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marvinmartian
I have a related question to this topic. I understand that it may be fraudulant to return something for more than you paid for it. However, there are some interesting potential circumstances I would think would have bearing on the situation. Refering to Chain retailers, where each store may make different pricing/clearance decisions that don't reflect accross the entire chain: If store A has an item on clearance, and it can be purchased at $1, store B (and possibly all the other stores) VALUE that item at $5, why is it fraud to accept the higher amount (and we are talking about store credit here, not cash)? Isn't it simply a market? Store A values the item at one price, and store B values it at another? Isn't it indeed fraud on the chain's part to sell higher priced items without informing the customer they are available at cheaper prices in other of their own stores? Wouldn't this be a double standard? We can do it , but you can't? They buy for a cheaper price than they sell at, why is this different, especially if they set the sale price, and the return price, and it is all done in store credit anyways? All cash flow is into the business, not to the customer. It seems to me that when customers with gift receipts return items and get lower prices than is on the receipt just because it's a gift receipt is WRONG. If retailers, especially chains, are going to have policies to accept returns without receipts, then they should insure that they don't return them at higher prices than they were purchased at, anywhere in the chain.