|  | Posted by GMAN on 04/23/06 04:54 
In article <444a2928.154256468@news-server.houston.rr.com>, spam@uce.gov wrote:>On Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:34:59 GMT, Not@home.now (GMAN) wrote:
 >
 >>I worked in the computer retail business for 8 years and most of the time the
 >>manufacturers such as HP, Sony, Toshiba, Canon ,etc required the store to
 >>basically dumpster the returned items. Not only that, they required us to
 >>destroy by breaking into peices the returned printers and other items since
 > they
 >>didnt want to hassle having CompUsa return them piece by piece to them. So
 >>either the source of the items your son is selling is different than what i
 >>descrbed,
 >
 >One of the items my son was selling was a Panasonic microwave oven.
 >
 >> or there is something not right in Denmark!
 >
 >When did you last work in retail? A lot has changed, including the
 >popularity of Ebay. Now it is cost effective to resell returned items
 >so they do not end up in the dumpster.
 >
 >I bought a $300 retail Carrier thermidistat for $85 that was
 >essentially new in the box. Someone bought it from a Carrier dealer
 >and returned it without even opening the box. So Carrier sold these
 >returns to a wholesaler who in turn sold them to an Ebay seller. That
 >same seller offers 1 each week so he must have gotten a crate full of
 >them.
 >
 >
 My followup was meant for Royl Fu#ks , not you Bob.
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