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Default Question: Working at a Kitchen Supply store

On Jan 27, 7:43*am, jmcquown > wrote:
> On 1/27/2013 10:13 AM, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
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> > On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 08:38:05 -0500, jmcquown >
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> >> On 1/26/2013 11:19 PM, merryb wrote:
> >>> On Jan 26, 3:28 pm, jmcquown > wrote:

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> >>>> What happens to these kitchen items your boss lets you take home to test?

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> >>>> Jill

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> >>> I take them back as they belong to the shop. It is a really good idea
> >>> on her part as it is much easier for me to sell stuff if I have
> >>> personally used it. Another new fave is a Kyocera paring knife, which
> >>> is ceramic if you didn't know- that is one sharp knife!

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> >> Well, yes, I assumed you took them back. *But does she sell *used*
> >> cookware and cooking implements?

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> > if it is like my favorite candy. . . er 'kitchen' shop- they have demo
> > nights where they use the stuff in the store.

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> > I've never been to one, but I love when they do it as the next time I
> > go in the sales gal is all excited about some new gadget that I might
> > not have otherwise given a second look. * * [my Chef'n lemon squeezer
> > and Rosle cheese slicer are 2 that come to mind.]

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> Sure... but does the proprietor later have a used cookware or gadget
> sale? *That's what I'm asking.
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> Jill


Mine does not- she puts damaged/returned stuff in a box, and if she
decides not to return them to the manufacturer, we can take whatever
we want. Pretty nice, huh? We also carry the Sodastream machines and
syrups, so when the syrups expire, I can have them to give to the
people I gave Sodastreams to at Xmas.