FWIW new kid at work was in inventory mgmt at HD. He said strict policy against employees buying penny items, they see it as employee theft and he has seen employees successfully prosecuted. According to him official policy is to let customer purchase for a penny of they find it before it is removed from floor. He states those items are pennied out and removed because HD has received a credit from the Mfg and they can no longer sell for a profit, items are supposed to be sent back or destroyed.
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