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> Eventually the concept of refunds will become very rare. I don’t think so—it makes the risk of purchase too high, and people will buy less. Which is not wha
by mcphage 10mo ago
> Eventually the concept of refunds will become very rare.
I don’t think so—it makes the risk of purchase too high, and people will buy less. Which is not what the sellers want.
> it, along with free shipping were pretty rare before Amazon and Walmart.
Refunds were not rare before Walmart and Amazon.
- harvey9 10mo agoRefund-without-return is what might fade out. I've had that with low value things like a lightbulb that had the wrong fitting.
- websiteapi 10mo agofree shipping even for returns were indeed rare, thus a refund was not free, nor complete
- mcphage 10mo agoYou just took it back to the store, there was no shipping involved.
- websiteapi 10mo agowe're talking about e-commerce here...
- mcphage 10mo agoAre we? Your very next line was about buying something from a street merchant.