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I assume by 'grab' they mean shoplift or less politely, steal. There's also the trick of rooting through the store garbage for receipts, then going through the

I assume by 'grab' they mean shoplift or less politely, steal. There's also the trick of rooting through the store garbage for receipts, then going through the store to find the corresponding items and 'returning' things you never bought with the found receipt.

songshu 9y ago
A friend of mine found some shoes she liked in the right size at the wrong price in one store, and in the wrong size at the right price in another. She bought both and "returned" the wrong sized ones to the higher priced store.
- jschwartzi 9y ago
  Return policy arbitrage. Cool!
Haydos585x2 9y ago
This really seems like a solved problem in Australia. Once you leave the store with your purchase your reciept is stamped. If a stamped reciept is coming out of the store it's a simple check of the date and time, which can be verified by a checout-person. Ezpz. The biggest issue for theft that I saw was putting other items inside the box of a larger item. Say you buy a lawn mower, walk the box around the store, put some other items inside that box, pay for the lawn mower. Returns are mandated here though and I guess the US is anti-consumer in a lot of ways so companies won't really be forced to find solutions that don't explicitly benefit them.
- sethherr 9y ago
  Your proposed solution doesn’t resolve the issue you’re responding to, or a number of other issues I can think of. And it doesn’t resolve any issues for returns without receipt, which is definitely a large concern. I really don’t think Australia has this solved any better than the US, if this is the only solution.
- michaelmrose 9y ago
  Nobody has much trouble with these sorts of returns. Its stores that have more liberal policies like letting you return without a receipt that in turn must use something like TRE to flag fraud, theft, and abuse. Of course if you only allowed returns strictly with proper receipts all your challenges shockingly disapear except the all the people that are pissed off because their return is denied instead of only the minority now.
- Cd00d 9y ago
  What about gift returns?

songshu 9y ago

A friend of mine found some shoes she liked in the right size at the wrong price in one store, and in the wrong size at the right price in another. She bought both and "returned" the wrong sized ones to the higher priced store.

jschwartzi 9y ago
Return policy arbitrage. Cool!

Haydos585x2 9y ago

This really seems like a solved problem in Australia. Once you leave the store with your purchase your reciept is stamped. If a stamped reciept is coming out of the store it's a simple check of the date and time, which can be verified by a checout-person. Ezpz. The biggest issue for theft that I saw was putting other items inside the box of a larger item. Say you buy a lawn mower, walk the box around the store, put some other items inside that box, pay for the lawn mower. Returns are mandated here though and I guess the US is anti-consumer in a lot of ways so companies won't really be forced to find solutions that don't explicitly benefit them.

sethherr 9y ago
Your proposed solution doesn’t resolve the issue you’re responding to, or a number of other issues I can think of. And it doesn’t resolve any issues for returns without receipt, which is definitely a large concern. I really don’t think Australia has this solved any better than the US, if this is the only solution.
michaelmrose 9y ago
Nobody has much trouble with these sorts of returns. Its stores that have more liberal policies like letting you return without a receipt that in turn must use something like TRE to flag fraud, theft, and abuse. Of course if you only allowed returns strictly with proper receipts all your challenges shockingly disapear except the all the people that are pissed off because their return is denied instead of only the minority now.
Cd00d 9y ago
What about gift returns?