On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 22:21:42 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2015-07-19 20:20, wrote:
>
>>> Well, you have crap consumer laws over there if that's the case.
>>>
>>>
>> He's just rattling on. The very, very few stores here that
>> do not have a return/refund policy don't last long. They'd
>> certainly not get my business if that is their policy.
>
>Stores should stand behind the products they sell. If you buy a product
>that fails to deliver they should offer a replacement or a refund. If,
>OTOH, you want to return something because you don't really need it....
>that would depend on the product. You can't order 2 pounds of meat from
>your butcher and decide a day or two later that you don't need that much
>and expect a refund.
>

There will always be someone that will try to though. Most stores
have liberal return policies, but they do have to protect themselves a
bit. Food store will take back anything found to be spoiled.

Records, CDs, tapes, have never been returnable unless defective or
unopened. If they just took them back, people would watch the movie
or copy the CD and return it.

People do buy specialty tools, use them, return them. Pure abuse and
stealing from the retailer and we all pay for that.

To answer the original comment, there are plenty of laws in place to
protect the consumer if a product is defective. Stores can also
protect themselves from the abusers too.