BlackMagicWoman
Mouseketeer
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- Mar 19, 2013
I have reusable bags in my car usually. Sometimes I remember to use them. Sometimes I don't. I can't really dredge up any energy for this.
Well, this is the first store that I go to that will charge for bags. So, no, not the last. Well, I guess the warehouse stores are the first. Other stores around here sell reusable bags, and I have some in my car, and use them. But if I don't bring in a bag, no one around here charges for them. I run a small store. We don't charge for the bags. But we do ask if you want one. But that is because most of our sales are of one or two items or small items that will fit in a pocket or purse.So what you are getting at...Disney has masterminded the farce of "plastic is bad for the environment" in order to cut costs? Got it.
Is this really the first time any of you have come across a store that now charges for plastic bags? Disney is actually the last of the gang to jump on this train.
Plastic bags are dead Zed.
Exactly.Well, this is the first store that I go to that will charge for bags. So, no, not the last. Well, I guess the warehouse stores are the first. Other stores around here sell reusable bags, and I have some in my car, and use them. But if I don't bring in a bag, no one around here charges for them. I run a small store. We don't charge for the bags. But we do ask if you want one. But that is because most of our sales are of one or two items or small items that will fit in a pocket or purse.
For me plastic bags were DOA. I've hated them since they came out. They have never held as much as a paper bag and they have always fallen over in the trunk. Blech.
But selling bags is a great cost cutting measure and if Disney really wanted to be on the cutting edge of environmentalism, they would have been the first or second major store to do this, but instead, as you said they are "the last of the gang to jump on the train."
lol going " green "
I'm not carrying around reusable bags with me everywhere I go, just incase I decide to go shopping
If you're not going to give me a bag to carry all the stuff I was going to buy from you, then I won't buy from you.. Simple as that
If there are people who love to carry around reusable bags, then heres to you, but don't force it upon me
Purse????https://www.ebay.com/itm/Portable-Butterfly-Reusable-Folding-Shopping-Bag-Travel-Pocket-Grocery-Bags-Tote/253656204921?hash=item3b0f168679:m:mvmiEG1_S-RKOWx2RV9X_Rw&var=552894858129
Things like this are pretty cool because then you just have it in your purse!
Pocket. SorryPurse????
Um.....
No!!
So are they going to staple receipts to stuff or put a sticker on things you buy in the park if you won't pay for a bag? How will they send things back to resorts.?
I've wondered whether businesses that move to "no bag" or reusable bag policies experience reductions in overall sales. Whenever I shop at places that have those policies, I know I'm far less likely to impulse buy because I know approximately how much the bags I have hold and how much I can carry out without a bag - or I'll make the economic decision not to buy enough that would require purchasing additional bags at the checkout (which they'll gladly sell me). Setting aside any environmental reasons, I sort of like bag policies since they're a psychological check on my own consumerism. It's anecdotal, but I assume I'm not the only one.
That's what I sort of find ironic - that a business decision to promote responsible behavior in one (environmental) area may end up promoting more responsible (consumer) behavior overall, which is not in the financial interest of the business. If there were any reduction in overall sales and that eclipsed the cost-savings of the bag policies, I suspect many of those policies would disappear (other than those truly committed to environmental change and not just those using it as pretext).
Forgive me if I missed a post about this already, but my local Disney store said that beginning this week they will no longer have bags. I was told to either bring a reusable bag when I shop or I can purchase one at checkout (.99 I think). The reason given was that they are "going green." I'm all for green initiatives, but this one seems pretty odd to me.
Pocket. Sorry
Which stores are charging a dollar for single use bags? I've seen them selling reusable bags for a dollar, but not the flimsy disposable ones that they are phasing out.And if you don’t have a purse or pocket? I usually go to the grocery or theme parks with only a crossbody phone wallet. No room for even the smallest of reusable bags. I will never pay for a bag. That’s as much of a money grab as the new resort parking fee, which I also won’t pay. How am I, carrying my purchases in my bare hands going to differentiate myself from a shoplifter doing the same?
Don’t get me wrong. I believe we need to take care of the environment and when shopping at the mall, I use the first bag I get to hold an subsequent purchases as well. But it’s a racket to charge a dollar for a single use bag.
Which stores are charging a dollar for single use bags? I've seen them selling reusable bags for a dollar, but not the flimsy disposable ones that they are phasing out.
We don't need more plastic straws or lids. We don't need more plastic bags.