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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There’s a time and a place for everything, but there is basically no excuse for not buying toilet paper an toothpaste and everyday stuff locally.

To the above poster: yes, everything arrives at stores on trucks and in packaging, but it’s a volume game. You don’t grasp the difference between one sweater ordered online from Ann Taylor being packaged and delivered to your door, versus a huge box of sweaters being delivered to an Ann Taylor store? A huge box will have sweaters individually wrapped in plastic, yes, but that’s one huge box, not 40 small cardboard boxes each containing a sweater wrapped in plastic.[/quote]

I worked at the gap 30 years ago and every sweater is wrapped in plastic, just as it when it mailed home. Our job was to open boxes, remove the plastic, and fold before stacking on a shelf. Sure it’s another box, but is it more efficient for one car to drive to a mall, than to package orders and send it one truck that is driving to your neighborhood? [/quote]

Especially if it’s a postal truck that will be driving to your address anyway??? [/quote]

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