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Jack Valentino

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11. Very interesting article, I read the whole thing!

Sat May 30, 2026, 10:19 PM

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"“There is this gap between what is usable for consumers and what is sellable for retailers"

I am an almost daily customer of a 'Dollar General' which is about 400 yards from my house---
now I'm wondering what might be found in THEIR dumpster, after-hours!

(Likely a lot of cardboard which I could use to cover my garden at the end of the season,
at the least!)

I'm an Ebay seller also, although I haven't done much of that recently---
but offering products which cost me nothing but physical energy to procure
would obviously be a big plus! HMMMMM...

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