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Wait, why to a landfill ? While the cost of transportation has been wasted, can't the store discount it / sell it on Ebay ?
by BlueTemplar 4y ago
Wait, why to a landfill ?
While the cost of transportation has been wasted, can't the store discount it / sell it on Ebay ?
- vel0city 4y agoLots of times they just find that to be too much effort for the slim amount of money to be made. It's way easier for them to just take the loss and "destroy" it since they're unsure about the quality of the returned items. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/28/amazon-returns-what-really-happens-to-them.html https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/28/amazon-returns-what-really-h... Disposal happens a lot. A huge chunk of the time that return you submit is just going into the trash. Remember that when you go to buy something you might not really need.
- BlueTemplar 4y agoAh, thankfully they do what I suggested... but for only 5% money back, wow ! And yeah 1/3 destroyed is ridiculously wasteful. I don't use Amazon on principle, and still had to box and tag so far, but thanks for the warning !