it would make it through the clearance markdowns without
> someone scanning it.
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> Troy
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> "Scott E. Thomas" <bozeman1941@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:GsHqL5.4Fo@lugnet.com...
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| While I can certainly understand your frustration, I'd think this is probably a safety mechanism and a good policy for them to have. Most items that are recalled are usually recalled for safety or quality issues. Imagine the backlash if a store were (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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