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yes we have consumer protections in US so that we can return stuff to the store

on several occasions i would buy power tools from home depot, do some home remodeling and then return them - they always took them back without question even when they were obviously used

but i never returned anything i liked and had use for - i only returned stuff that i either didn't like or i knew i would never use again

so in practice it isn't a big problem. any business bankrupted by returns is a shitty business to begin with. i return stuff to Amazon all the time including expensive things like a TV ( because i didn't like the picture quality ) and Jeff Bezos is still one of the richest men on earth

i think this return stuff that seems to be unique to America is good - because it weeds out companies with poor products who get destroyed by returns. Chinese think if they sold you some trash they successfully tricked you - which is true if you bought from China - but if you bought from an American store in America you just return it.

HERMETICVM 4mo ago

Haha, I do the same. Started buying new games ewely 2000s, copied them and returned them and just kept following that pattern with various devices and tools, though with some limits and only when it didn't come with collateral damage to a small business.

Europe has good consumer protection laws in that respect as well.

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Dissident Sound 4mo ago

i make no distinction between small and large business. in fact i generally avoid dealing with small businesses because they usually are a lot more greedy than large corporations. some pajeet in Amazon call center in India doesn't give a fuck if Amazon loses money when he grants me a refund, but a small business owner CARES A LOT if HE PERSONALLY loses that money. i find small businesses are a lot more reluctant to refund money than large corporations. only times i ever had issue getting refunded was with small businesses.

the purpose of business is to make money - this is the same for small and large business - only difference is to a large business you are a statistic and to a small business your refund is money the owner was personally planning to spend and therefore you aren't going to get the refund.