Returning a $50 item is expected to cost an average of $33, up 59% from 2020, according to Optoro, a returns processor.
you better believe im exploiting that if it becomes true. Accelerate the decline of retail and get free shit, win win.
This has happened a couple times with me and my partner
We bought some FiestaWare plates from Kohl's and a couple of them had scratches and chips
We started the return process and they were like "Yeah, just keep the ones that are okay and we'll give you a full refund"
I was absolutely flabbergasted because I'm used to getting the third degree about this sort of thing
Returns in general are so bad. Probably the #1 form of "treat nation" over consumption in the US. Because they just throw that stuff away. People really shouldn't buy something just to "try it out" because the cost is hidden. Of course I've also done a return before.
This is **already ** happening at certain levels. I lost a charger cable and ordered one online only to then find it after it had already shipped. Decided to return it to a dropoff point and after I went through the steps recieved an email telling me not to bother returning it and that they had already refunded my card. I wholly endorse and recommend everyone abuse this.
amazon did this a lot and i got a bunch of free shit that way :lenin-laugh:
Another tip thats worked for me when buying off amazon: Give a 1 star review to something. We bought an elliptical exercise machine off amazon, which was around $300 and left a bad review; mentioned that I would return the machine if it wasn't such a pain to disassemble. The company messaged me and told me they would refund me if I deleted the review. Free elliptical!
I've heard quite a few stories related to this. Like if you buy some cheap dongle or other mass produced products, inside the box is a little card that says they'll give you free Amazon credit for a 5 star review or they'll give you some other free shit instead.
Some of these sellers build up a hugely positive rating and heel turn at some point, start selling "video cards" or other expensive shit and start shipping rocks or sand instead and basically exit scam. Obviously this isnt all of these sellers but there is some money to be made by doing this tactic since Amazon is so hands off on this when it's third party sellers
I've never had to return. I've been told toss it. And obviously I didn't. But its been small items
Like I said its usually been small items like most recently I bought a pizza cutter wheel but got shipped a normal handle version. Both would be like 10-15$ value so they didn't care
Never had luck back in the day (back in the 00s), but I only tried with big tech suppliers.
Most of my returns to Amazon no matter how small the item I've had to drive to a UPS and send the thing off. I bought a defective fan pc fan cable and had to ship that thing off. This was as recent as November.
Nearest Kohls is a few hours drive away, rather just deal with UPS.
Honestly lots of places you can get some free shit pretty easy already. For example I ordered a bunch of pants from Dickies a lil while ago and they never showed up. Called them and they just sent out new ones as soon as I asked. Obviously it works better if it is somewhere you shop regularly and use it sparingly... But I had never even bought from dickies before and they just shipped out 100 bucks worth of stuff without a 2nd thought. Shame I didn't actually receive the first order.
This happened to my parents last year. They got tired of bugs crawling out of the live Christmas trees they got every year, so they got an artificial one. Didn't fit together correctly, they ask for a refund, company says "whatever, keep it." This motivates my dad to take a saw to it, and they now have a very wobbly but functional tree
My parents did exactly this same thing. Lights didn't work on the first tree, Amazon said keep it and sent another. My dad fiddled around and got the lights working and now uses the second tree for spare parts.
