Latest responses to “Is There Anything Wrong With Taking Full Advantage of a Generous Return Policy?” Copyright 2013, MoneyBlueBook.com 436290 2009-02-26T14:09:45-08:00 Joe I think its bad. You can't compare this to a CEO's greed. A lot of these CEO's of private companies that make all of this money are worth there weight. I mean some of these people have grown fantastic org's. I look at people taking things and returning them as pretty sleezy, because someone else is going to buy that, at full price, dont they desirve a "new" product? Reason why people charge so much for things is because of people stealing, the CEO doesnt feel the pain, we do as the consumer. The only person you are hurting is the other consumers like you and me. 436280 2008-06-30T05:01:37-07:00 Raymond Lakawak, I Googled your listed email address, which I won't list here for privacy's sake. Apparently you've been spending lots of time posting angry ranting comments throughout the web on other blogs and websites as well. Your first and second sentence were legitimate comments, but your third sentence was totally off the deep end. Please relax and take your soothing meds. :) 436270 2008-06-30T03:52:55-07:00 lakawak There should be no "slkight" guilt. It should be full guilt. Or embarrassment about how much of a cheap ass white trash pathetic a****** [editor's bleeps] you are. 436260 2007-11-18T16:39:58-08:00 Hao One more comment, the reason for why they allow this kind of generous return policy may be that the chance of buying a product is increased even if you returned some of the products. Let's say, if you tried 10 products, you may end up with buying 5 of them. If you didn't try anyone, you probably won't buy one. So, the strategy of the store. 436200 2007-11-04T17:18:09-08:00 m I think it would be ok if you bought, changed your mind, and hadn't caused any damage or wear to the product, and returned it. But bying with the intention of using it and returning it definitely goes against my ethics. I'm fairly certain that any generous return policy is not set up for that purpose. It is for those who buy with the genuine intent of possibly keeping the item and then have a quick change of heart. It is not intended for those who are essentially renting the store's items without paying any rent or leasing fees. Doing that is within the letter of the policy, yes, but not in line with the spirit of the policy. Additionally, if enough people took advantage of the policy this same way it could result in a much more stringent return policy that would then make genuine returns much more difficult or even impossible for those who were using the original policy as intended. Like Ms. Micah said, it isn't wrong legally, but neither are a lot of practices that aren't so great morally/ethically. 436220 2007-11-03T19:55:45-07:00 Andrew S Yeah, there is the guilt trip thing. But do those large corporate CEO's have guilt trips after their endeavors? I think not. I generally find myself returning so much crap from these large department stores mainly because of the awful quality of it all. 436210 2007-11-03T19:03:59-07:00 Pinyo You're right about it not being illegal or against the policy, but it goes against the spirit of the policy, and this is definitely something that I would not do. 436250 2007-11-02T11:06:07-07:00 Kyle @ Rather-Be-Shopping Interesting ethical dilemma. Like you, I think seeing that the GPS that I just used for a long trip was being re-packaged and sold as new to some unsuspecting guy would keep me from doing it. For me, it is all about keeping good Carma. 436240 2007-11-02T10:58:49-07:00 Raymond When I returned the items I saw the manager tell his sales clerk to repackage the unit back into its box to be resold as new. I think that might work for electronics, but not sure about clothing. Either way, I can only do that so often till I start getting the guilt trip. 436230 2007-11-02T07:12:27-07:00 Mrs. Micah I don't know. I think it's good that you weren't so hampered by buyer's remorse or anything that you couldn't return stuff--that's a strength. Buying, using while you need them and returning---well, I guess it depends on whether you took good care of the items and they'll be resalable. Legally, it's not wrong, ethically it's a gray area.