From the Wall Street Journal: "The underbelly of e-commerce is a booming business in which little-known companies collect, process and often resell piles of unwanted gifts, flawed merchandise and other items that shoppers simply regretted buying. This holiday season, goods with an original retail value of $19.4 billion—nearly one-quarter of e-commerce sales—are expected to be returned, according to Torkildson Packaging, a distributor of packaging to retailers and other businesses."
The neck tie Uncle Walter gave you that is so uncomely.
The speakers that you can't make work, sitting there so dumbly.
The fishing rod you bought yourself in a fit of passion.
The shoes you thought so foolishly were the height of fashion.
All of this, and much, much more, returned with such remorse,
is resold on the internet at bargain rates, of course.
Each shopping spree adds to the stock of items up for grabs --
more than a billion bucks per year (for those that might keep tabs).
That is why I always hate the shopping and the gift chore;
likely it will wind up on some crummy cyber thrift store!
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