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[RoughDraft]

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@Abrowneyegirl wrote:

@Daisy Sunflower 

Finding things to do is her specialty!

She hires chefs and bakers to come to her house to teach us all for private classes.

She plans huge elaborate holiday parties for adults and one for kids.

They love to entertain and they have the perfect house/grounds to do so, she has a small army of people help to pull off these elaborate events.  But she really plans lovely events.

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Well that excuses everything doesn't it?  It seems the fact that her need to make extra money via semi-questionable practices of manipulating the brick and mortar businesses and her potential customers, is nothing more than grooming her very elaborate feathered nest and her ego.  Something is just wrong here.

[Daisy Sunflower]

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It seems strange for someone who is supposedly well-off to spend a lot of time doing all that.

[Wsmom]

I don't find it immoral at all much for the same reasons previously stated here.  It's clothes.  Businesses do that.  They go into Costco and buy cases of cigarettes (back when they were sold) to sell at their store, or alcohol, or the butcher shops buy their meat there and sell it at their store.

Now the adults who snatch up all the popular toys that all the kids want for Chirstmas to sell on ebay, I think tho that is not illegal, it is immoral.  They have no kids so can spend all the time waiting in line or whatever to snatch them up and then the kids are disappointed because mommy can't spend 100x the list price for a toy.

One of the girls I went to high school with had a clothing business like that, but she took orders and went in and stole the clothes from the store.  At least this gal is purchasing them.

[Carmie]

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@Daisy Sunflower wrote:

@Carmie 

Now that I think about it, if she isn't a close friend, I wouldn't talk to her about it.

However, if she's a close friend, I'd talk to her about what she's doing -- and also suggest other ways to keep herself busy. Continuously buying and returning unsold items just doesn't seem right. JMO. Eventually they're going to refuse her returns.

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No one knows how much she is actually returning.  Maybe most of it gets sold.  After doing this for a while, these on line sellers know what sells and what doesn't.

I am quite surprised that the OP said her friend hosts wonderful parties and does voluntary work and is a good person.  She also mentioned that her friend is very busy already Yet she comes to a forum and posts asking if her friend is doing something immoral.

Who does that?

[cherry]

Off hand I would say that someone is entirely too invested an another persons life...

[Carmie]

@cherry    I think you are right.  I agree.

[San Antonio Gal]

@Carmie  - My viewpoints are the same as yours in this long thread.  No need for me to repeat what you've already stated so well. 

[shoekitty]

I thought it was a pretty enterprising idea until you said she returns the unsold items. Pretty tacky.  Is it wrong.?  Not legally.   morally she could use better judgement.  Until stores come up with a better plan, its on them.  I imagine stores are trying to catch up with one scam or deal after another.  If the stuff is in same condition, I imagine  Tj Maxx, sells the stuff to another vendor lower on the overstock totumpole.  

[Maestra1]

get a job helping others

[ruthbe]

Well I was surprised only one person (that I could see...sorry if I missed anyone)...mentioned the IRS.  If she makes a certain amount of money....She has to file with the IRS.  Also if the stores get mad enough about the returns....they may stop accepting.  I remember the coupon fad.  People were going into grocery stores with massive amounts of coupons and getting tons of foods and spending little to no money.  Now stores have wised up and no double coupons.  Stores are very strict with coupons....they don't want that happening.  Wether its right or wrong....I think stores are NOT going to like it.  They are eventually going to do something about it.  They already have some rules in place about returns.  I think those rules will only get more strict.  And that it will hurt all of us.