Returning opened formula?

[piaffe]

Anyone had success returning opened formula that ended up not working out for your baby? I have the receipt and it's from Walmart.

[mainelyfoolish]

They might take it back as a courtesy, but that isn't something it would occur to me to do. If I bought a new food for myself to try and I didn't like it, I wouldn't try to return the rest of it.

[Deleted]

We weren't even allowed to return unopened formula 27 minutes after my husband bought the wrong one.

[buffysummers]

I've returned opened formula to Costco, but I doubt Walmart would let you.

[megs193]

I wouldn't feel comfortable returning opened formula. I don't think food banks can take opened formula cans but maybe a friend could use it?

[piaffe]

Walmart did allow me to return it because I had my receipt. Otherwise they wouldn't know if it had come from the WIC office or not. It had to be within a certain number of days but since I just got it on the 24th it was no problem.
Thankful I could return it since it wasn't working for baby and formula isn't cheap. I was willing to donate if they hadn't taken it back but sure glad they did. Also SAMs follows same procedure at least local to me.
Me not liking a food is a little different than a baby not tolerating a formula at least to me, maybe I'm wrong.

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Feb 1, 2014 21:09:11 GMT -5 piaffe said:

Walmart did allow me to return it because I had my receipt. Otherwise they wouldn't know if it had come from the WIC office or not. It had to be within a certain number of days but since I just got it on the 24th it was no problem.
Thankful I could return it since it wasn't working for baby and formula isn't cheap. I was willing to donate if they hadn't taken it back but sure glad they did. Also SAMs follows same procedure at least local to me.
Me not liking a food is a little different than a baby not tolerating a formula at least to me, maybe I'm wrong.

Well it's different I agree, but not a problem that Walmart needs to be on the hook for, IMHO.  If you had a bad reaction to an antibiotic would you ask CVS for your money back?

[shellbear09]

Walmart takes everything back. I remember someone saying here that even unopened formula that is returned is thrown out. Makes sense but I just didn't know that.

Eta: We had this happen before and I just threw it out. Food that is bad I would return but not for this reason.

[catbus]

Feb 1, 2014 21:49:53 GMT -5 @starry said:

Glad they took it back! No flames from me

I also think it's fine.

[hrp22]

Walmart told me that I couldn't even return unopened formula. I called their corporate hotline and they confirmed. I'm surprised they took it back.

[dragonfly08]

I'm glad for you that they took it back. I personally wouldn't even have thought to do that...an unopened can, sure, but an opened one? No different IMO than me buying a product that I didn't like/didn't agree with me. You write it off to lessons learned and don't buy it again.

And FWIW, my older DD did have reactions to lactose based formula. I just tossed the rest of the unopened can and went out to buy the soy stuff our ped recommended. Part of the cost of doing business with kids.

[Jalapeñomel]

I find it strange that they would take back an opened food product.

[rikki]

This seems so bizarre to me. It isn't like returning a pair of shoes that they can sell to another customer. If there was something wrong with it (like it was expired) that would be one thing, but I would have just chalked this up to the things you learn being a mom.

For the record, E has been on not less than 8 different formulas while I tired to find one that worked for him. It's not the stores fault that he has a weird tummy.