[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by Archangel

I’ve worked retail my entire life. Sitting on product in the backroom because of an arbitrary date goes against how I was taught. Push product out the back and make sure every customer leaves satisfied. You can blame managers for “breaking” street dates, but there’s a lot that goes into running the daily operations of a big box store, especially as you get closer to Black Friday. Street dates on $19 toys only complicates things further.

That said, I think they should put limits on each SKU/DCPI to discourage scalpers.

I'm a little confused by the following statement: "Sitting on product in the backroom because of an arbitrary date goes against how I was taught."

Are you suggesting that the front end employees are countermanding mandates from direct higher ups and purposely sitting on mech by adhering to street dates?

And, out of simple curiosity, when you say, "you can blame managers for “breaking” street dates," are you implying that there is some punitive measure taken against a manager who does so? If so, that goes a long way toward illuminating why this conundrum persists and buttresses my comment about anger being displaced when leveled at floor-employees.