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So whenever I see a flaw in a system, I feel that it is our duty as red blooded American's to take advantage of that loophole.
Recently, some jabroni $9/hr making retail employee at Niketown LA decided to waste my time by telling me I could not return something for store credit even though it was clearly within the bounds of the company return policy (It was actually my buddy and he had the receipt, but I had to drive him there so it wasted my time too but I digress). I told him to send his girlfriend in and have her return it with no receipt and I'm sure she could get store credit for it. Sure enough, when she went in a couple of days later they took the return no questions asked, and gave her the store credit. On top of the credit, they gave her a voucher for 20% off any item in the store if she used that credit within the next 2 hours. My buddy decided to take advantage of the 20% discount and bought a pair of shoes for $100 and took the balance in store credit.
My buddy still had other merchandise he needed to return to NTLA so we went back a couple of days later (my office is about a mile from there, so its not that inconvenient). I walked in, told them I didnt have a receipt and I just wanted store credit for the merchandise, and sure enough they handed me the credit and same voucher for 20% off. I immediately used the credit to buy the new home colorway Kobe V's for $104+ tax and took the balance in credit.
Now conceivably I (or a friend) could take those Kobe's back in and return it without a receipt. Upon doing so they would give me my $130+tax (full price) of credit and probably another voucher for 20% off. I could immediately take that credit and buy a pair of $160 shoes, use the 20% discount, and still have a couple bucks of store credit left over. The next day someone else could go in there and return the $160 shoes with no receipt and get $160+tax in credit plus another 20% off voucher. Lather rinse repeat.
Now I dont know if they give that 20% coupon everytime, but they gave it to us 2 out of 2 times. Worst case, you just rebuy the item (assuming you wanted it in the first place) and no harm no foul. All it took was a little bit of time out of your day. It's not like I'm robbing them or anything. It's their fault that they have a flawed return and reward system in place.
Cliffs:
- Buy something for regular price
- Return it with no receipt and get store credit + 20% off voucher
- Buy something more expensive and use 20% voucher
- Return that with no receipt and get FULL credit + 20% voucher
- Repeat
Recently, some jabroni $9/hr making retail employee at Niketown LA decided to waste my time by telling me I could not return something for store credit even though it was clearly within the bounds of the company return policy (It was actually my buddy and he had the receipt, but I had to drive him there so it wasted my time too but I digress). I told him to send his girlfriend in and have her return it with no receipt and I'm sure she could get store credit for it. Sure enough, when she went in a couple of days later they took the return no questions asked, and gave her the store credit. On top of the credit, they gave her a voucher for 20% off any item in the store if she used that credit within the next 2 hours. My buddy decided to take advantage of the 20% discount and bought a pair of shoes for $100 and took the balance in store credit.
My buddy still had other merchandise he needed to return to NTLA so we went back a couple of days later (my office is about a mile from there, so its not that inconvenient). I walked in, told them I didnt have a receipt and I just wanted store credit for the merchandise, and sure enough they handed me the credit and same voucher for 20% off. I immediately used the credit to buy the new home colorway Kobe V's for $104+ tax and took the balance in credit.
Now conceivably I (or a friend) could take those Kobe's back in and return it without a receipt. Upon doing so they would give me my $130+tax (full price) of credit and probably another voucher for 20% off. I could immediately take that credit and buy a pair of $160 shoes, use the 20% discount, and still have a couple bucks of store credit left over. The next day someone else could go in there and return the $160 shoes with no receipt and get $160+tax in credit plus another 20% off voucher. Lather rinse repeat.
Now I dont know if they give that 20% coupon everytime, but they gave it to us 2 out of 2 times. Worst case, you just rebuy the item (assuming you wanted it in the first place) and no harm no foul. All it took was a little bit of time out of your day. It's not like I'm robbing them or anything. It's their fault that they have a flawed return and reward system in place.
Cliffs:
- Buy something for regular price
- Return it with no receipt and get store credit + 20% off voucher
- Buy something more expensive and use 20% voucher
- Return that with no receipt and get FULL credit + 20% voucher
- Repeat