Dumpster Full Of Bikes

[commiecorvus]

I suspect I know what happened.
They had the returned bikes all racked up in the back for some reason and then threw them out all at the same time.
So it winds up all over TikTok.




TikToker Sounds Off Over Target Dumpster Full Of Brand New Bikes—And People Are Furious - https://www.comicsands.com/target-put-bikes-dumpster-tiktok-2657252512.html?fbclid=IwAR2jeihPFvYbDPbJrovt0pX4MruR92iZ5t8rErkJTAQ1WA5DLS8F1TUFwKA

 

[Luck]

I dont know I read right here on this very site people advocating for using the compacter to deal with their inventory issues and we sure have been sending a lot of bikes 🧐

 

[Ringwraith917]

I suspect I know what happened.
They had the returned bikes all racked up in the back for some reason and then threw them out all at the same time.
So it winds up all over TikTok.




TikToker Sounds Off Over Target Dumpster Full Of Brand New Bikes—And People Are Furious - https://www.comicsands.com/target-put-bikes-dumpster-tiktok-2657252512.html?fbclid=IwAR2jeihPFvYbDPbJrovt0pX4MruR92iZ5t8rErkJTAQ1WA5DLS8F1TUFwKA

I have some insight on this perhaps. Recently we had a ceiling drain pipe burst and partially flooded the back room. Any merchandise the water touched just got thrown out. It was ridiculous. This was including several bikes that I had sitting under the steel on the floor because we were out of room on the bike hooks. We threw bikes out because the tires got wet. SMH

That was even more frustrating for me because I know actual policy is to repair returned bikes and mark them down 30% and resell them. Who knows what guests have done to them in the meantime. Probably got the tires wet

 

[MrT]

We dont repair the bikes anymore because we couldnt get parts. We still try and keep some parts from broken ones to repair some but usually its the same parts that break.

 

[Ringwraith917]

We dont repair the bikes anymore because we couldnt get parts. We still try and keep some parts from broken ones to repair some but usually its the same parts that break.

That's weird I've never had a problem getting parts. Every time I call and speak to someone on the phone and the parts come in a few days.

 

[KarmaToBurn]

Our first step would probably be to get a bike builder... our rack (salesfloor and backroom) are empty and we have two container full of unbuilt bikes (not the kind sold that way)

 

[MrT]

That's weird I've never had a problem getting parts. Every time I call and speak to someone on the phone and the parts come in a few days.

We had a rack full of bikes needing repairs for 6 months and was told we couldnt get anything in. That might have changed now. I don't pay close attention to it.

 

[MavDog]

I have some insight on this perhaps. Recently we had a ceiling drain pipe burst and partially flooded the back room. Any merchandise the water touched just got thrown out. It was ridiculous. This was including several bikes that I had sitting under the steel on the floor because we were out of room on the bike hooks. We threw bikes out because the tires got wet. SMH

That was even more frustrating for me because I know actual policy is to repair returned bikes and mark them down 30% and resell them. Who knows what guests have done to them in the meantime. Probably got the tires wet

If not this then at least metal recycle them...

 

[redeye58]

We were always told to destroy damaged/faulty bikes because of liability.

 

[moninity]

We donate our bikes to a church that fixes them up.

 

[BackupTL]

The bike portal is absolute ass so I could see this happening. But they're supposed to strip it and sweep the metal recycling.

 

[RWTM]

We had a rack full of bikes needing repairs for 6 months and was told we couldnt get anything in. That might have changed now. I don't pay close attention to it.

I found a random bike seat over by the Tier Rack Mountainans in Q3. It wouldn’t mount to my tugger 😒