Broken appliances on clearance at Lowes

[fan-of-fans]

Anyone noticing this? I've been seeing a lot of clearance items at Lowes, items that are discontinued, broken or display units.

I stopped last night and saw a stainless steel dishwasher with a note that it was inspected by a technician and unrepairable. There was also a Hotpoint dryer with a broken control panel as well. I had not noticed this before. But Lowes currently has pallets and makeshift shelves of markdowns everywhere lately.

 

[DADoES]

 
How can they be selling unrepairable items??  Or even broken items that could be repaired?  Free-for-the-taking, maybe.

 

[man114]

Mostly scratch and dent stuff around here, if it was broken and cheap enough parts dealers would buy and strip the new units.

I buy broken lawnmowers and stuff all the time from them when they’re cheap enough and fix them.

 

[spacedogb]

Even the unrepairable stuff goes for a high price at the Lowes here. The other day I saw a BOL builders grade dishwasher with a tech service slip saying unrepairable for $250

 

[fan-of-fans]

I saw a white dishwasher last night, don't remember the brand, and it was $45.