Destroying perfectly good retail merchandise

marco:

It’s all incredibly wasteful, but on some level, I can see why they do it: if the “get credit and destroy” system changed to “get credit and donate”, it would really become “get credit, say they were donated, then take them home and sell them on eBay”.

It’s unfair to criticize these two companies for a practice that’s incredibly common in the entire industry, spanning nearly every product category and nearly every major retailer.

The wastefulness of this is disgusting, but I’m not sure who’s really at fault, if anyone.

How about an arrangement where the retailer (or the charity) shows the supplier proof of donation?  Are the logistics of doing that on a large scale prohibitive?

Source: marco

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  2. cflee reblogged this from marco and added:
    Marco.org: Destroying perfectly good
  3. cubicleparty reblogged this from marco and added:
    For all the huffing and puffing over H&M’s alleged destruction...perfectly good...
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  5. yeahyouoverhere reblogged this from singulus and added:
    Hey look! Reasoned analysis, both calm and sober. From a blogger. Huh. Is it possible that the news business wouldn’t be...
  6. eldoggrag reblogged this from deplorableword and added:
    yeah, ive known about it, and understand it… it would be good if there was more follow-up beyond, say, homeless people...
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  8. digitalmud reblogged this from marco and added:
    I’ve always wondered...that. Now, thanks
  9. allen reblogged this from marco and added:
    is an unbelievably irresponsible view. Better...destroy these items than
  10. falconieri reblogged this from redcloud and added:
    So I worked in retail also and the only time we “destroyed” something was when it was off demo and 10 years old, or...
  11. straightouttastafford reblogged this from marco and added:
    is true. We did this at GameStop, too. Any...Texas, repaired, then shipped back was...