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Why is it a problem? Environmental concerns?
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Yes. The stuff that gets sent back doesn't typically just go back up for sale again like you think it would:
Free Returns Are Complicated, Laborious, and Gross
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We can dispense now with a common myth of modern shopping: The stuff you return probably isn’t restocked and sent back out to another hopeful owner.
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There’s an industry that handles our returns, and it’s not pretty
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If it’s an average blouse or a pair of pants, and it’s coming back brand new and in packaging, it might get put back into the new sales stream, or it might get offloaded to an outlet. But a lot of stuff does just get thrown away.
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Originally Posted by Sirtel
It's been many years since I watched the Raiders. I don't remember this warehouse at all.
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Oh wow. It's the punchline to the whole movie.