Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Posts: 6606
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:35 am Post subject: Sears Canada to charge for plastic bags | |
|
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/breakingnews/Sears-to-begin-charging-for-plastic-bags-66026557.html
Sears in Canada are going to start charging for plastic bags. Coming to the U.S.? |
|
Joined: 04 Jul 2003
Posts: 2451
Location: A little bit sideways!
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:22 am Post subject: | |
|
Of course it will and the spin will be "The Holdings Corp" caring about the environment.
Of course the real spin will be tracking how many bags you sell a hour. Good pull btw dr. ~GoodFella |
|
Joined: 24 Feb 2005
Posts: 559
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:29 am Post subject: | |||
hehehe |
|||
Joined: 13 Jun 2008
Posts: 219
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:30 am Post subject: | |||||
Let's rewrite this.
Nuff said. |
|||||
Joined: 05 Aug 2007
Posts: 6
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 10:14 am Post subject: | |
I wonder if they are also going to charge for the catalog orders on top of their $3 handling fee??? With Belleville processing hundreds of thousands of catalog orders, it's kind of hard to imagine they wouldn't scam the customer on this one as well.... |
|
Joined: 14 Dec 2008
Posts: 42
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:59 pm Post subject: | |
| would you like an extended warranty for your plastic bag? | |
Joined: 06 Jul 2003
Posts: 8550
Location: Central CA
| Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 4:47 pm Post subject: | |
| I have a large canvas tote bag that I do my shopping with. I've found that some stores don't want you to use your own bag for some reason. Not many, but enough to make me think I'll look closer at my receipts next time and see if the ones who insist you use their bag charge a "bag fee". | |
Joined: 08 Jul 2003
Posts: 6606
| Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:10 am Post subject: bring em in FOR FREE | |
| If recycling was that important set up plastic bag recycling bins like the supermarkets and give the customer a reason to come into Sears & possibly spend money AND recycle at the sametime. | |
Joined: 03 Mar 2005
Posts: 1815
Location: Michigan
| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 2:58 am Post subject: | |
|
This has become such a bigger deal than it already is -- and it's ALL being pushed as a "green" alternative.
Aldi supermarkets has been doing this for DECADES over in Europe, and has the same policy over here: you want a bag, you pay 2-3 cents for it. HOWEVER! They have ALWAYS done it to keep their retail prices low, not to make a fashionable statement about how they're "helping the environment". With the way they push Sears cards, the next big idea will be a surcharge on using any non-Sears card or cash at the register. Someone's probably hard at work on that one already. |
|