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Yikes, that's pretty horrific. I think I'll be paying with cash at these places from now on.

by piracykills 9y ago

castis 9y ago
What is it you would hope to accomplish with that?
- brokensegue 9y ago
  by paying cash he avoids getting a credit card discount and other purchase protections but at least he gives the store a discount on processing fees.
- kodablah 9y ago
  Nothing to tie it to "you" so it's not your card that's used in conjunction with other items in the bad-item-returner flagging algorithm. Many stores ask for ID to return items in different circumstances (e.g. cash purchase, wanting cash back or not accepting store credit, etc).
  - jjeaff 9y ago
    They don't need to tie the purchases to you. Only the returns. Even in cases where you are banned from a store for excessive returns, you are still perfectly allowed to keep shopping there. You just can't return anything. So when you return items, they will ask for your id, even if you paid cash originally.
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  - Broken_Hippo 9y ago
    That doesn't actually solve the issue many times. Some stores simply require an ID for any and all refunds. The reason for this is fraud, actually: I worked at a retail pharmacy in the US, and we had a group of people that would look through the trash to find cash receipts. They would proceed to another store to steal the merchandise, and then to a third store to refund the item. Nearly all stores require ID if you do not have a receipt and enter it in their system. It might not be your card, but it'll be tied to your name and ID.
    - walshemj 9y ago
      Would not the receipt be id to the store some how?
      - ceejayoz 9y ago
        No reason a store can't require an ID to return something.
      - Broken_Hippo 9y ago
        Not really. Sure, it is proof of purchase, but we are talking fraud. Lots of folks throw receipts away. These folks searched the trash cans. Got receipts out that said method of payment was cash, stole the item and "returned" it. Yet another scam is to take such receipts from the trash, buy the item at a discount, and then return it to a more expensive store. Sure, the store can see the item was paid for by someone, and even see the store it was bought from. But it can't know if the person just found the receipt and is returning stolen goods or goods bought elsewhere so long as the barcode matches up.
- piracykills 9y ago
  Even if I get banned from returning, if it's a high value item I can get a friend to do the return or even pay someone if needed. I'm yet to have shopped anywhere that requires ID for a return too though, but even if that changes, cash is still a massive improvement in this sense.

Yikes, that's pretty horrific. I think I'll be paying with cash at these places from now on.

castis 9y ago

What is it you would hope to accomplish with that?

brokensegue 9y ago
by paying cash he avoids getting a credit card discount and other purchase protections but at least he gives the store a discount on processing fees.
kodablah 9y ago
Nothing to tie it to "you" so it's not your card that's used in conjunction with other items in the bad-item-returner flagging algorithm. Many stores ask for ID to return items in different circumstances (e.g. cash purchase, wanting cash back or not accepting store credit, etc).
- jjeaff 9y ago
  They don't need to tie the purchases to you. Only the returns. Even in cases where you are banned from a store for excessive returns, you are still perfectly allowed to keep shopping there. You just can't return anything. So when you return items, they will ask for your id, even if you paid cash originally.
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- Broken_Hippo 9y ago
  That doesn't actually solve the issue many times. Some stores simply require an ID for any and all refunds. The reason for this is fraud, actually: I worked at a retail pharmacy in the US, and we had a group of people that would look through the trash to find cash receipts. They would proceed to another store to steal the merchandise, and then to a third store to refund the item. Nearly all stores require ID if you do not have a receipt and enter it in their system. It might not be your card, but it'll be tied to your name and ID.
  - walshemj 9y ago
    Would not the receipt be id to the store some how?
    - ceejayoz 9y ago
      No reason a store can't require an ID to return something.
    - Broken_Hippo 9y ago
      Not really. Sure, it is proof of purchase, but we are talking fraud. Lots of folks throw receipts away. These folks searched the trash cans. Got receipts out that said method of payment was cash, stole the item and "returned" it. Yet another scam is to take such receipts from the trash, buy the item at a discount, and then return it to a more expensive store. Sure, the store can see the item was paid for by someone, and even see the store it was bought from. But it can't know if the person just found the receipt and is returning stolen goods or goods bought elsewhere so long as the barcode matches up.
piracykills 9y ago
Even if I get banned from returning, if it's a high value item I can get a friend to do the return or even pay someone if needed. I'm yet to have shopped anywhere that requires ID for a return too though, but even if that changes, cash is still a massive improvement in this sense.