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Hotler

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17. We can't take that book back it's been in the bathroom.

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Sat Jan 14, 2023, 10:38 AM

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independent bookstore owner slams customer who bought $800 of art/cook books for holiday decor [View all] Demovictory9 Jan 2023 OP

simple - a no returns policy. you buy it its yours. books are not likely to stop working nt msongs Jan 2023 #1

That's an extreme response to what appears to have been a single jerk. Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #3

How would it drive away customers ? JI7 Jan 2023 #6

I have lots of choices for where to buy books. Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #18

Trying to think why one would return a book? I'm moonscape Jan 2023 #25

Answer: he never intended to read the books... brooklynite Jan 2023 #27

I get that. I was replying to moonscape Jan 2023 #28

If I buy a book as a present, for example, Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #29

I do not see her tweets as a "slam", just frustration with a terrible asshole of a niyad Jan 2023 #2

Agreed Demovictory9 Jan 2023 #4

Maybe exchange or store credit but not refund . JI7 Jan 2023 #7

Per the article, the customer got a store credit. But the return policy needs niyad Jan 2023 #8

Idea cherish44 Jan 2023 #5

Oh, I think the customer spent a lot of time thinking it through. tanyev Jan 2023 #16

I would not avoid a bookstore with a policy of "all sales are final". Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #9

You gotta' be kidding me NJCher Jan 2023 #10

Yep. These could have been library books. intheflow Jan 2023 #24

Amazon allows books to be returned. I did it once when Croney Jan 2023 #11

Wow...how selfishly entitled was that! electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #12

I RARELY return things. Even Amazon has noticed as I've gotten accelerated service hlthe2b Jan 2023 #13

me too.... returned maybe 3 items out of a hundred purchases BlueWaveNeverEnd Jan 2023 #30

friend works in retail. Amazed at how much gets returned. dembotoz Jan 2023 #14

A book store that allows you to return the books is a library. bottomofthehill Jan 2023 #15

A 30-day return policy is pretty standard, Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #19

So you buy the book, read it, and return it? Beaverhausen Jan 2023 #32

No. I buy the book to give to someone at a baby shower - Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #33

But do you agree that store credit should be the only way to return? Beaverhausen Jan 2023 #34

Those are two different questions. Ms. Toad Jan 2023 #37

The seller says returns are actually very rare, @ 1%, usually Hortensis Jan 2023 #26

We can't take that book back it's been in the bathroom. Hotler Jan 2023 #17

I bought a book from Amazon about Dec 10th for my daughter's xmas gift panader0 Jan 2023 #20

The only things I've ever returned anywhere are excess building supplies, like two unneeded sinkingfeeling Jan 2023 #21

Using books as props - sort of sums up what's wrong with so much of our society. yardwork Jan 2023 #22

I'd be willing to bet the asshole who did this, can more than afford to buy Carlitos Brigante Jan 2023 #23

The customer needs to be identified and banned. LiberalFighter Jan 2023 #31

The bookstore's owner is Rebecca George from VOLUMES BOOKS TdeV Jan 2023 #35

🌞 Demovictory9 Jan 2023 #36