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I guess as long as it's implemented well it will never matter to anyone who isn't a cheat. But as one of countless time-strapped homeowners who can't remember

by gascan 9y ago

I guess as long as it's implemented well it will never matter to anyone who isn't a cheat. But as one of countless time-strapped homeowners who can't remember if he needs a 5/8" widget or a 1/2" widget, I frequently buy both and return the extra at a later date. I can only hope I don't get flagged. Frankly it's a big part of the value of shopping at a local retailer.

Domenic_S 9y ago
Non-cheat here who got hit by best buy. I returned a Surface Pro and some other stuff -- they took it back but flagged me for no returns. So I stopped buying stuff there.
- fjsolwmv 9y ago
  Do they tell you "you are on notice, we won't accept returns from you anymore"?
  - Domenic_S 9y ago
    Yeah, my ban was temporary (120 days?).
- acct1771 9y ago
  Off-topic, but very curious: why'd you return the Surface?
  - Domenic_S 9y ago
    - When I unboxed it, on first boot it bluescreened - The stylus' battery was dead out of box - Sleep/wake behavior was not what I like -- took too long for me - Bluescreened about 3x/day on normal use
- shawndellysse 9y ago
  I had a similar experience. I bought an open-box sound bar for my tv, got home and unboxed it to find that the sound bar was DOA and the serial number didn't match the box. I had bought it from a Best Buy about an hour from my home, and tried to return it, with receipt, to the Best Buy 15 minutes from home since I had bought it on a Sunday afternoon and wanted to return it same day if possible. I was told I had to bring it back to the original store since the serials didn't match; okay great Best Buy didn't do it's job checking serials when whoever had this item before me return-swapped it, but sure I'll go out of my way. I bring it back to the original store and they then tell me I'm on the no-return list from that time for 120 days. I've since stopped shopping at Best Buy.
  - gascan 9y ago
    That one's sort of understandable. Bad circumstance for everyone. Best Buy didn't do their due diligence, but you very clearly could have been the fraudster pulling the swap rather than the hapless victim.

by gascan 9y ago

Domenic_S 9y ago

Non-cheat here who got hit by best buy. I returned a Surface Pro and some other stuff -- they took it back but flagged me for no returns. So I stopped buying stuff there.

fjsolwmv 9y ago
Do they tell you "you are on notice, we won't accept returns from you anymore"?
- Domenic_S 9y ago
  Yeah, my ban was temporary (120 days?).
acct1771 9y ago
Off-topic, but very curious: why'd you return the Surface?
- Domenic_S 9y ago
  - When I unboxed it, on first boot it bluescreened - The stylus' battery was dead out of box - Sleep/wake behavior was not what I like -- took too long for me - Bluescreened about 3x/day on normal use
shawndellysse 9y ago
I had a similar experience. I bought an open-box sound bar for my tv, got home and unboxed it to find that the sound bar was DOA and the serial number didn't match the box. I had bought it from a Best Buy about an hour from my home, and tried to return it, with receipt, to the Best Buy 15 minutes from home since I had bought it on a Sunday afternoon and wanted to return it same day if possible. I was told I had to bring it back to the original store since the serials didn't match; okay great Best Buy didn't do it's job checking serials when whoever had this item before me return-swapped it, but sure I'll go out of my way. I bring it back to the original store and they then tell me I'm on the no-return list from that time for 120 days. I've since stopped shopping at Best Buy.
- gascan 9y ago
  That one's sort of understandable. Bad circumstance for everyone. Best Buy didn't do their due diligence, but you very clearly could have been the fraudster pulling the swap rather than the hapless victim.