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Re:Customer returned $800 in books after using them to stage... by Freak_NL on Monday January 16, 2023 @08:46AM (#34400568)
> If the stock is any good, it will get sold anyway, just as nearly-new instead of new.

Not really. Most of it ends up in a dumpster unless these are really high-end items. Or in some liquidation warehouse if the quality is good enough. Otherwise, probably on a landfill in Ghana.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/30/business/online-shopping-...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-12/fast-fashion-turning-...

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Re:Customer returned $800 in books after using them to stage... by bdw5204 on Monday January 16, 2023 @09:44AM (#34401109)
That's a really good reason why clothing stores should be exchange-only for returns. If you don't like it or it doesn't fit, you should be able to find something else in the store that fits that you do like.

Return fraud leading to perfectly good clothes being wasted is not only bad for the environment but likely leads to higher clothes prices for legitimate customers.

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