Grave_n_idle wrote:Unstoppable Empire of Doom wrote:Obviously you have never worked at a large retail store so let me share what I know. When you return items to a store often they are labeled as "Broken/Defective", "DNI", and "Return". This means that if it is within a certain date the retailer will simply send the goods back to the manufacturer as per their contract. If it is beyond that date the goods are often put on clearance. Broken items are naturally trashed as even the homeless have no need for a broken dinner plate. Finally some goods are such low value it costs more to ship then they are worth. 10 cents worth of plastic crap isn't worth the sale. Storing it forever is costly especially if trash is bulky. I assure you they aren't throwing out much that is valuable. Such things are sent to pallet auctions and such.
Mostly accurate, but not entirely - it all depends on the contracts, and a lot of supply contracts (generally, high mark-up items) require product to be destroyed - even if the item is in perfect condition. Either returned to the previous link in the vendor or supply chain to be destroyed, return to the manufacturer to be destroyed, or mandatory destruction on site.
And with the massive increase in employee surveillance, those "to be destroyed" items just miraculously going missing and management choosing to ask no questions is no longer normal practice (it used to be).
