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Stores will not take Returns

FlowerBear — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:08:41 GMT

Costco ( dont have one any where near)

and others stores have signs, I read, that they will not take returns of certain things.

This is really good in my opinion. Ones that over bought on toilet paper and wipes and other things and they stockpiled and left none for others should not be able to return.

Plus some bought so much to try and resell!

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itsmagic — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:05:40 GMT

And if the virus can live up to three days on some surfaces, it’s best to keep them out of the store after being who knows where.

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Preds — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:17:29 GMT

Good for them. You buy it, you use it! Too much...donate it to someone that couldn't find it.

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AngelPuppy1 — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:22:55 GMT

This is a very good policy! I hope all stores adhere to this! I was speaking to an employee in a drug store a week ago and she said people were coming in and piling their cart full of TP, wipes, clorox, etc. She said she certainly hoped that after all of this calmed down, that the store would not accept all of this stuff back after people decided they no longer needed it!

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Nonametoday — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:33:47 GMT

@AngelPuppy1 wrote:
This is a very good policy! I hope all stores adhere to this! I was speaking to an employee in a drug store a week ago and she said people were coming in and piling their cart full of TP, wipes, clorox, etc. She said she certainly hoped that after all of this calmed down, that the store would not accept all of this stuff back after people decided they no longer needed it!

@AngelPuppy1

Yes, it is. Yesterday, I picked up my husband's insulin from the drugstore. It was the wrong kind. The doctor had called in the wrong kind. I called the pharmacy and told them and asked them if I should bring it back. They told me "no." Destroy it. We will get the right kind for you. I asked if I would have to pay and they told me "no," that it was not my mistake, that it was my doctor's mistake but they would have to eat it because they could not take it back. I told them I had not even opened it, I just realized it when I got it home and started to put it away. They said, "even if you just touched the bag it is in, we cannot take it back."

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FlowerBear — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:39:51 GMT

@Preds YES donate it! That is the best suggestion.

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Nonametoday — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:44:05 GMT

I thought about donating it but then diabetics have such poor immune systems and who knows, I could have come in contact with someone in the store or on my way out, or whatever who has something that I decided the prudent thing to do is to keep it in the fridge and if he should need that kind of insulin within the "shelf life" period, we would have it. If not, I will destroy it when that "shelf life" period has expired. I would not want to donate it and give someone else something.

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Buffalogal47 — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 12:52:18 GMT

@AngelPuppy1 : This has nothing to do with the virus. Most states have rules against returning prescription medicine. The pharmacy cannot take it back. At least you don't have to pay for it since it wasn't your error. If your community ever has hazardous waste disposal days, you can bring unused prescriptions in and they will safely dispose of them so they don't contaminate the water table.

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JustJazzmom — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 15:32:29 GMT

Our local supermarket has put this into effect & stopped handing out rain checks too.

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Spurt — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 16:36:29 GMT

@FlowerBear

Glad to hear this....let the hoarders reap what they sowed!!! 👍

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SilleeMee — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 16:58:12 GMT

I won't be retuning any TP. That's for sure. LOL!

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Jersey Born — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 17:04:58 GMT

I don't think anyone will be trying to return their hoarded items, because this "shutdown" by states for all non-essential businesses is likely to continue for 18 months until a vaccine is made available. I read this just yesterday in Business Insider news. People have no idea how long this social isolation (and business shutdown) will last for them. So many small businesses are going to be permanently destroyed. It is very sad for them, and for all of us, too.

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shoesnbags — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 23:58:26 GMT

@Buffalogal47 wrote:
@AngelPuppy1 : This has nothing to do with the virus. Most states have rules against returning prescription medicine. The pharmacy cannot take it back. At least you don't have to pay for it since it wasn't your error. If your community ever has hazardous waste disposal days, you can bring unused prescriptions in and they will safely dispose of them so they don't contaminate the water table.

@Angelpuppy

I was about to post the same thing. I was told this years ago by the pharmacist.

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Porcelain — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 18:50:44 GMT

@Jersey Born wrote:
I don't think anyone will be trying to return their hoarded items, because this "shutdown" by states for all non-essential businesses is likely to continue for 18 months until a vaccine is made available. I read this just yesterday in Business Insider news. People have no idea how long this social isolation (and business shutdown) will last for them. So many small businesses are going to be permanently destroyed. It is very sad for them, and for all of us, too.

I have not heard about any lockdown lasting that long. Right now we are doing this to flatten the curve, not as a long term fix prior to a vaccine.

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LisaMofSLC — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 20:24:11 GMT

They'll be selling it out of the trunks of their cars, at a big loss.

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grandma r — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 21:44:16 GMT

Good!!! Happy to know the greedy jerks can't get their money back. For those trying to gouge prices, they should be fined and all of their stockpiles donated to the needy. And, no, they shouldn't be allowed to claim the cost as a loss on their taxes.

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Buffalogal47 — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 21:51:43 GMT

@grandma r : Price gouging during a state of emergency is a felony in some states. The lowlifes wouldn't be allowed a tax deduction for the loss of their hoard anyway. If they even bother to file income tax returns anyway.

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Maggie Nolia — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 21:54:12 GMT

Good move! I applaud them!

May the hoarders' stashes rot.

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grandma r — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 22:25:18 GMT

@Buffalogal47. The scumbag from Tennessee was interviewed. He said he didn't see anything wrong with what he did and would do it again. He said since he felt forced to donate the items, he plans to write off the cost on his taxes. He should at least be fined for his rotten behavior.

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Moonlady — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 22:25:39 GMT

Although we have a Costco here, we don't have a membership, but I say good for them. And I expect others will follow suit. Addressing the TP specifically, who knows where that's been?

When I buy TP, I expect it to come from a warehouse, with only a store as the intermediary--not someone's house or bathroom.