MONEY MORAL DILEMMA. Should Kate return a sale frock with a full price receipt?

perry26262

Yes i would. I do it all the time.

livemamabear

I do not see any problem in buying another dress at sale price and then returning it but using the original sale receipt from the first dress bought. I lived in Canada for many years and if this had happened all I would have had to do is return to the store with my receipt stating I bought it less than 30 days ago and it is now on sale. In the larger well known stores this would not be a problem and they would give you the difference in price. It is good customer service and keeps you as a customer/

quick-smart

Absolutely I would. And I'd feel very smug for having spotted it too, not to mention a little less guilty about buying it in the first place! Although knowing me, I'd most likely use the savings to buy another item of clothing :-)

Shaz x

Gemmzie

catlou wrote: »

Lots of people seem to have Totally missed the point here she is Not taking the Worn dress back which obviously would be dis-honest she is taking the NEW one she bought in the Sale back which would be exactly the same as the other one that she paid double the price for before the sale.

But that still wouldn't work in all shops, all the time. Even the same item can have a different barcode. I caught people trying to do that a number of times in my old job.

If you want that kind of protection, you need to pay for it!

stephnic_2

jinty47 wrote: »

I have a policy with debenhams which avoids this happening for £19.99 a year I can claim back any money I have overpaid on sale goods and I have 100 days to claim

Dorothy Perkins and others in the same group do this for free with the protection insurance and there is no time limit. Simply buy on their store card (make sure you pay off straight away) and if you see the item any time in the future cheaper you get the money back. You can even wait till the next season and ask the staff to check the codes on the till. I had 3 £25 tops reduced to £6 by doing this and got the money back.

In answer to the poll I would def take it back.

tallgirld

100 YES!!! The same thing happened to me last week. NEXT were selling True Religion jeans in the sale for £90 so I ordered a pair. When I checked the website a few days later they had been reduced to £75. So I ordered a pair for £75 and returned the £90 pair. SAVING £15!!!

RESULT ;-)

northlondonpirate

Of course Kate should take advantage of the situation - as consumers, we are constantly being taken advantage of - get one back on the retailers - and she should not feel bad about it.

jo1971_2

most definitely 100% yes. i would take it back i will always cut costs where i can. too many people don't

grayme-m

moneyballs2 wrote: »

I do this all the time if I notice it. Nothing wrong with that!? This shouldn't be a dilemma!

Also, another thing... If I notice a DVD is cheaper in a different store after already buying it (and opening) I will buy it in the cheaper store and then return it to the more expensive store. Obviously, I would only do this if the products are both identical!

I wonder how many of you would do that though?

I do that too. :beer:

Seems I am public enemy No.1... :rotfl:

xadoc

andrewf wrote: »

I once bought the same BBQ 3 times from a certain DIY store as it kept getting reduced. Every time it went down in price I bought it again and took it back the same day with the receipt for the previous one.

Hmm. I might hold the record for doing this the most times with a single item - I once did it 5 times with a dress from C&A (maybe that's why they went out of business?)

It was for my birthday party, I was 14, it originally cost £50 and although that was a lot of money to me then (still is!) I really wanted it, so I bought it at full price (months before the party).

By the time of the party it had gone down to £30, then £25, then £15, then £10!!! - there were only a couple of small C&As near where I lived, so after taking the first couple back I had family members do it for me as I didn't want to get recognised!

To be honest, I'm glad I did, I probably only ever wore it a couple more times, and with the money I saved I could afford to buy jewellery to match!

(and for those who are worried about 'red dot' effect - shops only red dot the items once, at the first time of being put in the sale - after that the item is a 'sale item' but you can't tell how much was paid for it, so you can easily take a lower priced item back with an earlier 'sale item' receipt).

I still do this today. Last week in fact, in Marks & Spencer I did it with 3 tops... then went back the next day to buy my newly reduced returned ones back too (took me a while to find them though!) :rotfl: