Best place to return something withou a receipt

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by Keselke

I wonder what the view is like for all the Cpers in their ivory towers

[Hack&Lube]

Originally Posted by malcolmk14

That's right, my intention was for them to assume I meant another Canadian Tire store. I was hoping they wouldn't ask, because if they did, I would have said London Drugs and they probably would not have allowed the exchange. But they never asked.

If I was being totally forthright I would have just said "I purchased it at London Drugs and they didn't have the colour I wanted" and I also wouldn't have said, "I don't have a receipt." Because I did have a receipt, it just wasn't a Canadian Tire one.

-some ninja edits because I didn't read the original post properly.

By the letter of the law, that's still return fraud (cross-store return). Maybe red and orange ones are less popular as they are plentiful and London Drugs was trying to clear inventory, thus offering discount. Canadian Tire might now have one more model in inventory that is slower to move.

That you felt kind of bad is just because you were cognizant that you were trying to pull a fast one in fooling the Canadian Tire guy into thinking that you bought it at another Canadian Tire store, had no receipt, and were doing an equal value trade.

What was your question?

[Flamenspiel]

Originally Posted by malcolmk14

I have a question for the morality police.

In September I wanted to buy my girlfriend a KitchenAid stand mixer for her birthday.

London Drugs had red and orange ones for $299 and Canadian Tire had about 9 colours (including red and orange), and white ones all for $349. At this time I was unaware of Canadian Tire's price match policy.

Exact same model number, SKU number, etc., everything was the same except for the colour and the price.

I purchased the London Drugs red one for $299, took it to Canadian Tire and said, "I bought this stand mixer at another store and that store did not have a white one, I was wondering if I could trade it with you guys for a white one? I do not have a receipt."

They did it no problem.

Essentially they traded a white stand mixer for a red one, I didn't see the harm in it but I still for some reason felt kind of bad.

Yea, I am not going to judge anyone here other then to say that by being assertive when purchasing things you can usually get what you want, where you want it at the best price without wasting time on some of these scams.

You walk into a store, show them the price and work out a deal. Usually they will beat it, match it, or come close. In some cases coming close is enough because i value the local service they provide.

[malcolmk14]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

-some ninja edits because I didn't read the original post properly.

By the letter of the law, that's still return fraud (cross-store return). Maybe red and orange ones are less popular as they are plentiful and London Drugs was trying to clear inventory, thus offering discount. Canadian Tire might now have one more model in inventory that is slower to move.

That you felt kind of bad is just because you were cognizant that you were trying to pull a fast one in fooling the Canadian Tire guy into thinking that you bought it at another Canadian Tire store, had no receipt, and were doing an equal value trade.

What was your question?

I don't know.

[WhiteTiger]

This is the right place for these links:

Hardest places to return stuff:
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/ret...050001702.html

Easiest places to return stuff:
http://portal.kiplinger.com/article/...-policies.html