18 MAY 2023 (08:26-UTC-07 Tango 06) 28 Ordibehesht 1402/27 Shawwal 1444/29 Ding-Si 4721/18 май 2023 года
“The collaboration with the Exchange is another example of The Home Depot’s ongoing commitment to better serving military service members and their families.”–Hector Padilla, executive vice president of outside sales and service at The Home Depot
Today, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and U.S. Army (USA) Exchange Service announced a roundabout/pseudo/covert(?) taxpayer subsidized deal (in that, who is going to make up the lost state sales tax revenue?) with The Home Depot, officially in the name of ‘thanking’ people for their military service, but more likely in the name of increasing recruitment and retention of military personnel, and to help increase sales for struggling The Home Depot.
Official USA/USAF Exchange Home Depot logo.
The new operation is called “The benefit just keeps getting better!” USA and USAF personnel based within the United States can now buy appliances from The Home Depot, sans sales tax! The Home Depot already gives military personnel a 10% discount.
Specifically, The Home Depot will set-up appliance kiosk/showrooms in military exchanges (USAF calls them BX for Base eXchange, the USA calls them PX for Post eXchange) where personnel can place sales tax-free orders. Having the ‘sale’ conducted in a PX or BX is important, you see military exchanges and commissaries are exempt from state/territory sales tax!
Also, it seems the deal with The Home Depot is about replacing the inhouse appliance department of the military exchange service: “In addition to providing a significantly expanded selection of major appliances, Exchange orders will be fulfilled using The Home Depot’s existing capabilities to provide efficient and dependable delivery.”-Tom Shull, CEO Army & Air Force Exchange Service
But wait, this ‘deal’ with financially struggling The Home Depot was made last year! In the last half of 2022, it was announced that the USA/USAF Exchange Service would begin the deal with The Home Depot by Spring 2023. The U.S. Navy (which includes the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard) would also take part under something called the Joint Buying Alliance.
The ‘woke’ military’s Joint Buying Alliance began in January 2019. Originally this was intended to make the military retail (resale) service more responsive to the wants of military personnel, and it included silly-vilian (civilian) vendors operating ‘on base’. In February 2023, it was boasted that the Joint Buying Alliance had saved military personnel $140-million!
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