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Thrift Store Staff And Volunteer Discounts

Posted by Anonymous on 4/15/2010 at 10:27 AM ET 250 Points
The problem our store is having is that the staff and employees recieve a 50% discount on any item they purchase and most of the best merchandise is purchased by the staff(paid and volunteer) before it can ever get to our customers. How can we remedy this situation without alienating our volunteers and staff?
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  • Posted by Inbox_Interactive on 4/15/2010 at 10:44 AM Accepted
    If you track when items come into the store, you could say that staff must wait 30 days before buying any item.

    You could also limit the dollar amount of purchases that staff may make in a month. That might be hard to track, though.

    Assuming this is a non-profit thrift store, you're only going to alienate those staff members who are putting their need for a discount ahead of the mission of the thrift store. To that I say, "So what!"

    And if it's for profit, then I think you're quite within your right to give full-price customers "dibs" on all items for 30 days.
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