RFD Classic - Woman returns Christmas tree in January because it's 'dead'
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RFD Classic - Woman returns Christmas tree in January because it's 'dead'
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- YVRdarb [OP]
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- iEyeCaptain
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dude
she bought a dead tree and returned cuz its dead
wut
she bought a dead tree and returned cuz its dead
wut
- sandeeS
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Didn't sheridannurseries used to give 3 or 5 years guarantee? If the tree is dead or dont get fruits in 3 or 5 years?
And this is costco. I have seen worse things returned at costco.
“There are some things money can’t buy, and for everything else there’s MasterCard. Well, get out your checkbooks ladies and gentlemen, because it seems like the entire liberal cabinet can be bought. TRUDEAU: I CAN’T BE BOUGHT...LMAO. Because its 2017
- badOne
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Well, Costco had no business selling a customer a dead tree to begin with!
- S52B
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These people make me irrationally angry...
- Micelli_Illuminatti
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Good on Costco.
Corvus oculum corvi non eruit.
- flash67
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There goes Costco's return policy for every innocent person.
- McKinsey
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I am no longer surprised after reading some of the posts by members here.
- eonibm
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Yeah I was behind a lady who was returning a 1/2 used box of washing powder discs because they were no good. I commented that they were already 1/2 used and wouldn't she know that as soon as she started using them? She just shrugged her shoulders. At the counter the clerk showed her the 6 previous boxes of the exact same washing powder discs she returned before. Her game was to buy them, use 1/2, then return them to get a full refund, then do the same thing all over again. She did not get a refund but protested. How can someone be so dishonest and sleep at night. It's nothing but fraud. I wish Costco would tighten their return policies as this just costs us all more.
- Micelli_Illuminatti
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Agreed. Anecdotally, I heard of people going to restaurants, eating 1/2 to 2/3 of their meals and then complaining about it. Some make a scene and get to not pay for their food. The poor waitress is stuck with the bill.
That's just wrong on so many levels.
Corvus oculum corvi non eruit.
- sandeeS
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I agree.Micelli_Illuminatti wrote: ↑ Good on Costco.
“There are some things money can’t buy, and for everything else there’s MasterCard. Well, get out your checkbooks ladies and gentlemen, because it seems like the entire liberal cabinet can be bought. TRUDEAU: I CAN’T BE BOUGHT...LMAO. Because its 2017
- Bunyak
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Or just hand out lifetime bans.eonibm wrote: ↑ Yeah I was behind a lady who was returning a 1/2 used box of washing powder discs because they were no good. I commented that they were already 1/2 used and wouldn't she know that as soon as she started using them? She just shrugged her shoulders. At the counter the clerk showed her the 6 previous boxes of the exact same washing powder discs she returned before. Her game was to buy them, use 1/2, then return them to get a full refund, then do the same thing all over again. She did not get a refund but protested. How can someone be so dishonest and sleep at night. It's nothing but fraud. I wish Costco would tighten their return policies as this just costs us all more.
- Kiraly
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It's not dead, it's just resting.
- PointsHubby
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Yes “Tree Guarantees” are common at better nurseries like Sheridan
Some nurseries offer plant & flower guarantees too
Cannot recall who right off the bat, but before Christmas I read an ad for a Living Christmas Tree from a nursery
You buy the tree in a pot... use it as a Christmas Tree, then plant it outdoors in the Spring
It had a Guarantee too
- bylo
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Agreed. Consider the value to Costco of all the free publicity. Costco gets sympathy from people who believe the woman is wrong. People who didn't know Costco has one of the best return policies in the business now know that they do. They may join Costco because of that even if they would never pull the sort of stunt the woman did.Micelli_Illuminatti wrote: ↑ Good on Costco.
All for the wholesale price of one Christmas tree. Brilliant!
This reminds me of the Nordstrom Tire Return legend. They reportedly took back a car tire under their no-quibble returns policy even though Nordstrom doesn't even sell car tires. Whether that story is true or not is besides the point. The enduring PR value of that decades-long legend is priceless.
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- virgonomic
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In this case a manager comps the food. The waitress is not stuck with the bill.Micelli_Illuminatti wrote: ↑ Agreed. Anecdotally, I heard of people going to restaurants, eating 1/2 to 2/3 of their meals and then complaining about it. Some make a scene and get to not pay for their food. The poor waitress is stuck with the bill.
- l69norm
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Looking at some other versions of the photo, I'm not sure it's an Xmas tree.
Most photos are cropped so the trunk isn't visible. The trunk doesn't look like a commercial cut Xmas tree.
It looks more like a juniper/ shrub of some kind.
Edit here's the uncropped photo
Most photos are cropped so the trunk isn't visible. The trunk doesn't look like a commercial cut Xmas tree.
It looks more like a juniper/ shrub of some kind.
Edit here's the uncropped photo
- Simby
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At least she brought back most of the tree.
I was at Costco in the summer and a guy wanted a refund on 2 trees he claimed was dead. What he brought back was the bulb (roots and soil) with maybe 2 feet of the leafless trunk sticking out of it (he chopped the rest of the top off). It looked hilarious. I heard the service agent saying that's not a type of tree we carried and they went back and forth. No idea how it ended.
I was at Costco in the summer and a guy wanted a refund on 2 trees he claimed was dead. What he brought back was the bulb (roots and soil) with maybe 2 feet of the leafless trunk sticking out of it (he chopped the rest of the top off). It looked hilarious. I heard the service agent saying that's not a type of tree we carried and they went back and forth. No idea how it ended.
- Mercury048
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Just a reminder: That is illegal pretty much everywhere. Yes, nasty employers will do it, but they're breaking the law.Micelli_Illuminatti wrote: ↑ The poor waitress is stuck with the bill.
- ES_Revenge
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People did crap like this at Sears too and got away with it. Worked for Sears for decades to keep refunding stuff like this somehow but look where they are now. Somehow Costco has "solved" this problem by charging back these returns to the company they bought the stuff from which I dunno why companies do business with them in that case but I guess the returns are far outweighed by the sales.
Seriously people used to buy things like blinds/curtains, bed sheets, and all manner of things and return them like 10 years later out-of-warranty and the whole bit, and they'd stamp their feet and make some noise and guess what? Sears would refund them.
Seriously people used to buy things like blinds/curtains, bed sheets, and all manner of things and return them like 10 years later out-of-warranty and the whole bit, and they'd stamp their feet and make some noise and guess what? Sears would refund them.