points at random new hire who has been allowed to work unsupervised for like three days
Well she did it for me last week!
Sir, you need to go to the customer service desk for refunds. This is the self checkout.
"Unexpected item in the bagging area!"
"Dont take that tone with me, young lady!"
Sir, this is a Walmart. Your receipt says Circuit City.
Guess it depends on what it is, but 90day warranties are still a thing. Everything is just meant to be disposable now though so I guess the idea of refunds is an older person thing.
Also depends on the country, in Australia warranties are defined by law as essentially infinite and only constrained by the "expectations of a reasonable person."
"Essentially infinite" is a bit of a stretch. The minimum warranty period is 12 months but it is true that there's no defined maximum period. The reasonably expected lifespan of a consumer good generally increases with its value. Manufacturers and retailers are free to offer further warranties in addition to the guaranteed warranty period under the consumer law but this does not reduce or replace your rights under the law.
I will add that change of mind refunds are not covered by Australian consumer law and it is uncommon for retailers to accept them compared to the US. You can usually exchange something for another item of equivalent value or store credit, but you usually can't buy a phone to try out and return it after 30 days for example.
I believe McConnell is too old to be a boomer, and is from the Silent generation.
Real ones would refund it anyway, fuck the company
Horrible advice. In many POS systems, the system enforces the refund policy. You have to input the receipt number, and once you do, the system tells you that a refund isn’t possible if it’s too old. And if the system allows it but protocol does not, it’s going to be real easy for management to find out who broke the rules and fire you for cause.
Press the feed button on the receipt printer to eject blank paper, pocket their receipt. Call management over saying dudes trying to return something he bought last week, but the receipt printer musta fucked up cause it's blank. Managers gonna hem and haw, pull em aside and say "cmon it's just a sad old man prolly didn't even notice he got a blank receipt"
Do they not teach cons anymore??
So you've never worked retail then huh?
I actually had an old man insist I give him his money back, for an empty can of beets that he said were bad, I asked him when he bought them so I could look up the receipt. "Oh, I think about this time last year."
Soundly accurate.
"I'd like to speak to the manager!!!" - idiots
"HAHAHA, AHAHAAHAAHAHAHA YOU FOOL, I AM THE MANAGER! WEEP MORTAL FOR YOU HAVE BROUGHT MY WRATH UPON YOURSELF."
But I read the book already, I don't need it anymore!
Then give it to the Library ya doof
Costco: "Sure, here's your money back. We'll just find the receipt in our system. Have a nice day!"
Was surprised two months retour policy is common online, makes more sense online but still that's quite the try out time.
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This reminds me what I did in Best Buy once. They have (or had?) A return/exchange policy of 2 weeks, so I went to get a huge TV, but I was not sure if I really wanted it.
So I bought a Samsung 75" Smart TV, two weeks later, said I didn't like it, exchanged it for an LG, 2 weeks later, said the same thing, exchanged it for a Vizio, and so on.
I ended up temporarily owning like 5-6 different smart TVs within a little over 3 months until I decided I no longer wanted it and returned it.
Did the same thing with headsets with 7 different pairs until I got the Sony XM3. US return/exchange policies go hard simetimes.
