Economy
Related: About this forumJust keep your returns: Stores weigh paying you not to bring back unwanted items
I guess I'll be ordering that 75" 4K flat-screen TV now.
Just keep your returns: Stores weigh paying you not to bring back unwanted items
Some of the biggest retail chains have reported in their latest earnings calls that they have too much inventory.
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randr
(12,475 posts)Tadpole Raisin
(1,390 posts)One item went straight into the garbage. The other thing Im still trying to fix but the trash barrel is calling.
in2herbs
(3,066 posts)they arrived damaged I was told to just keep it and they'll issue credit -- this included things from curtain rods to toilets.
ret5hd
(21,320 posts)in2herbs
(3,066 posts)removed tub and installed a tiled shower ADA compliant, installed a 21 inch ADA compliant toilet, etc.
I don't need any of this right now but I did it now in case someday I do.
Fired 3 contractors, the fourth one, who did an excellent job, even got the money back I'd paid to the first contractor. I used that $$ to buy a grand piano!
All in all it took almost a year but now that it's over it was worth it.
ret5hd
(21,320 posts)on people like you!!!
If yall arent careful, Im gonna stop posting my humor
and then you will all be sorry!
ret5hd
(21,320 posts)So, the problem as stated is:
Some of the biggest retail chains have reported in their latest earnings calls that they have too much inventory.
Economics 101 gives us the law of supply and demand.
Yet, the nightly news tells us we are being ravaged with inflation.
Somewhere, rattling around in this empty head of mine is a solution to this conundrum
its not quite getting fully into my pea-sized brain though. Maybe someone here can recommend something that would both a) reduce the retailers inventory AND b) reduce inflation.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)I often can't be arsed to return things that I felt like were really cheap.
And of course, people buy more when prices are low.
ret5hd
(21,320 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)Response to Hugh_Lebowski (Reply #5)
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mopinko
(71,640 posts)asks ppl to donate items to a shelter.