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megy
2612 days ago
It is a discount store, that is what they have.
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jeromegv
2612 days ago
Yes, and the point is that we are destroying the environment by selling stuff that has no real usefulness, this isn't really a great future.
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bobthepanda
2612 days ago
The article mentions that they only buy returned overstock items from manufacturers at steep discounts. So this stuff was getting made anyways.
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glenneroo
2612 days ago
Not quite true. From the article:
> Almost half of its products are leftover goods that manufacturers couldn’t otherwise sell.
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max_wen
2612 days ago
I bought a suitcase there and used it to travel the world. I would definitely consider it "useful".
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Phillipharryt
2612 days ago
The problem isn't that they sell no useful items, they just sell so many items that even if a small percentage (it's not a small percentage) are destined for landfill then they're creating an astonishing amount of waste.
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