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How To Deal Hunt at Pittsburgh’s Mysterious New Megastores

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Return or ripoff? Costsaver or scam? Pittsburghers love a deal, so when the discount stores housed under Mac.bid came to town, many of us started bidding without reading the fine print. City Cast’s Elizabeth Kauma and Megan Harris are exploring how it got here, what to do so you don’t buy a dud, and whether these liquidation emporiums are worth the risk at all.

**This episode originally published March 18, 2024.

We love to cite our sources:

  • The National Retail Federations 2022 report on returns.
  • Mac.Bid’s Better Business Bureau page.
  • Marketplace’s dive into the wild world of liquidation.
  • The Atlantic’s journey into the warehouses that process returns.

Learn more about the sponsors of this July 3rd episode:

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

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Return or ripoff? Costsaver or scam? Pittsburghers love a deal, so when the discount stores housed under Mac.bid came to town, many of us started bidding without reading the fine print. City Cast’s Elizabeth Kauma and Megan Harris are exploring how it got here, what to do so you don’t buy a dud, and whether these liquidation emporiums are worth the risk at all.

**This episode originally published March 18, 2024.

We love to cite our sources:

  • The National Retail Federations 2022 report on returns.
  • Mac.Bid’s Better Business Bureau page.
  • Marketplace’s dive into the wild world of liquidation.
  • The Atlantic’s journey into the warehouses that process returns.

Learn more about the sponsors of this July 3rd episode:

Pittsburgh Cultural Trust

Babbel

Become a member of City Cast Pittsburgh at membership.citycast.fm.

Want more Pittsburgh news?

Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info here.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  continue reading

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