🚀 go-pugleaf

On Fri, 7 Aug 1998 00:20:26 -0500, "DKM" <daronm1@nospam.airmail.net>
wrote:

>I am a scam artist when it comes to buying and returning.
>I will be glad to send you a book on how to scam without losing, for
>only $20.

Stores like Best Buy probably get several fraudulent returns a day.
But, some customers don't think the store should have any right to
protect against fraud.  If the store didn't, we would be paying a lot
more for what we buy.

>---------------------
>Did your motherboard manufacturer release a newer revision of your =
>mainboard to fix
>bugs and even added some new features?
>Well heck, give yourself a free upgrade!

The store should refuse to take back your computer if the seal
on the case is broken, not that they're likely to look, or that you
can't whine to a manager and claim it came that way (if caught).

And, if I had my way, the stores would call the cops on *every*
apparent attempt at fraud.   None of that "oops, my wife put the
old VCR in the box."  Too bad this would be a public relations
nightmare (most people are not that bright enough to understand
why this would be a good thing for those who are honest).

>Take your old card in, tell them you bought it last Sunday, with cash =
>(so they can't try to trace your purchase)

Thank you for your several examples of why stores have a right to
refuse to take items back if there is something wrong.  No receipt, no
return, and they shouldn't be sorry.  And, if they make
an exception, it should be after you help narrow down the time
and register you bought the item at so that they can check their
computer and see if you really did make that cash purchase.

>If they still give you a hastle, talk to the manager as they are the one =
>who can say yea or nea without risking their job.

Seriously, if you have a problem with a store employee, don't give
the teen a hard time, just politely ask to speak to the manager.  

>> Not unresonable. There are alot of scam artists ripping
>> off stores. I feel sorry for the poor shmuck who had to
>> deal with you.
>
>Those poor smucks are jerks who are rude.
>I have a very hard time feeling sorry for one who sells computer garbage
>all day but acts as if he is a conceited king, no matter how little he =
>makes.

Yeah, I don't have a lot of respect for some salesman feeding me
a line of rubbish to get me to buy a computer with extended warranty.
But, the kids at the return counter get crap all day long and they're
not the ones feeding your garbage to make you buy something.