Wash. Court of Appeals published opinion — D2 52293-4-II Published Opinion.pdf

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already gone through the bid process. Lupica also discovered that, after receiving volume

discounts, Mackey had removed items from some orders and sold the remaining items at the

volume discount rate, sometimes selling orders for less than the $2,500 threshold. In total,

Lupica found that 29 of Mackey’s orders between July 9 and October 3 had double discounts or

items removed after an approved volume discount.

Lupica’s investigation caused him to contact Home Depot’s asset protection manager,

Mikoli Weaver. Weaver prepared a report stating that Mackey had used the volume bid system

to allow for discounts on appliance orders that were not eligible for volume discounting. In

some cases, she also had applied additional discounts to appliances after running them through

the volume bid system, selling several items below cost. The investigation had revealed that 25

of Mackey’s orders over the previous 90 days had additional price markdowns beyond her level

of authorization. Weaver also recorded several integrity issues concerning Mackey, including

breaching the cash-handling policy, manipulating orders on computers that other associates were

logged into, and improperly using the volume bid system.

Weaver and Krall met with Mackey on October 8 to discuss the investigation results.

According to Weaver, Mackey acknowledged that she had on occasion used the volume bid

system and provided double discounts. She understood that the extra discounts were above her

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authorization level and required approval from an assistant manager. According to Weaver,

Mackey admitted that on occasion she had removed items from orders after they had been