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Edited on Wed Jun-02-04 08:09 PM by gmoney
It sounds like Home Depot is giving the gas cans away, and it is a safety issue, so it does seem fair that they get a plug.
It's not like when Tom Ridge was telling us all to go out and BUY duct tape, plastic sheeting, and cyanide capsules. I don't think he endorsed Home Depot at that time, but if he HAD, THAT would be a real problem.
So, if you don't like it, stick it to them... collect all the old gas cans you can find in your neighborhood and take them into Home Depot for new ones and distribute them to your neighbors, but don't buy anything else while you're there. (Probably a limit of one per customer, but you could make multiple trips.) That'll teach them...
Get used to it, too, I'm afraid. With tax revenues drying up, states and cities are going to be forced into doing MORE of this stuff to support public programs. Like selling naming rights to everything... I'm not saying it's right, but it does seem inevitable.
I'd say this Home Depot thing is actually on the generous side, as these things go.
P.S. It doesn't have to qualify as a charitable expense to be deductible to Home Depot... it would probably fall under advertising and promotion, or some other regular business expense. Even if they call it "shrinkage" (shoplifting), it's still deductible as a loss.
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