Returns and Refunds
Restocking Fees Explained and How to Avoid Paying Them
You send back a $480 robot vacuum, unopened except for the outer box, and the refund lands at $408.
A blender shows "Was $129, now $79, save 39%". You add it to the cart, feeling clever. Three weeks later a friend mentions she bought the same blender from the same shop for $79 in August, and in June, and probably last Christmas too.
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Returns and Refunds
You send back a $480 robot vacuum, unopened except for the outer box, and the refund lands at $408.
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Games
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A friend of mine bought a 55 inch television in late August for 640 dollars and watched the same model drop to 499 eleven weeks...
Returns and Refunds
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