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forest444

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12. Don't remind me!

Reply to Travis_0004 (Reply #8)

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 02:05 PM

Oct 2015

I was a little kid at the time; but I clearly remember that's when mom began making a point of keeping the receipt no matter how tiny the purchase because the need to return things became so frequent.

Now, of course, it's just something you take for granted. Just another example of "hidden inflation," I suppose.

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Walmart drops Made in USA labels after deceptive advertising probe [View all] inanna Oct 2015 OP

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Ah so! forest444 Oct 2015 #3

Did they make plates? Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2015 #6

Sure. You might even say they were a slice of life some years back. forest444 Oct 2015 #11

They can steal as much as they can through being deceptive, and keep the profits, just stop jtuck004 Oct 2015 #2

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Yup but that has changed in the name of profit Travis_0004 Oct 2015 #8

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Don't remind me! forest444 Oct 2015 #12

with no charges, I'm sure they'll never do it again. bbgrunt Oct 2015 #5

Bartcop was fond of saying: When someone does something, especially by accident . . . Journeyman Oct 2015 #13

Meant to post this yesterday. louis-t Oct 2015 #7

But they have to do thngs like this to have the whole family, each individual member, on the list of Dustlawyer Oct 2015 #14

I don't usually judge people but the Walton's seem disgusting. gvstn Oct 2015 #18

They should be fined FreakinDJ Oct 2015 #10

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