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Default Fie on you Walmart!

On Wed, 25 May 2016 23:13:00 -0400, Cheryl >
wrote:

>On 5/24/2016 6:28 PM, Je?us wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 24 May 2016 15:15:51 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Used to be a
>>> strawberry guy in Perinville. No stand. Just a guy and some flats of
>>> berries. My dad bought some and they were very good. Guy hasn't been there
>>> for several years. Quite likely he wasn't supposed to be doing it. You're
>>> supposed to have a business permit to sell like that

>>
>>
>> That's becoming the case everywhere, unfortunately.
>>
>>> and he probably didn't
>>> have permission from the property owner.

>
>I found when I moved to the house I bought in 2000 that some people down
>the road have large gardens and sell their extra but they have just a
>table with an umbrella for shade, and a sign that says honor system
>along with prices, and a bin for money. They've done it every year
>since I've been here, so it must be working or else if people stole the
>produce and money, they would have shut down. I think it's quaint.


That's fairly common here too, so it must be a viable thing to do. I
think for the most part most of the time people treat them with
respect and do the right thing.