A recent letter to the editor of our hometown weekly caught my eye. The writer complained that our local Macy's no longer carried replacement brushes for his Sonicare because they kept getting stolen.
Let me tell you what happened to me. The store was having a sale on food processors, so I bought one. Unwrapped it, set it on the counter, and then noticed that the plastic spatula looked a little worse for wear. Comparing my "new" appliance with the picture on the box, I soon realized a shoplifter had put one over on the store. Some jerk had bought a new food processor, carefully wrapped the old one in the carton, sealed it and returned it to the store for a refund. Clever, but slimy.
Fortunately, I had no problem taking it back. I was so annoyed by the whole thing that I chose a refund rather than an exchange.
That's quite a scam! And I'm sure the person was clever enough to pay cash so there'd be no tracing back. It would make sense for the store to check returns. Maybe in the future they will.
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