Scam artists produce fake receipts, or they take advantage of stores with lenient policies, steal large quantities of merchandise and then return them without a receipt.
Large quantities of merchandise continued to pass through the city until the 15th century, when silting made the movement of laden galleys up the Arno River almost impossible.
Ward started the company in 1872 with $2,400 capital and the aim of buying large quantities of merchandise wholesale and then selling it directly to farmers in rural areas without the help of retail intermediaries.
For the $500,000 would not exist were it not for the pandas, consummate fundraisers capable of turning turnstiles at a terrific rate, shifting vast quantities of merchandise and attracting new money for conservation from sponsors keen to be seen in a benevolent light.
Not to mention the sheer quantities of merchandise that languish in our armoires, living as we do in a time when 30 pairs of shoes don't raise an eyebrow, instead of the measly two (or maybe three or four, if they were really prosperous) that our forebears made do with.
Between 1985 and 1992, I made about 1,000 arrests, for things as varied as simple shoplifting, major grand theft cases that involved numerous gang members, hit and runs (grabbing large quantities of merchandise and jumping into a waiting car) and the obvious cash theft, credit card fraud from employees, management and customers.
Very small quantities of merchandise were sold for WALL-E, as Cars items were still popular, and many manufacturers were more interested in Speed Racer, which was a successful line despite the film's failure at the box office.
Despite sales figures, the quantity of unsold merchandise, coupled with the expensive movie license and the large amount of returns, made E.T. a major financial failure for Atari.
Vast numbers of copies of the poem and sheet music were published, and large quantities of related merchandise were sold to aid the charity.
It also stimulated a further increase in record sales, and resulted in the sale of a considerable quantity of Beatle-related merchandise.
