If you're throwing money away, throw it my way.

Just saw this and my CVS threw out entire garbage bins of all summer
stuff. From scooters, to beach chairs to pillow pets and I thought
the same thing. Was thinking of sending a letter to CVS corporate.
THey should be ashmed of themselves as it could be donated to soo many
people in need. Just ridiculous!

it bears repeating though.... the store might have their hands tied.


if the contracts state "toss it" and they donate it instead, they can
be fired for stealing.


i don't think it's right to expect that... not if it means being
punished with loss of income.

Could it be that there is an expiry date on the product? The clerk
might not be aware but told to pull it.I also take advantage of "after
holiday" sales but it usually involves wrapping paper, decorations and
cards. I have enough christmas cards and wrapping to get me to 2020.
But it was cheap and doesn't spoil.

used to sell holiday stuff at 90% off, but it wasn't all the
locations. The individual stores apparently made the decision.

It was great for me. One year I stocked up on Halloween decorations.
I bought about $150 worth of stuff for about $15!

Honestly, I have so much now, that I never thought to go back and look
again, but I would guess that some stores still do it if they have a
large amount of seasonal merchandise to unload.

ITA. ABsolutely wasteful. When it gets to the point where they're
going to toss it all, why not call any one of a variety of nonprofits
(especially small ones) and see if they can use the items?

at 90% off they are not only selling it way below their own cost, but
using up space that newer, full priced merchandise coul occupy. 75%
off is also likely below their cost, and you said it yourself, it
didn't sell because people were waiting for an even further markdown.
maybe next time they won't wait.

Additionally, in some states there are some specific guidelines, tax
implications, etc that make donating items more time consuming than it
should be. The sad fact is that it is more cost effective to throw
away.

only thing is it has to be destroyed.



I know you want to see it go to a charity but think about this... why
does it have to be this specific store that donates? Why not donate
to those charities yourself too? And why does it have to be old
stuff? Why not buy new things that aren't left-over junk to give to
charity?


I say... before demanding a store do all of this, one should be doing
it themselves too.

I buy tons of leftover Christmas, Easter etc stuff that goes to
Operation Christmas Child and other things. Lots of it goes to
countries that don't celebrate Christian holidays and wouldn't know
the Easter Bunny from the Williamsburg Bubbie. Those kids get no toys
at all otherwise and are quite happy to get the stuff I find at 75-90%
off. Adults here care about the markings on things; little kids just
care that they get to eat candy and play with something.

We send all our stuff back to the manufacturer too. Then they do with
it as they please. You end up seeing alot of this stuff next year at
discount stores (Like Ross dress for less)

Our stuff never gets marked over 75% off either and I work at a
different store. Tip for next year, don't wait for the 90%.

A lot of a time in cases like this it is contact issues between the
store and the supplier. If it does not sell the store gets a certain
percentage back (can only mark down so low) and must discard of the
remaining supplies.

When I worked retail I would see thousands of dollars of good items
just thrown away for this reason.