Once I worked for Lowe's. A home improvement warehouse.
There was a line of top end fridges. Think like $1900 for each in 1998.
Anyway. Word came down that our stock was discontinued and that we were to destroy them instead of sending them back.
I watched the dock supervisor verify 3x with management both local and corp..
And then run a carpet pole on a forklift through them one at a time and then toss them in the trash.
Absolutely disgusting.