I understand what you're saying, but how does that explain the "markdown" shelves I see at both Home Despot and Lowe's?
-D ________________________________ From: Mercedes <mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com> on behalf of Allan Streib via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Monday, January 3, 2022 9:16 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Cc: Allan Streib <astr...@fastmail.fm> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Home Despot batteries This is where the big box corporate retailers can't get around the overlords that are dictating how the stores are to be operated. A local parts store or hardware store owner would just shrug, ring up $80.00 or whatever, and let you take it home. On Mon, Jan 3, 2022, at 9:13 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > They send those items “back” and from there who knows where they go. > Liquidators I guess. It would be much simpler to sell them to a > customer for some amount rather than going through all that for a few > pennies > > --FT > Sent from iFōn > >> On Jan 3, 2022, at 8:59 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> You'd think they take an inventory once a month or so. I wonder how they >> handle items that do not "scan" then? >> >>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2022, at 6:17 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >>> I had heard that home despot sold batteries. I had one die and was >>> going to be close to HD so I checked it out. They had a H8 on the shelf >>> for $129. Went to ring it up and it wouldn’t. They were very confused >>> and called manager. Battery is very dusty and sticker says April 21 on >>> it. So it’s been sitting there a while. Tag on shelf says it’s 3 year >>> but battery is labeled 2 year. This confused them further. Manager >>> shows up and says if it doesn’t scan they can’t sell it. Also they have >>> not seen tbr “battery guy” since middle of last year. Just wasted 30 >>> minutes of my life. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
