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I've returned so many things at Home Depot & Lowes mostly because I bought too much or just never used it. From tile to extra gutter extensions to unopened lawn fungus preventer. I don't see an issue if they build a profile as long as I am not abusing it or get denied because I've "returned too much". One time I did see a contractor get denied because he had been abusing it somehow. A female manager was involved and they got into a verbal disagreement saying he's done it before with those items. He kept insisting "the customer is always right". Umm, if that's your only defense, I don't think so pal.
 
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who? said:
Back when Wal-Mart didn't require receipts for returns some people found identical items selling for less than the WM price and made money by returning them to WM after paying less elsewhere.
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You should see some of the things that people try to pull when returning items.
 
rh71 said:
I've returned so many things at Home Depot & Lowes mostly because I bought too much or just never used it. From tile to extra gutter extensions to unopened lawn fungus preventer. I don't see an issue if they build a profile as long as I am not abusing it or get denied because I've "returned too much". One time I did see a contractor get denied because he had been abusing it somehow. A female manager was involved and they got into a verbal disagreement saying he's done it before with those items. He kept insisting "the customer is always right". Umm, if that's your only defense, I don't think so pal.
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Was at Lowes and the guy in front of me was returning a leaf blower. The bottom of the tube had a hole in it where he'd scraped it across his drive 4K+ times. They took it. I'd have told him to stick it.

I do return Dockers to JC Pennies. If their quality control was even half assed, I wouldn't have to. I order online 3 pairs of the size/color I want and take back to the store the 2 that don't fit.
 
I bought an Xbox from Target before that had been opened up, internals swapped and put right back on the shelves for me to buy... When I brought it back they treated me like I was a criminal but after about an hour they gave me a brand new slim for the same super discounted price I had just bought the clearanced old model for.

I do buy at certain stores over other ones due to proper returns. Places like target instead of dealing with a companies manufacturer warranty I will take it back to them and instantly get the exchange.

Places like Meijer and target have a limit to how many no receipt returns you can do in something like a 90 day span. If you do that many returns without a receipt then yes you should be out of luck.
 
I returned 3 dress shirts to Macy's on Sunday that my wife bought for me. They credited me $102 and I turned around and spent $145 on slacks, another shirt and some socks.
 
FelixDeCat said:
Shirts and pants are all mislabled and made in countries with no concept of measurement. Even the stupid Dockers were f'ing wrong. I wanted 36/29 and I got 36/30 (even the label claimed otherwise). I put them up against other pairs of pants I had and these Dockers were about an inch off!

Dont sell mislabled crap and you might actually have a sale!
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Reminds me of my experience shopping at old navy. I feel like they have a big bin of size labels and just attach them at random.
 
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