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I worked for Home Depot for a while. Same thing there. Old stock gets discounted a few times, and if it doesn't sell, it literally goes into their trash compactor (if it fits). When I first started, I spent an entire shift just breaking apart material to fit in the compactor. (That doesn't happen often but usually it's just smaller clearance items that don't sell.)
Same. Worked in a warehouse. Getting ready for Christmas, we had like 5 pallets of last year's 55in tvs i had to break. Boss said it's way cheaper for that company to take the loss than bring them back to recycle parts or whatever.
I always thought this was insane when you could just give it to an auction house who deal with selling surplus by taking it off of your hands.