GardenBanter.co.uk

GardenBanter.co.uk (https://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/)
-   Ponds (https://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/ponds/)
-   -   Wal Mart steps over a dollar to pick up a dime (https://www.gardenbanter.co.uk/ponds/81886-wal-mart-steps-over-dollar-pick-up-dime.html)

Roy 17-08-2004 05:05 PM

Wal Mart steps over a dollar to pick up a dime
 
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.

Benign Vanilla 17-08-2004 05:52 PM


"Roy" wrote in message
...
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...........


That would have prompted a letter from me to the head office, without a
doubt.

BV.



Benign Vanilla 17-08-2004 05:52 PM


"Roy" wrote in message
...
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...........


That would have prompted a letter from me to the head office, without a
doubt.

BV.



~ Windsong ~ 17-08-2004 05:55 PM


"Roy" wrote in message
...
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...........


## 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.

Only in America.......where excess bountiful materials and goods are
trashed before selling.


## You got that right. :-(
--
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 17-08-2004 06:32 PM

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!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




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

Crashj 17-08-2004 07:17 PM

"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



Crashj 17-08-2004 07:17 PM

"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



Crashj 17-08-2004 07:17 PM

"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



Jabba 17-08-2004 07:20 PM

## 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?



Jabba 17-08-2004 07:20 PM

## 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?



Jabba 17-08-2004 07:20 PM

## 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?



Jabba 17-08-2004 08:38 PM


"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?


Or all large multi-nationals are evil organisations that would burn there
employees if given half a chance :-)

--
Crashj





Jabba 17-08-2004 08:38 PM


"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?


Or all large multi-nationals are evil organisations that would burn there
employees if given half a chance :-)

--
Crashj





~ Windsong ~ 17-08-2004 08:53 PM


"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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



~ Windsong ~ 17-08-2004 08:53 PM


"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
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




All times are GMT +1. The time now is 04:21 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
GardenBanter