What is the word for a store that sells defective products at a lower price?
nkskjj
Thanks.
John Ritson
<24521f0e-f5f0-4487...@k18g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
nkskjj <nks...@gmail.com> writes
>I heard the word when I was in London, but I can't remember it now.
>Thanks.
Reject store?
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John Ritson
Leslie Danks
> I heard the word when I was in London, but I can't remember it now.
> Thanks.
The products themselves are known as "seconds". "Outlet store" might be
what you're looking for, e.g.:
<http://www.kissaluvs.com/store/products.php?cat=27>
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Les (BrE)
tony cooper
wrote:
>I heard the word when I was in London, but I can't remember it now.
>Thanks.
In the US, "Factory Outlet" stores often offer goods that are not
perfect. The goods will have some flaw that stops the maker from
offering them as first-line goods, but they would not be considered to
be "defective". "Defective" implies "unusable".
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Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
Princess Tiaamii
> I heard the word when I was in London, but I can't remember it now.
> Thanks.
ALDI
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Pavel314
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> > On Jan 30, 11:47 am, nkskjj <nks...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I heard the word when I was in London, but I can't remember it now.
> >> Thanks.
>
> > ALDI
>
> :-)
In Cleveland in the 1950's-1960's there were "Chip and Dent" stores
that sold slightly damaged or blemished but still functional
appliances. At least that's what they were known as; I'm not sure if
it was anything official.
Pat Durkin
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The name sounds familiar. Don't know if they exist any more. (I
never went to any, but I wasn't really looking for junk at that time.
I would certainly patronize one today. But there is Freecycle,
Craigslist, Timebank. Not to mention Big Lots, Crazy Franks and other
liquidators.
Cece
Houaton still has chip-and-dent outlets. A scratch in the finish on
the side of a clothes dryer does not affect its function, just its
saleability at full price.
Many of the outlet stores in the U.S. (at least, the ones in the
Houston area) sell good merchandise, but they carry a fuller line of
clothing sizes and styles than a retailer will. For silverware and
dishes, too, one manufacturer can offer his entire line, when a
retailer wants to offer some merchandise from all manufacturers. I
did see one outlet store, from a manufacturer, of small power tools,
that had a big sign up on the wall stating that every item offered had
failed the test given every item at the end of the manufacturing line
and had been reconditioned to meet the standard.
tony cooper
<ceceliaa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>Many of the outlet stores in the U.S. (at least, the ones in the
>Houston area) sell good merchandise, but they carry a fuller line of
>clothing sizes and styles than a retailer will.
Florida is chock-a-block with "Factory Outlets". Some sell regular
merchandise, and some sell "Factory Seconds". The impression given is
that the prices on the regular merchandise are significantly lower
than the prices in department stores, but this is not really the case.
John Varela
My wife is convinced that the things sold in outlet stores are of
inferior quality and manufactured specifically for sale in the
outlet stores.
I have no opinion in the matter.
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tony cooper
wrote:
>On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 23:41:48 UTC, tony cooper
><tony_co...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 1 Feb 2010 12:26:26 -0800 (PST), Cece
>> <ceceliaa...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Many of the outlet stores in the U.S. (at least, the ones in the
>> >Houston area) sell good merchandise, but they carry a fuller line of
>> >clothing sizes and styles than a retailer will.
>>
>> Florida is chock-a-block with "Factory Outlets". Some sell regular
>> merchandise, and some sell "Factory Seconds". The impression given is
>> that the prices on the regular merchandise are significantly lower
>> than the prices in department stores, but this is not really the case.
>
>My wife is convinced that the things sold in outlet stores are of
>inferior quality and manufactured specifically for sale in the
>outlet stores.
>
>I have no opinion in the matter.
I suppose the exact story can be found on the web, but - if I recall
correctly - years ago one of the manufacturers of golf balls produced
a large batch of golf balls with a minor cosmetic flaw that did not
affect the use of the ball. The company marked them with a series of
red x's and sold them to golf stores at a steeply reduced price.
The balls sold out so quickly that the stores requested more of them.
The company then started marking some of their regular production runs
with the red x's. Now, all the major suppliers of golf balls offer
"X-outs". They retail at about 1/3 the price of the non-X-outs and
outsell non-X-outs.
Ulysses at Grasmere
> On 1 Feb 2010 23:58:51 GMT, "John Varela" <OLDla...@verizon.net>
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There may be a "chip and dent" store in Houston but this phrase
is not common in the US. We call these stores "Damaged Freight."
or "Thrift [shop] [store]." Also "Resale Shop"
David H
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tony cooper
There is a chain of stores in this area that sells home appliances
that have been cosmetically damaged in shipping, on the (original
seller's) store floor, or during an attempted installation. In their
television ads, they refer to "scratch and dent".
Interestingly, a new, competing, chain is starting up called "Scratch
and Dent World", so I assume the first chain will stop using that
phrase.
Cece
>
> - Show quoted text -
Scratch and dent, yes; that's the term I just heard a couple days ago
in a TV ad.