Sky > wrote:

> Alexm wrote:
>>
>>> > And I just went back to the store and got the total refund!
>>>
>>> Must have been the corner Quickie Mart for you to make it there and
>>> back in 30 minutes. Did they also refund your time and gas?
>>
>> It was a large grocery store only a few miles away. The only problem
>> is that the store will probably absorb the cost rather than
>> manufacturer SeaPak(R).. One does not worry about time, gas, etc.,
>> when a principle is involved.
>
> I'm not so sure about the grocery store absorbing the cost. Not that I
> know any better, but I 'bet' the grocery store keeps tabs and deducts
> the cost of the one 'unit' against its next delivery from the vendor.
> Same thing goes for any other products I'd imagine. I know there are
> some instances where a retail/grocery store will absorb costs, but
> perhaps not when it comes to national brands and the like (?).
>
> Sky, who knows nearly nothing about merchandizing.

Grocery stores charge-back to the distributor who supplies thousands
of these refrigerated/frozen (in this case) products to the stores.

The chargeback will come from the distributor as a credit. They
don't even have to show evidence of returns except as return
receipts.

The distributor only knows that so much crap was returned from one
manufacturer. Eventually they'll dump the manufacturer as a client.

Unless they pay them for shelf space and other marketing (and eating
returns).

-sw