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tall tales dept.
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Thu, 6 Jan 2000 04:18:31 GMT
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While visiting several stores yesterday, I heard two of what I think may
be 'tall tales' abut old stock ....
o A manager who told me why he doesn't worry about all the old Legos
sitting around at full-price with this: "the manufacturers all take the
unsold stuff back and give us credit". uh-huh... and what are you
waiting for ?
o The WM stock person (10-year badge no less): "well, we mark it down
until someone buys it. After it gets to 90% off and it sits there for a
month or so, we hack up the packages, toss it in the dumpster and pour
red paint all over it" I think this one was for real. It made my heart
skip a beat to think of what might have gone into that dumpster. After
all, this is the only WM I know that *still* has 3 'Skeleton Crew' on
the shelf (at retail).
Ray
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| (...) I worked for a big NY-NE electronis/hard goods retailer 7 years ago....We sometimes tossed fax machines, 35" Mitsubishi TV's, and stereos into a Star wars style trash compactor....it was part of our markdown and destroy budget...sometimes (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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