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Back in the days of brick-and-mortar shopping there used to be people who bought a large screen TV shortly before a big sports game and then returned it afterwa
by jhbadger 6y ago
Back in the days of brick-and-mortar shopping there used to be people who bought a large screen TV shortly before a big sports game and then returned it afterwards. A lot of stores revised their return policies because of this.
- copperx 6y agoI'm curious about the policy. "You can't return a TV if there has been a sports game on TV".
- lotu 6y agoJust like the super bowl or World Series or whatever.
- ponker 6y agoYou could institute a restocking fee on any returns.
- dylan604 6y agoIf the restocking fee is low enough, people would just consider it a rental fee. You'd need to make it close to 50% fee to discourage the massive returns
- kelnos 6y agoIf the restocking fee accurately represents the cost to the store to repackage it and put it back out on the floor, and probably lower its price -- perhaps with a little left over -- then I think everyone comes out ok here. The returner gets to "rent" a TV for a weekend, and the retailer gets to pocket a little money for allowing the "rental" to happen, while covering the cost to resell the TV.
- bluedino 6y agoBest Buy doesn’t have that policy, I don’t think any of the major retailers do.
- m463 6y agoI remember hearing from someone that in some parts of florida, the retirees would come down for the winter and just before returning to go back north, flock to the store and return a bunch of stuff.
- bluedino 6y agoMy father in law will buy certain things (like a wedge pillow) that are too bulky to fly with, when he arrives at his destination. And then return it on the way back to the airport