[ludovicotek]

Every job has its perks, and retail jobs usually have less than others. On top of that, TRU is a crappy to company to work for. Not to justify anybody's actions, but getting first dibs on stock is definitely a particular perk for working at TRU. The pay is not great, schedules can be brutal and the company really doesn't care about its employees (at least that was my personal experience).

When I worked there I would without a doubt take the items I wanted before stocking them on the pegs/shelves. I believe official company policy is against this but I guess certain managers and other employees couldn't care less. They were still making the sale after all. Now, I personally only bought stuff that I actually wanted and kept. I never bought anything for the purpose of reselling it. And I certainly never bought an entire case of anything, but I then again it would be hard to afford an entire case at TRU's wages. If I had the money and interest in an entire case I certainly would buy it. Can't lie about that.

I can definitely see how it's frustrating to not be able to get the stuff you want because the the employees are buying it up themselves, but as I said, those are the perks.