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Average of $33 for a $50 gift. >> when a consumer takes advantage of free shipping, that cost, which is not free, has to be borne somewhere. and the only somewhere in the retail setting is in the price of the goods. >> reporter: the cost also extending to the environment. returns produce 5.8 billion pounds of waste in 2020. often those gifts you return don't even make it to the original store shelf, but rather end up in a warehouse like this where they're resold to third parties companies like b stock processing those unwanted items for some of the nation's largest retailers. now bracing for w...

Merry christmas. unfortunately, this has been an absolutely brutal year for the american people. the biden administration is at war with reality. that is their problem. the reality is our supply chains are crippled and broken. i like many americans have experience this first hand. my wife and i are expecting another child, so we have been trying to purchase new items for our new baby, and the supply chains are so snarled up that it's extremely hard to find anything that will even arrive by the due date, and americans are experiencing this in every single facet of life, and so as you mentioned,...

Absolutely brutal year for the american people. the biden administration is at war with reality. that is their problem. the reality is our supply chains are crippled and broken. i like many americans have experience this first hand. my wife and i are expecting another child, so we have been trying to purchase new items for our new baby, and the supply chains are so snarled up thatr it's extremely hard to find anything that will even arrive by the due date, and americans are experiencing this in every single facet of life, and so as you mentioned, in order to get christmas presents, they are no...

The country, and there's product already in the factory, but we also have to wait and make sure th boxes get printed and the instruction manuals get printed. >> reporter: the logistics delays now stretch between four and eight weeks. there's only four weeks left till christmas. is the goose cooked? >> absolutely. if the product isn't being unloaded on a container today, there's literally no chance that it can make it into a store shelf. anything that's sitting in china or on the water, you know, it's next year's christmas toys >> reporter: back in maine, the factory keeps on churning, ready an...

And eight weeks. there's only four weeks left until christmas. is the goose cooked? >> absolutely. if the product isn't being unloaded on a container today, there's literally no chance that it could make it to a store shelf. anything that's sitting in china or on the water, you know, it's next year's christmas toys. >> reporter: back in maine, the factory keeps on churning, ready and waiting to build a little more holiday magic. >> our thanks to jo ling kent for that. joining me, tom magee, ceo of icsc of the market industry. good to see you. my heart stopped for just a nano second when she ...