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Re:The Rise of Return-Anything Culture by chiph on Saturday January 02, 2016 @09:31AM (#10826271)
I don't think I've made a return in the past 10 years. If I'm not sure I need an item, I don't buy it. If I get an inappropriate gift (wrong size, etc) I'll give it to Goodwill.
Re:The Rise of Return-Anything Culture by massysett on Saturday January 02, 2016 @10:36AM (#10826454)
I'm glad you're so lucky; in the past 10 years I've made many returns solely due to product defects. Recently I had a door knob that wouldn't install and a printer that tripped the circuit breaker when it warmed up. Sometimes you can exchange but then you run the risk that the next item will be equally defective.
Re:The Rise of Return-Anything Culture by peter303 on Saturday January 02, 2016 @01:55PM (#10827329)
I live in an older house where parts arent always the same sizes as now. I learn to buy a couple of the nearest best guesses and return the less better.
Re:The Rise of Return-Anything Culture by donatj on Saturday January 02, 2016 @11:20AM (#10826597)
Not a single thing was broken? I had particularly bad luck with Amazon this December and received four different items broken when I opened the box.
Re:The Rise of Return-Anything Culture by chiph on Saturday January 02, 2016 @11:37PM (#10829517)
So far, no. The only one I was nervous about was a ceramic cat water fountain, but it arrived fine.

I have had discs from Netflix arrive unreadable/broken (yes, I still do the by-mail thing as I get consistent picture quality even on Saturday nights). I'm not sure if that counts as a store return though, as I just drop it in the mail and they send me a replacement.