Would this guerilla tactic be immoral?

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Originally Posted by Existentialist

I have an idea for a great guerilla tactic that would increase the sales of blu-ray movies. Yet I am debating on the morality of it. It is a pretty simple idea; go to shops like Hastings, or anywhere that does special orders, and order a few blu-rays, that you don't intend to pick up. I know at Hasting's after a month of not picking it up they will put it on the shelf to sale to anyone. Sooner if you call and tell them you changed your mind.

I feel this would help them get more titles on their shelves, in the form of unclaimed special orders, as well as getting more sales for blu-ray.

Like I said it would be dishonest, but Hastings did fire me for no reason, so I can justify myself doing it there. As for the rest of you, what do think? Would this be sinking too low?

Heh, they prolly had a reason, it may not have had anything to do with you, but I do know security dropped the hammer on a few stores after they caught management level employees stealing.

Anyway, umm, if it gets shelved or not depends on the product status. It'll show up on the return report if it's not something normally stocked and then it kinda does need to get returned to DC in Ammy. Further, if the store's stock number is supposed to be 0, when the special order status fades, then it'll show up on the Overstock reports [or get caught in a Cycle Count] and get sent back to DC. If it's happening otherwise, well, the IC manager must not care about their APR.

All you really manage to do is waste Hasting's employee time, and lower the in store-sales numbers for Blu-Ray.