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Re: Poor Target....
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Thu, 23 May 2002 00:50:18 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, John Hansen writes:
> > Let me know what the manager says.
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> Hey, who cares?
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> It is well said that the buyer should beware. But let the seller beware
> also. If they do not, it is their problem.
I'm with Richard on this one.
> I am not going to make a protracted defense of the Target/Wal-Mart
> switcheroo scenario, but have none of you ever recieved things at Xmas time
> that you wished to return but didn't have a reciept for the item? To further
> complicate things, you could only make an educated guess as to where the
> item was purchased. What did you do then? If you were me and you had
> received a George Foreman Grill (read: "useless pile of junk, difficult to
> clean, the enemy of any good cook, give me grandma's iron pan and a gas
> flame"), you took it to whomever would accept it.
Ha, I've seen these in the UK, guess they couldn't sell enough in the US.
> The whole thing pivots on intent -- and yes the intent to deceive is
> certainly present in the Target/Wal-Mart scenario, and not present in the
> Xmas scenario (where one makes a good faith attempt to return an item to the
> right place) -- but really, so what? Ultimately, the end is the same. If a
> retailer needs to protect against this kind of thing then they should
> maintain a strict no receipt, no return policy. Should they fail to
> maintain such a policy, surely their reasons for failing to do so are beyond
> my concern.
IT companies in this country actually note the serial numbers down of the
items they sell you. That way, you can only return the one item, and they
know if you try to switch it. I know this does not apply to all Lego (yet),
but the stores could mark their stock with a sticker or UV ink.
> O and BTW, let s/he who is without sin cast the first stone.
I always keep receipts. Call me Scrooge, but after christmas I check to see
if the presents I bought have been reduced. If so, I buy them again and
return on the original receipt so I get presents at sale prices (at the same
store).
Am I a smart shopper or a stealing swindler?
Mark
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| In lugnet.starwars, Mark Morgan writes: [...] (...) If you would, please take any continuation of this over to market.theory. thanks. -Suz (23 years ago, 23-May-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Hey, who cares? It is well said that the buyer should beware. But let the seller beware also. If they do not, it is their problem. I am not going to make a protracted defense of the Target/Wal-Mart switcheroo scenario, but have none of you (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-02, to lugnet.starwars)
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