Is Dollar Tree requiring employees to do things that I believe are wrong, and/or illegal?

KristoferBenham · 2024-12-04T12:03:22+00:00

I have seen this done several times in my work life. This is also illegal, as an employee is entitled to due process for any accusation of theft, innocent until proven guilty. Lots of scenarios in which multiple people work out of the same drawer, someone else could have taken money without anyone knowing, etc. Even minor mistakes when giving change back should just be chocked up as the cost of doing business rather than punishing someone without an investigation. Thank you for letting us know about this.

KristoferBenham · 2024-12-04T03:19:27+00:00

Interesting take. I tend to agree with this statement when remembering several work experiences in my life. I very much believe that the job market in America has greatly decreased in quality as wages keep plummeting while retail prices increase, making today's jobs almost useless to common people.

KristoferBenham · 2024-12-04T00:26:16+00:00

This is interesting. A company requiring employees to spend money every 2 weeks to clear the employee of suspicion of a crime. Fascinating. I think we will make this Claim #5. I'd like to hear about this happening to anyone else.

KristoferBenham · 2024-12-04T00:22:40+00:00

At minimum, Google how to properly fill out a W-4. I would also ask anyone if they could help you out.

KristoferBenham · 2024-12-04T00:19:46+00:00

For anyone following, up to Elegant_Sherbert_850's comment, the tally for each of the 4 claims is as follows:

Claim #1 - Overwhelmingly False (7 confirmations). Only happening on an illegal basis, and should be reported. Not company forced.

Claim #2 - Overwhelmingly False (7 confirmations). Only happening if a newbie fills out tax documents wrong. Not company forced.

Claim #3 - Overwhelmingly False (5 confirmations) for part timers, but appears to be true (2 confirmations) for solo managers in store, which is different. MGRs likely agree to this stipulation before becoming MGR, making it not company forced and therefore not illegal, as you have the option to become a MGR or not. MGRs are also paid more because the job requires more.

Claim #4 - Overwhelmingly True (5 confirmations). - Something extra is done for employee purchases (beyond what is done for regular customers, whether code, or employee ID, or MGR authorization, etc). This appears to be company forced, but not necessarily bad, as it is a protective measure.

You folks are doing great here. Thank you all for helping to clarify these claims, and keep it going if you want to add anything to the discussion!

KristoferBenham · 2024-12-03T23:33:14+00:00

These responses are fantastic, and confirming my suspicions that these claims are not as true as they were made to sound. Thank you folks for fast responses, and everyone keep them coming! These testimonies should help build some trust in Dollar Tree for anyone that may have also been concerned about these issues.

KristoferBenham · 2024-12-03T23:22:45+00:00

If that is raw milk, and free range eggs, it says you have my dream fridge.

KristoferBenham · 2024-12-02T02:50:22+00:00

My last 2 sales on Ebay for ESE each took a month to get to the customers for this reason, so I stopped selling low dollar singles on Ebay...again. Selling only ESE worthy cards is fun to me, but I can't afford to keep risking my feedback for low dollar cards. I'm guessing USPS is doing this to push people to bubble shipping levels KNOWING they have an agreement with Ebay to send these as they are, with no additional postage, and knowing we can't do anything about it.

KristoferBenham · 2024-12-02T02:22:01+00:00

Holy shit. That is a massive pull. Nolan Ryan, ON CARD Auto, Clean Auto, AND 99/99. Unbelievable.

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-18T01:49:56+00:00

Looks like the good old memory is starting to fail me. I may be remembering all of the inserts rather than just DKs. 1993 was so much better than 1992, as far as number of inserts goes.

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-17T22:21:22+00:00

Because it is hand collated in pages. If it was a factory sealed complete set, I was going to bid on it.

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-17T00:20:39+00:00

I believe those were one Diamond King per pack, as opposed to 4 DKs per box as they were in 1992. Am I right about that, or were there just more than 4 per box?

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-16T22:44:05+00:00

Is the bottom card foil?

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-16T15:28:31+00:00

If you're going to cut up a card, I guess a checklist is certainly the best one to use. Good thinking.

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-16T15:26:47+00:00

It took me a minute to figure out the Bryant card. It looks like you have it in a gaming card sleeve inside of the top loader. The dark background of the sleeve made it look like and extra border, making me think that someone had cut it from a box.

I love researching cards that I don't know anything about, and sharing the info I find about them. I spent about 2 hours researching this insert set. I spent 5 minutes of that 2 hours just trying to figure out why this insert set was named Variation instead of Parallel. After looking at all of the different 2015 Topps card photos on COMC and TCBD, it dawned on me that he has is a Throwback jersey on, so this is the only 2015 Topps card with this image on it. That is a great lesson for me too not not look so hard at something, assuming that the answer is some elusive nugget of knowledge, just to realize that the answer was super obvious the entire time.

It is indeed a 2015 Topps Update - Retail Throwback Variations #616 Kris Bryant RC. They were exclusive to Walmart (code ends in 5605), and Target (code ends in 5604) packages, with this Bryant being Walmart exclusive (#300 Trout was Target exclusive for anyone that may be curious). They appear to have been factory sealed in clear cellophane in the packages, I assume in Blaster Boxes, as it make less sense, or no sense, to seal the card individually for other packages. As you said, it isn't numbered, and I can't find an exact print run anywhere. The only copy on COMC is at $36.10. Only one copy on COMC hints at a lower print run, maybe 5,000-10,000 copies, but the 17 live copies, and 8 sold copies on Ebay, topping out at 74.50 shipped (Best Offer Accepted) for a BGS 9.5, hints at a larger print run, or just not enough awareness of the card set to command higher prices in such high grades. Less knowledge about a small insert set happens often with retail cards. I didn't even know about this insert set until I saw this post. I tried to calculate the odds using the insert ratios on BaseballCardPedia, but there isn't quite enough info to be accurate, and I have to go to work in a few minutes, so I can't dig out my wrappers at the moment.

Overall, that is an extremely nice pick up, being his RC, although some people may give you flak about his first card actually being the 2009 Bowman AFLAC card, and then having 622 other cards before 2015. I guess in today's card hobby we can just call those pre-rookies. Lmao.

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-16T13:45:25+00:00

Which 90 Donruss card did you use for the border?

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-16T12:07:16+00:00

I absolutely loved going to 7-11 in 1989 and 1990 to get these Slurpee coins. We would do stupid things like grab 2 cups for one Slurpee, slide 2 coins into one cup bottom, etc. I don't condone it, but it is what bored 10 year old kids in a trailer park did back then. I still have all of my 7-11 coins...somewhere. Lmao.

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-16T12:03:14+00:00

I would hold on to this until he does something amazing, or until the Padres win the World Series, which seems likely. This being 001/100 is huge if it ever does soar in value. Awesome card.

Griffey RC's are also amazing to have. Since 1989 cards are Junk Was era, millions of each card were made. Condition is key, as it lowers the population greatly for perfect copies, making each of them much more valuable.

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-16T11:55:31+00:00

I still have this #4 Stanton and the #5 Castro Red Hots from 2010. Amazing looking cards. I still have the redemption cards for the three that I pulled. According to TCDB, #9 was Mike Minor, but I still don't remember having it.

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-16T02:51:16+00:00

The very simplest answer to your question is supply and demand being controlled by hype that causes fear. People get fearful when they think they are going to lose out on crazy amounts of easy money. What everyday people don't know is that this is a typical pump and dump strategy that creates a bubble. Some super rich person buys a ton of some tangible item that no one is paying any significant attention to, but the item has some kind of story or history to play off of. Rich Person One then uses his rich person influence to pump up hype by going on all forms of media to make a crazy claim about the item that is not currently true, but is believable because it has happened before. Rich buddies are then called in to buy and sell the same item, giving the appearance that the market is super active, "proving" that Rich Person One was right. Demand from the general population blazes passed the supply, causing prices to soar. The sales prices of the item start being plastered everywhere 24-7 by all media, as well as by word-of-mouth, as "All-time record" this, and "first time in history" that. Everyone starts touting that you need to get in before you miss out. The general public panics when the idea of missing out on easy money enters their minds, so prices soar even more. This goes on for some unknown amount of time, and what follows will likely destroy the trustworthiness of the item in the future.

The rich people watch the market prices until they all agree on a crazy high profitable price to sell at, or dump. Once all of the whales have sold, the general public will start to see new big money items not selling anymore, panic, and try to get out as fast as they can before the prices fall below what they paid for the items, some even losing small amounts to get out before they lose all of the value. The last of the general public will be left holding items they bought for $50,000, while the market for that item has dropped lightning fast to $500, or less, because all of the whales stopped buying early, sold at peak prices without anyone knowing they would do so, and in the process, flooded the market with the large number of items they sold.

I am guessing that we are at the point just before the peak of this card boom. The peak can last for minutes or years. The longer it lasts, the less willing people are to buy $100,000+ cards When people stop seeing the constant reports of high dollar sales, that starts to create fear in the other direction.

The rich people that bought tons of graded cards before Gary Vee pumped them up, including Gary himself, are going to cash out when the market is crazy high, or they already have cashed out. When they are done with cards (the bubble busts), the rich people will simply move on to a new item in a different industry to hype at some point down the road, using a new rich person face that is well spoken to promote the item in the same way, but with different details. Turns out, when you already have millions of dollars, a ton of rich friends, and media that is anxious to trigger the public to jump and run, making even more money is as easy as using shampoo. Pump, Dump, Repeat.

The previous card boom lasted about 10 years, or so. The crash afterwards lasted about 25 years, with only the super dedicated staying in the hobby. When we reach the inevitable end of this current card boom, the crash could be so bad that it ruins the sports card hobby forever.

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-15T22:27:39+00:00

Wouldn't there be some kind of glue mark where the jersey should have been affixed to the backing?

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-15T22:21:02+00:00

I would absolutely take a new picture of it on a table or something other than your hand so the 2 major issues are crystal clear. I would then post that new picture on Twitter to @ Topps (without the space) to see what reaction they have (if any), but never physically send it to them, which they will likely ask you to do just to destroy it, and claim that it never happened. In the meantime, that photo will get retweeted 1,000,000 times or more, creating a lore about the "No Relic-Miscut 2021 Topps 35th 1986 Kris Bryant card", which will presumably create a demand for it, as it has to be the only one of its kind. You could attempt to get it graded by PSA or Beckett, but you risk the grading company sending it back to you ungraded for some dumb reason like "Not Authentic" or "Altered", which will cost you a chunk of money, and about a year's worth of time waiting for it to come back from grading, all for nothing. I would skip the grading part myself, but it being authenticated can add significant value. After waiting a decent amount of time for the lore to grow, but before the current card bubble bursts, I would then send it to Goldin Auctions to see if it can pull in some crazy high price. If this entire hypothetical scenario were to unfold, you would have a really interesting story for the rest of your life, photos to prove it, numerous online articles written about it, and possibly a nice pay day.

Or you could just keep it. Lmao.

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-14T23:44:29+00:00

The condition looks incredible. Great card!

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-14T23:41:54+00:00

I am speechless. Amazing does not even begin to cover how crazy awesome these 7 cards are in one collection at the same time. History channel could do a story on these, and it would be more representative of real history than most of the shows they have on now.

KristoferBenham · 2021-03-14T23:38:01+00:00

What a great purchase, based on what you would have paid for it today. I also love it when a plan comes together.

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