They paid him before. But really big stores would buy the whole thing on credit. They definitely owned the product, while it was on their shelves. Even if a v

They paid him before. But really big stores would buy the whole thing on credit. They definitely owned the product, while it was on their shelves. Even if a vendor has a buyback guarantee for expired product, if someone were to break in and steal all the product, its the store who is liable not the vendor.