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**Scott 6/8/96** **Avery 7/24/08** **Brendan 7/15/10**
Target throws out all their baby stuff!
When I bought a clearance pnp today and was talking to the clerk about it, she said "you should see all the furniture and kids stuff we throw away! It's amazing". Yeah, everything on display (carseats, pnp, swings, strollers, everything!) goes into the trash. Nice. You think there'd be a shelter or charity they could give it to.
Making lefse at the cabin
**Scott 6/8/96** **Avery 7/24/08** **Brendan 7/15/10**
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Re: Target throws out all their baby stuff!
Yeah. That is really nice. They should at least donate it. I know they barely put the stuff together at my target. Maybe that has something to do with it.
A lot of companies do this. I just read an article about H&M - they rip and shred their clothing and burn some of it. Apparently this is common practice with many stores.
It's sickening how wasteful this world is and how people in need can get forgotten.
its possible that its not safe after its been messed with so much. the last thing theyd want is for it somehow getting back that target donated some things that hurt a child
They give many, many things to the Goodwill Store. Last week, I saw brand new Graco strollers there from Target. They give a lot of their rejected items to GW.
For safety reasons to make sure the items aren't compromised, I'm pretty sure no one can sell floor model carseats. Don't know about hte rest.
Most of the display items are specifically made to be displays and are not functional.
Our Target donates slightly damaged or unsold items to Goodwill. They get a huge tax write-off from it. The only things that are "thrown away" are items damaged so badly they can't be reused, or things that we be unsanitary to be resold or reused.And they are returned for salvage, the store doesn't just pitch them in the dumpster.
I worked at Target for several years. Trust me, most of the stuff is not thrown away.
i could see that with floor models at a heavily populated store like target it would be a liability to donate them. and i am sure they aren't constructed very well. now if they threw away boxed merchandise that was just excess, or clothing, i would think that was sad and should be donated. but the floor models could be dangerous.
and again - no one can see past "zomg wasteful!" to see what a liability it could be.
The display stuff is generally put together badly and/or trashed. You don't know what the customers have done to it, so it isn't safe to give to a shelter. (I saw a couple shaking the heck out of an infant car seat once, holding it upside down, trying to see if they could get it loose from the base.
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They don't consider the things to be safe, so they don't give them away. One of the charities I used to volunteer at recieved a lot of donations from them, though; mainly things like clearanced clothes, diapers, and wipes.
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At this point I can't really fault Target for that policy. There are way too many fivilous lawsuits and they have to protect themselves. It's still wasteful, but I totally understand why they do what they do.
H&M.... not so much.
I didn't think of it that way, and I can now. But other stores do just throw out perfectly fine clothing and slash it and destroy other products so that others cannot use it, you can't deny this.
But if Target gives new strollers and the like to Goodwill, then good for them. That's great.
I'd never would have thought of that. Ewww...that'd be really gross.
whoa that is a sweet find LOL
whaaaat? i am going to find out when and where our target donates. i want another tv. i don't need one, but for $5 i'll stick it in my storage unit!
I'm glad to hear this. I understand the liability thing but I would hate to think of all that stuff just ending up in a landfill or worse.
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They threw it away because Graco specifically sent them Display only models. A lot of them don't even have all the parts. They are out up so you get the basic idea.
I agree- I use to be a manager at Target(ETL) it is all computerized as to what can be donated and what needs to go to the trash. They scan it for a return and it says where it needs to go. They donate a ton of things and people should be thankful that they throw displays away etc.... I'd rather a poor child not have a highchair than one that could hurt or kill them.
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Target can't sell the display car seats! Next time you are there, take a look at the car seats. On the fabric, you will find a tag sewed in that says "FOR DISPLAY ONLY" These seats are not suitable for sale.
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Lots of other major retailers do the same thing. My dad works at a waste management plant that burns trash to convert into energy. They buy trash from neighboring states and have contracts with a lot of large companies.
If a store has a ton of merchandise (literally, it needs to be over a ton) they can't sell, they are able to write it off on their taxes as a "loss" if it is destroyed -- they throw it in the trash and a private company picks it up and takes it to a trash plant to have it burned.
They will be credited for the full value of the item if it is disposedof this way, whereas if they donate it they are only credited for what it will re-sell for at the Goodwill -- which is a HUGE difference, esp. in the clothing market.
So even if Target does donate some stuff, I can undertand why (other than the liability issues) they would want to get rid of other stuff by trashing it.
Yeah, I don't have a problem with it at all. You just know they didn't put in all the bolts or screws and have no idea where they are now, and can't find the booklet that goes with it, etc.
Who wants to put their kid in a jumperoo only to have him jump twice, it falls apart and he gets a concussion?