Delete master file & versions fromhard drive ... completely!!!

I just bought a new iMac yesterday and imported 12,000 pictures on the hard drive. Strarted my clean up using delete master image and all version ... files gets transfered into the aperture trash! ... i empty the trash ... files STILL REMAIN ON MY HARD DRIVE.
Why is that?
What am I doing wrong.
Files were imported in a folder I CREATED ... I called it PHOTOS
Thanks everyone for your help .. a little bit discouraged!
Eric

Don't be discouraged. This is a feature, not a bug. You may not like it, but you should know how it works. Complete instructions are found many places in the Help file. Search under "Trash".
Deleting items in Aperture can be a four-step process. Each step but the last is reverseable.
1. Mark photo as "rejected".
2. Move photo or other items to the Aperture Trash. This is just a special container called "Trash".
3. Empty the Aperture Trash. This moves the items out of Aperture's control, and put them in your system trash.
4. Empty the system trash. This is done via Finder.

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