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I'm not saying this is the cause of the layoffs, but recently REI instigated a no bags policy (or at least mine did). This isn't the standard buy bags for 10 ce
by ApolloFortyNine 3y ago
I'm not saying this is the cause of the layoffs, but recently REI instigated a no bags policy (or at least mine did). This isn't the standard buy bags for 10 cents at the register, there quite literally are no bags for sale, unless you decide to buy a backpack.
However, their website gives free shipping for $50 and is the same price as in store. One of the most insane and obviously virtue signaling policies I've ever seen.
I haven't bothered going in person since, and often these stores live off getting you to buy things you don't need when you go in person.
- nerdbert 3y agoI live in Europe and haven't received a bag from a store in years. Recently visited the USA and they were being foisted on me left and right. I submit that people will adjust to this, I sure have, and that the real solution is for more stores to do it so that it seems normal.
- xattt 3y agoThis became policy in my province for the last few years. The downside has been the dwindling supply of free bags into which I can scoop cat poop.
- somehnguy 3y agoI use cheap diaper bags from Amazon for that. They come in packs of like 100 and are very thin plastic, which I like because it ‘feels’ less wasteful even though it probably makes 0 difference. After an initial adjustment period overall I’ve been happy with NY’s law change on plastic bags at the grocery store. It always bugged me a little bit that we feel the need to put something like a single bag of chips into another bag when you buy it (real thing I witnessed plenty).
- stock_toaster 3y agoTry some of those dog poop bags used while dog walking?
- derekp7 3y agoThose are actually long narrow tubes -- designed so that you can stick your hand in it like sort of like a glove to use to pick up the pieces, and then turn inside out. That makes the opening too narrow for the cat scoop and not enough room to put the wet chunks of cat litter (unless you scoop everything in a separate container, break it up, then poor it into the bag).
- xattt 3y agoMy compromise has been using produce bags that you put individual fruits and veggies into.
- pcthrowaway 3y agoWhen I was in Greece a few years ago, I noticed every store had plastic bags (and no paper bags). There's no charge for them also, and they're much sturdier than the plastic bags you sometimes still find in Canada/U.S.
- bombcar 3y agoSome places in the USA banned single use plastic bags, so the end result is you get these hardware-store thickness plastic bags now. At least you can use them to store nails, I guess.
- bawolff 3y agoYou know,its funny, the most shocking part of this story to me is that most people still live in places where buying a bag at a register for 10 cents is an option at any store. Where i grew up this has been banned for more than a decade.
- lazypenguin 3y agoHow is it virtue signaling? They can either ship their products from one warehouse to their stores, then you drive and pick up your item. Or they can just ship it directly to you which presumably means the item travelled the same distance? Unless you live walking distance from REI?
- jfim 3y agoI think the idea is that you can't buy a bag to take your purchases home, but the store will gladly use a box to ship them if you shop online.
- jancsika 3y agoWasteful reference: x bags for customers, y boxes online, x + y = z Virtue signaling example: x bags received and delivered directly to landfill instead of to customer at checkout, y boxes online, x + y = z Apparent reality: 0 bags received, y boxes online, 0 + y = y If y is significantly less than z, we are forced to discard the claim of virtue signaling given that a measurable reduction in overall waste is a measurable reduction in overall waste.
- ApolloFortyNine 3y agoInstead of picking it up at the store, especially if it's more than 2 items, it'd literally be more convenient to pull out my phone and buy the items. If there's a line of even a few people, it's likely even faster.
- bawolff 3y agoNot to mention shipping large orders is probably cheaper for them than hiring cashiers, and all the other expenses of a real store.
- wombat-man 3y agoI ordered something shipped to store at REI. No joke the guy pulls it out of a cardboard box, same as what would have just been mailed to me. in store pickup doesn't necessarily mean less materials.
- triciahs 3y agoThe no bag policy is a step toward REI’s 0 carbon footprint/good environmental citizen goal. It's not meant to have a direct impact the on bottom bottom line. You can always buy a cheap reusable bag at checkout. It won’t be plastic or paper.