Borders Dumps

Thanks to Kate at The Neverending Shelf, something awful has been brought to my attention. Instead of donating excess stock to local libraries and other needy organizations, Borders stores is dumping their extra books. As in trash bin. They claim it's cheaper for them to dump the books than donate them. See, my logic synapses are misfiring on that one. Donations = tax credits. They're obviously not returning the books to the publishers for credit so . . . how is it cheaper to toss them?

That's like finding out H&M and Walhell dump their excess stock but they take it an extra step and destroy the stock so dumpster divers can't claim and use any of it. In an economy where people don't have a pot to piss in, why is the largest retailer destroying extra clothes instead of donating them?

Why is Borders destroying valuable books instead of donating them? Why do they just toss them out and then lie to people about it? I bet those 30% off coupons aren't looking so good and that $25 membership fee to Barnes and Nobel is looking a little better, huh?

If you want to get up to date information on this, then join the Tell Borders: Do Not Dumpster Books When Waldenbooks Closes - Donate! page on Facebook. This is just mind-boggling.