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tommydski:

--- Quote from: Hat on 16 Mar 2008, 13:09 ---There is a general rule of thumb that if something has been on the curb for more than an hour, there is probably something drastically wrong with it.
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Maybe they are too pricey.

RedLion:
Vaguely relevant Elliot Spitzer joke!

jhocking:

--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 16 Mar 2008, 04:49 ---Why the hell would a DVD store throw away a perfectly usable DVD or computer game? It doesn't make sense to me.

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If it sucks and is taking up space? Heck, even if it doesn't suck and is simply their millionth copy of a title that is no longer a new release. Notice how stores will have a huge display of the latest release, and then a month later there's just one copy of that game on the normal shelves?

thewayigroove:
i've got a dumpster diving freegan friend here in boston who describes himself as 'hobosexual'
his dates consist of dumpster stir-fry and patch making.

Lines:

--- Quote from: jhocking on 17 Mar 2008, 08:53 ---
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 16 Mar 2008, 04:49 ---Why the hell would a DVD store throw away a perfectly usable DVD or computer game? It doesn't make sense to me.

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If it sucks and is taking up space? Heck, even if it doesn't suck and is simply their millionth copy of a title that is no longer a new release. Notice how stores will have a huge display of the latest release, and then a month later there's just one copy of that game on the normal shelves?

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Also, some stores MAKE you throw away product if you work there. I worked at Michaels and anytime something was out of season or slightly damaged, we HAD to throw it away. Usually the manager would do it or watch a non-manager do it, but if we were lucky and didn't have a neurotic manager, we'd just hide it and take it home instead of throwing it away. We had to pitch a magnet toy thing, but luckily one manager let us play with it before a few days before the head guy found it and tossed it.

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