If you want to sell it!

All of the grills I was interested were in boxes, none were displayed. And yes I do shop on line but if at all possible I like to see the actual product and particularly check apparent quality. As an example I have a Nexgrill from Costco (the one to be replaced) which is rusting though it is stainless steel (a magnet will tell me the grade of SS). One of the candidates to replace it is a Cuisinart, But it appears to be made by the same Chinese manufacture.
I am just not going to the effort to disassemble five or six boxes to get to for example the grate, to find what it is made of.

Yep, those who have never worked in retail are experts on how to do retail.

From someone who worked retail for years:

Please ask an employee to open a box for you.

If you do decide to buy, PLEASE buy the one in the box that you opened.


I can't count the number of times a customer would open a box, take out the item, shove it back on the shelf (all taken apart) and pick up a new one in a pristine box to purchase. I've seen 5-10 boxes of the same item all opened and taken out sitting on the shelf - apparently the first 4+ weren't good enough to base a decision.

As for why they don't have them on display, most often it is because they don't have a place to put the display without reducing the number of items that can be out for purchase (and then they get complaints because the customer can't find the item in a box to purchase).

I'm notorious for opening boxes in stores.

IF I like it I buy the one I opened.

If not....I shove it to the back and leave.









Actually I let the staff know I opened one.

Maybe they had one on display and sold it to someone who didn't want to put one together. It happens.

(I would have taken one out of the box, if I were interested in it.)

Shadow Catcher wrote:
If you want to sell it, don't leave it is the box.
I was interested in purchasing a new grill to be used with our trailer and went to the Camping World in Rossford Ohio. I found that all of the grills I might have been interested in were neatly packed in their boxes. Needless to say I bought none of them!

Some assembly required...

But, what good in store retailer doesn't have a display? :h

Geez

Some assembly required. :)

So open a box and take a look. Better to ask for forgiveness than permission in this case but they probably would open it for you if you had asked. Our CW here has been very accommodating when asked.

I don't get it? Don't they all come in boxes?