Why is this stuff on sale?

[Blue-Jay]

[azmouse]

1. Because neither one got their party's nomination?

Just a guess.

[Catherina]

2. Meanwhile in Obamaland

"Please note:
Due to our recent overwhelming number of orders, some items might be delayed in shipping by two-three weeks. We apologize for this delay and appreciate your understanding."


I am SOOOO glad you made me go there. They have a new item I really want




Obama '08 / Hope Bracelet (black) $4.00 comes in White or Black

[Blue-Jay]

4. .

:D

[blogslut]

3. Teh free marketz has spokens

:)

[Alexander]

5. Because nobody wants an obsolete product.

[anamandujano]

6. Because Obama's stuff will be selling on ebay rarities as

the also ran.

[Blue-Jay]

7. That's probably it.

See? That's why people turn to DU: For answers.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

8. Because they're going out of business.

And I don't mean the store.

[LowerManhattanite]

9. It's a common retail practice...

You see it in the sporting goods industry a lot. When a player in a particular city is traded, his old team jersey is immediately discounted at local vendors as that is the only way to clear out the built-up wholesale inventory the retailer has already paid for. The manufacturer almost NEVER takes back the obsolete goods. Otherwise you'd be sitting with a back room full of non-current, unusable stuff no one wants any more.

Extrapolate that however you will...

[40ozDonkey]

10. "Extrapolate that however you will... "

We're trading Hillary for Colin Powell?

[Withywindle]

11. Sometimes people get inventive.

I was in NYC about 10 days after 9/11 and a lot of the random-stuff vendors on Canal Street had dusted off flag/yellow ribbon buttons that obviously dated back to the first Gulf War about 10 years before.

[southerncrone]

12. Outdated merchandise MUST be cut to "rock bottom" in retail to make room

for the new GOTTA HAVE IT stuff! :evilgrin:


Like yesterday's newspaper. Who would really want it for anything except utilitarian purposes?