Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

Sen. Walter Sobchak

(8,692 posts)

14. We used to have a mountain of bad Viewsonic monitors at work

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #12)

Wed Dec 27, 2017, 08:16 PM

Dec 2017

Because we had something like forty of the damn things they wanted to make special arrangements to retrieve them rather than just having us send them back by UPS. After six months of hounding them they told us they would reimburse us for having them recycled.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

20 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

There's a good chance your holiday returns will end up in a landfill [View all] PatrickforO Dec 2017 OP

Mindless consumerism is the American way gratuitous Dec 2017 #1

It is all a loss write off for them... cbdo2007 Dec 2017 #2

Interesting.... Victor_c3 Dec 2017 #17

Dealing with the logistics of returns and unsold merchandise used to be my job Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2017 #3

Last year we were finishing out a customer's bathroom. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2017 #10

Our neighbor had that happen with a computer. eppur_se_muova Dec 2017 #12

We used to have a mountain of bad Viewsonic monitors at work Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2017 #14

Shipping heavy items individually is extremely expensive Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2017 #13

I used to work the returns desk at a big box crazycatlady Dec 2017 #4

Must not have been Home Depot. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2017 #18

Kohl's crazycatlady Dec 2017 #19

The article doesn't support the headline, though it might be true for used or damaged returns. pnwmom Dec 2017 #5

I only ever give what I know someone asked for / needs Skittles Dec 2017 #6

We no longer give presents pretty much csziggy Dec 2017 #7

We gradually stopped the massive gift exchange over the years. Grammy23 Dec 2017 #8

My adult kids and I did not exchange gifts this year zeusdogmom Dec 2017 #9

Our gift giving consists Texasgal Dec 2017 #11

My wife's family gives gift cards. MineralMan Dec 2017 #15

I told my kids that mercuryblues Dec 2017 #16

...says the person typing his diatribe on a computer that the "consumer industry" provided... brooklynite Dec 2017 #20