The Fate Of That Unwanted Air Fryer After You Return It
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21 Januari 2022
The pandemic has led to a huge rise in online shopping. And record spending from last year means record returns. But what happens to the items we send back is often a mystery.
NPR correspondent Alina Selyukh reports on the like hood of an unwanted holiday gift making it into another customers hands.
And Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi of NPR's Planet Money podcast visits a bargain bin store in North Carolina where dogged resellers rifle through mounds of unwanted items to find something they can turn for a profit.
Listen to the full Planet Money episode here.
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