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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.