A lot are worn once or never because people love to buy parents more baby clothes than a baby (or two) can actually wear.
Or the sizing is messed up so you miss your 2 day window when it actually fits.
Look, I'm not buying a used onesie. But I'm a vegetarian, I ride public transportation daily and I diligently recycle. Ok? Lol.
I would be worried if you were buying onesies lol. I will say that the Oakland/Berkeley parent buy sell trade makes recycling kid stuff awesomely easy.
Huh, this frequent shoe exchanger apparently doesn't feel any shame. And sounds pretty stupid making the argument.
L.L. Bean Has Ended Unlimited Returns, and I Am Fairy Certain It’s My Faulthttps://slate.com/business/2018/02/l-l-bean-has-ended-unlimited-returns-and-i-am-fairly-certain-its-my-fault.html
“Every year, around Christmas, I would drive to the L.L. Bean store in the Old Orchard Mall in Skokie, Illinois, near where I grew up, to exchange my old shoes for new ones. Over the years, it became a cherished family outing.”
“While I agree that it’s bad karma for people to buy old L.L. Bean merchandise at yard sales for cheap and then return it at L.L. Bean as if they had purchased it there—Gorman claims that this happened, and I do not doubt him—I am nevertheless annoyed by his blamey statement. Customers of a retail store should not be expected to be strict Constitutional originalists. If the intent behind a given policy varies from the text of the policy, then it’s incumbent on the company to change the text of the policy to better reflect its intent. That’s not the customer’s responsibility.”
“While I agree that it’s bad karma for people to buy old L.L. Bean merchandise at yard sales for cheap and then return it at L.L. Bean as if they had purchased it there—Gorman claims that this happened, and I do not doubt him—I am nevertheless annoyed by his blamey statement. Customers of a retail store should not be expected to be strict Constitutional originalists. If the intent behind a given policy varies from the text of the policy, then it’s incumbent on the company to change the text of the policy to better reflect its intent. That’s not the customer’s responsibility.”
No, but customers, and humans in general, should be expected to not act like a sniveling herd of twatwaffles. Come on, people! This is the difference between being able to use a generous service and being a totally unethical douchecanoe by exploiting that service.
I spend a lot of money at stores that have generous return policies because I’m more willing to risk the purchase then. I rarely return but I like knowing a company stands behind their product longer than 30 days. And generally I think the policies make sense for the company (like Nordstrom) because otherwise they’d change them (like LL Bean).
When I worked at the Baby Gap, they used to take back everything, There was a woman who came in with a denim dress covered in Cheetos and I was supposed to ask if it was worn so we could damage it out and not resell and she assured me that it had never been worn. My 18 year old self was horrified. Needless to say that generous exchange/return policy has long disappeared. People are the worst.
I worked at Old Navy and the day after Halloween was the WORST. We'd get a bunch of UMC moms returning Halloween costumes and shirts insisting that they'd never been worn. The candy stains and crushed leaves said otherwise. They had no shame.
I worked at Nordstrom which had an amazing return policy at the time (I’m not sure if they’ve changed if at all since then). The worst returns were in the lingerie department. Used undies were the one thing that went right into a special trash bag. One lady returned a bra she said she’d only worn a few times and found it uncomfortable, which was common, but this bra was so worn out and had been washed so many times. I have bras I’ve had for several years that don’t look anywhere near as bad as this one did. Another lady returned a really smelly old sweater she said she got as a gift and it had no identifying tags. My manager did the return and later told me she did recognized it being from Nordstrom, from like 10 years before! Another sad story was a woman getting a divorce after being a SAHM for 20 years and was returning everything in her closet, but a lot of that stuff did still have tags, even if it was old, and she had been well-known customer. The do have a loss management/ security department and track the people making the returns and will refuse people who abuse the policy (and watch them to see if they are returning stolen goods).
I know people who would buy a dress for an event (formal dance, wedding, etc), wear it with the tags tucked inside, and then return the dress to the store after the event.
Yeah, that's why Express started putting tags on the outside of their dresses, I noticed. And changing their policy so dresses couldn't be returned without the tag.
I found a reddit board or something once where people were seeing who could offer the most outrageous story about Bean's return policy. One poster claimed that somebody returned clothes that were cut off of them in a car accident, and Bean took the clothes back.
This is actually less egregious to me than returning slippers that are several years old, lol. I mean, getting into an accident that's so bad your clothes have to be cut off of you? Probably sucks a WHOLE lot. That's really good publicity for a store to offer restitution to that person, you know?
I think this thread should go into the CEP annals of "How To Not Suck As a Human," just under the washcloth thread.
This discussion made me think of my Jansport backpack which I used in college and which my son eventually used up through 4th grade. Twenty years of scholastic memories and we let it pass honorably once it's time was up. (sniff)
LOL I had no idea people would be so up in arms about a hypothetically returned pair of slippers. I never actually returned them. They're still going strong.
To bring this thread full circle, have we forgotten that the LL Bean owners are Trump supporters?
Post by karinothing on Feb 10, 2018 10:12:44 GMT -5
My former punk rock self would be ashamed but just because they are a mega million dollar corporation that doesn't give anyone free license to act unethically
Won’t somebody please think of the downtrodden, multi-million dollar company?!
We’re not. We are thinking of ourselves and how this policy affects our legitimate returns when we don’t abuse a policy but lost out on an opportunity to have legitimate customer needs met.
Won’t somebody please think of the downtrodden, multi-million dollar company?!
We’re not. We are thinking of ourselves and how this policy affects our legitimate returns when we don’t abuse a policy but lost out on an opportunity to have legitimate customer needs met.
why is this so hard to understand?
11 total posts, the only 2 in the last 4+ years being in this one thread? I'm guessing she gets it, just wants to screw with people. I'm just guessing it's another one of greyfuckera's log ins (and/or the spineless coward PMing death threats).
My friends own a costume shop, and you would not believe how many people try to return costumes after Halloween. Despite HUGE signs all over the store that say all sales are final.
The second problem they have is people coming in during Halloween (their busiest time of year) to try on costumes, taking pictures of themselves in the costume, and then buying the costume online. A retail store is not your own personal fitting room, especially if it's a locally owned business.
(I'm going to assume we've moved on to how much the general populace sucks.)
I went to Hallmark last week and some woman was just taking pictures of the cards instead of buying them.
I found a reddit board or something once where people were seeing who could offer the most outrageous story about Bean's return policy. One poster claimed that somebody returned clothes that were cut off of them in a car accident, and Bean took the clothes back.
I bought H a new LL Bean coat last year. He was in a head on accident last month when wearing it. It now has permanent marks from his seat belt. I never thought to even think of returning it. I figured that just sucks that I have to buy a new one.
My friends own a costume shop, and you would not believe how many people try to return costumes after Halloween. Despite HUGE signs all over the store that say all sales are final.
The second problem they have is people coming in during Halloween (their busiest time of year) to try on costumes, taking pictures of themselves in the costume, and then buying the costume online. A retail store is not your own personal fitting room, especially if it's a locally owned business.
(I'm going to assume we've moved on to how much the general populace sucks.)
I went to Hallmark last week and some woman was just taking pictures of the cards instead of buying them.
My friends own a costume shop, and you would not believe how many people try to return costumes after Halloween. Despite HUGE signs all over the store that say all sales are final.
The second problem they have is people coming in during Halloween (their busiest time of year) to try on costumes, taking pictures of themselves in the costume, and then buying the costume online. A retail store is not your own personal fitting room, especially if it's a locally owned business.
(I'm going to assume we've moved on to how much the general populace sucks.)
I went to Hallmark last week and some woman was just taking pictures of the cards instead of buying them.
I’d just assume they were texting/emailing them to someone to choose. I do that a lot when I’m at a store and then go back and get the item. A little weird with cards but what else could she be doing with them? I can’t imagine they would print well.
Also, I admit I do take a lot of pictures at Aldi for my Aldi fan blog of items I might not buy that week but I do buy other items in the trip.
My friends own a costume shop, and you would not believe how many people try to return costumes after Halloween. Despite HUGE signs all over the store that say all sales are final.
The second problem they have is people coming in during Halloween (their busiest time of year) to try on costumes, taking pictures of themselves in the costume, and then buying the costume online. A retail store is not your own personal fitting room, especially if it's a locally owned business.
(I'm going to assume we've moved on to how much the general populace sucks.)
I went to Hallmark last week and some woman was just taking pictures of the cards instead of buying them.
When picking cards for the in laws (or presents) I will text pics to DH to let him make the final choice. I do buy one of the options, I just want to get DH’s input.
Yup. I started it when Aldi started expanding. It has become quite popular and a nice source for (obviously paid) freelance work for me. People love Aldi!
I love my LL Bean cat slippers. I would never think that I could return them after wearing them for a few years. People suck.
I frequent a boutique in the summer. The owner and I have become friendly, and she told me that people will come in, try on clothes, and then go on their phones and purchase from the manufacturer. While they are still in her shop! People have no shame.
Yup. I started it when Aldi started expanding. It has become quite popular and a nice source for (obviously paid) freelance work for me. People love Aldi!
I went to Hallmark last week and some woman was just taking pictures of the cards instead of buying them.
When picking cards for the in laws (or presents) I will text pics to DH to let him make the final choice. I do buy one of the options, I just want to get DH’s input.
Could they have been doing that?
She didn't buy anything she left before we did. Granted, I don't know what she was doing. I just thought it was odd.
LOL I had no idea people would be so up in arms about a hypothetically returned pair of slippers. I never actually returned them. They're still going strong.
To bring this thread full circle, have we forgotten that the LL Bean owners are Trump supporters?
Yup. I started it when Aldi started expanding. It has become quite popular and a nice source for (obviously paid) freelance work for me. People love Aldi!
I reiterate, people are weird. Lol!
Yup. Personally I hate grocery shopping but people seem to love to read about it. LOL
I went to Hallmark last week and some woman was just taking pictures of the cards instead of buying them.
When picking cards for the in laws (or presents) I will text pics to DH to let him make the final choice. I do buy one of the options, I just want to get DH’s input.