"Jabba" wrote in message
...
## Wal-Mart used to sell off all their plants and trees (very
reasonably)
late in the season. You could get great deals. Then one of the long
time
employee there told me they stopped that! They now trash them rather
than
mark them down. They do that to stop people from WAITING until the mark
downs. Can you believe the GREED of Wal-Marts owners/stockholders?She
told
me this when I asked her about a huge pile of shrubs, trees and large
potted
plants behind the building.


What's the difference between your greed to get a bargain and the stock
holders greed?
===========================
There is no GREED when you get or look for a bargain. A bargain benefits
BOTH sides, not just one side. The items are sold cheaply and the store
doesn't take a loss, or worse yet, dishonestly claim a loss from their
insurance Co. The person gets a good deal on the item and saves money that
they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else.
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"Whenever you meet a man who would make a good husband,
you will usually find he's already married."
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Crashj" wrote in message
hlink.net...
"Jabba" wrote in message
...
Somebody reported:
## Wal-Mart used to sell off all their plants and trees (very
reasonably)
late in the season. You could get great deals. Then one of the long
time
employee there told me they stopped that! They now trash them rather
than
mark them down.

What's the difference between your greed to get a bargain and the stock
holders greed?

Friend ran a chicken place where the employees were not allowed to take
home
leftover chicken at closing, it went into the dumpster. Why? Simple, when
they allowed it there was ALWAYS a full fryer at the end of the day. Maybe
Wal-mart is protecting the stockholders from the associates?
--
Crashj
===================================
That sounds like poor management to me as much as dishonest employees. As
for places like Wal-Mart - that wouldn't apply. They are not the ones who
order the pond and garden merchandise for the stores.
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"Whenever you meet a man who would make a good husband,
you will usually find he's already married."
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Crashj" wrote in message
hlink.net...
"Jabba" wrote in message
...
Somebody reported:
## Wal-Mart used to sell off all their plants and trees (very
reasonably)
late in the season. You could get great deals. Then one of the long
time
employee there told me they stopped that! They now trash them rather
than
mark them down.

What's the difference between your greed to get a bargain and the stock
holders greed?

Friend ran a chicken place where the employees were not allowed to take
home
leftover chicken at closing, it went into the dumpster. Why? Simple, when
they allowed it there was ALWAYS a full fryer at the end of the day. Maybe
Wal-mart is protecting the stockholders from the associates?
--
Crashj
===================================
That sounds like poor management to me as much as dishonest employees. As
for places like Wal-Mart - that wouldn't apply. They are not the ones who
order the pond and garden merchandise for the stores.
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"Whenever you meet a man who would make a good husband,
you will usually find he's already married."
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Ka30P" wrote in message
...
Roy wrote .She promptly
reminded the assocate there to make sure they were cut in two before
they got thrown in the large construction dumpster out
back...........

bloody ah-mazing!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That to me is just pure corporate greed! I bet they claimed a LOSS to
theft/damage and still made a profit, or broke even on these preformed ponds
rather than let someone enjoy them.
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"Whenever you meet a man who would make a good husband,
you will usually find he's already married."
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Ka30P" wrote in message
...
Roy wrote .She promptly
reminded the assocate there to make sure they were cut in two before
they got thrown in the large construction dumpster out
back...........

bloody ah-mazing!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That to me is just pure corporate greed! I bet they claimed a LOSS to
theft/damage and still made a profit, or broke even on these preformed ponds
rather than let someone enjoy them.
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"Whenever you meet a man who would make a good husband,
you will usually find he's already married."
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Ka30P" wrote in message
...
Roy wrote .She promptly
reminded the assocate there to make sure they were cut in two before
they got thrown in the large construction dumpster out
back...........

bloody ah-mazing!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
That to me is just pure corporate greed! I bet they claimed a LOSS to
theft/damage and still made a profit, or broke even on these preformed ponds
rather than let someone enjoy them.
--
Carol.... the frugal ponder...
"Whenever you meet a man who would make a good husband,
you will usually find he's already married."
~~~~~~{@
"They laugh because I'm different, I laugh because they're all the same."
http://www.heartoftn.net/users/windsong/index.html
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I just think it is an amazing tale. I'm not going to assign any motive to it.
Having DH in a business which is attacked on all sorts of spurious fronts that
are nonsense, but believed, I'm think there is more information we would need
to know. Maybe we can send Roy back to talk to the store manager...?
In his spare time, of course ;-)


kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

I just think it is an amazing tale. I'm not going to assign any motive to it.
Having DH in a business which is attacked on all sorts of spurious fronts that
are nonsense, but believed, I'm think there is more information we would need
to know. Maybe we can send Roy back to talk to the store manager...?
In his spare time, of course ;-)


kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

I just think it is an amazing tale. I'm not going to assign any motive to it.
Having DH in a business which is attacked on all sorts of spurious fronts that
are nonsense, but believed, I'm think there is more information we would need
to know. Maybe we can send Roy back to talk to the store manager...?
In his spare time, of course ;-)


kathy :-)
algae primer
http://hometown.aol.com/ka30p/myhomepage/garden.html

Wouldn't a (somewhat large) tube of silicone fix said hack job??

Probably wouldn't cost more than $6-10 for enough aquarium sealant....

--Bryan


On 8/17/2004 9:05 AM Roy let loose a lemur across the keyboard and it typed:

Was at Wal MArt today and happened to see a heap of preformed ponds
setting on a pallet outside the garden section. (15 total preformed)
I looked at them and there were two sizes / shapes, both relatively
large in size, but no price on them..I inquired inside on how much
they were, (actually hoping they may be discounted for clearance) and
no one inside could tell me what the story was, so they called
management. Management came and I asked about the preformed ponds
outside and how much they were. I was promptly told they were not for
sale and were to be trashed.....and then.........She promptly
reminded the assocate there to make sure they were cut in two before
they got thrown in the large construction dumpster out
back...........

Only in America.......where excess bountiful materials and goods are
trashed before selling.
Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com
Opinions expressed are those of my wife,
I had no input whatsoever.
Remove "nospam" from email addy.

--
************************************************** **********
* Can't see the Forest | Bryan B. *
* Through the Trees? | "Ho, Ho, Ho!" Santa *
* Take it out! | accused as he went *
* (Damn Viruses!) | through his list. *
************************************************** **********

Wouldn't a (somewhat large) tube of silicone fix said hack job??

Probably wouldn't cost more than $6-10 for enough aquarium sealant....

--Bryan


On 8/17/2004 9:05 AM Roy let loose a lemur across the keyboard and it typed:

Was at Wal MArt today and happened to see a heap of preformed ponds
setting on a pallet outside the garden section. (15 total preformed)
I looked at them and there were two sizes / shapes, both relatively
large in size, but no price on them..I inquired inside on how much
they were, (actually hoping they may be discounted for clearance) and
no one inside could tell me what the story was, so they called
management. Management came and I asked about the preformed ponds
outside and how much they were. I was promptly told they were not for
sale and were to be trashed.....and then.........She promptly
reminded the assocate there to make sure they were cut in two before
they got thrown in the large construction dumpster out
back...........

Only in America.......where excess bountiful materials and goods are
trashed before selling.
Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com
Opinions expressed are those of my wife,
I had no input whatsoever.
Remove "nospam" from email addy.

--
************************************************** **********
* Can't see the Forest | Bryan B. *
* Through the Trees? | "Ho, Ho, Ho!" Santa *
* Take it out! | accused as he went *
* (Damn Viruses!) | through his list. *
************************************************** **********

Wouldn't a (somewhat large) tube of silicone fix said hack job??

Probably wouldn't cost more than $6-10 for enough aquarium sealant....

--Bryan


On 8/17/2004 9:05 AM Roy let loose a lemur across the keyboard and it typed:

Was at Wal MArt today and happened to see a heap of preformed ponds
setting on a pallet outside the garden section. (15 total preformed)
I looked at them and there were two sizes / shapes, both relatively
large in size, but no price on them..I inquired inside on how much
they were, (actually hoping they may be discounted for clearance) and
no one inside could tell me what the story was, so they called
management. Management came and I asked about the preformed ponds
outside and how much they were. I was promptly told they were not for
sale and were to be trashed.....and then.........She promptly
reminded the assocate there to make sure they were cut in two before
they got thrown in the large construction dumpster out
back...........

Only in America.......where excess bountiful materials and goods are
trashed before selling.
Visit my website: http://www.frugalmachinist.com
Opinions expressed are those of my wife,
I had no input whatsoever.
Remove "nospam" from email addy.

--
************************************************** **********
* Can't see the Forest | Bryan B. *
* Through the Trees? | "Ho, Ho, Ho!" Santa *
* Take it out! | accused as he went *
* (Damn Viruses!) | through his list. *
************************************************** **********

There is no GREED when you get or look for a bargain. A bargain benefits
BOTH sides, not just one side. The items are sold cheaply and the store
doesn't take a loss, or worse yet, dishonestly claim a loss from their
insurance Co. The person gets a good deal on the item and saves money
that
they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else.

What would you describe it as then?

'they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else' any
proof of this - LOL

There is no GREED when you get or look for a bargain. A bargain benefits
BOTH sides, not just one side. The items are sold cheaply and the store
doesn't take a loss, or worse yet, dishonestly claim a loss from their
insurance Co. The person gets a good deal on the item and saves money
that
they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else.

What would you describe it as then?

'they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else' any
proof of this - LOL

There is no GREED when you get or look for a bargain. A bargain benefits
BOTH sides, not just one side. The items are sold cheaply and the store
doesn't take a loss, or worse yet, dishonestly claim a loss from their
insurance Co. The person gets a good deal on the item and saves money
that
they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else.

What would you describe it as then?

'they're usually end up spending in the same store on something else' any
proof of this - LOL