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

Angel13_2

Yes she should buy the the dress at £25 and return the same one she bought for £50. There is nothing illegal in doing this and it just makes common sense. Also if the shop could sell it for £25 why should anyone pay more!!

Doll_3

Shops have more money than us. If it's unworn any way they can re sell so go for it girl. :A

littlejo444

barnaby-bear wrote: »

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A lot of stores put a permanent marker dot (red for next) or snip in the neck label / washing instruction label to indicate sale stock - a lot of shops have thought of this... not enough of the forum staff have had cr&p retail jobs...:rotfl:

I work for Next and we do not red dot sale clothes any more as policy, having just had the summer sale and been involved in markdown i can say that for a fact.
This is a really good idea though I will definately try and do this next time!

lehcarbunny

I've done this, especially with my catalogue. The dress is obviously not worth the original price so I wouldn't think twice about returning it and re buying in the sale. I wouldn't have to think twice, I would however have to scour the internet to see if I could get it even cheaper online or find a discount voucher! Call me cheap but.......

rowan01

My friend did this with a very expensive evening gown she bought. A week or so later she saw it in the sale at Coast so bought it and took it back with the full price receipt. When she told me about it I thought good for her as she does purchase quite a bit in this shop. It has never occurred to me to do this before she mentioned it but yes I would do it.

TechSHEengineer

I'm appalled by all these posts about how to defraud a shop. No wonder the retail world is so screwed and high-street shops are closing.
Business HAS to make a profit to fund all our pensions and investments.
(Do your site users know that pensions are funded out of profit from Trade? Or, are they too thick to understand that?)
We all know how the margins on clothing are high, but the council taxes and rental charges on shops are whopping. Woolworths, for example, lose money for much of the year, and only make a profit because of pre-Christmas spending.
If the Spivs on this site want to see an end to high street shopping, well, they can carry on the themes expressed by numerous "posters".

Phil_Windsor

Has no one here got a conscious?

1) She was happy with the dress at the original price
2) She’s worn the dress
3) She’s had a good time in it
4) She spilled some champagne on it
5) I will assume that her boyfriend Will’s country house is actually a derelict shed so that the any question of class, wealth and her ability to afford enough drink to throw over her clothes.

If the dress was either; faulty, unworn, unused, unsoiled then sure she has every right to take it back.

To suggest that it would be fair for her to take it back and get the shop to subsidise her party wear is ridiculous. She chose the dress, she’s worn it and soiled it whereas the retailer has done nothing wrong and should not be expected to take it back.

The question doesn’t mention if the retailer was a large PLC or a small independent retailer.

If it’s a small independent retailer then every penny counts, they have the same problems as we all do; increasing fuel prices for both distribution and heating, a week pound leading to more pressure on their margins and of course they ever increase wage bills and business rates.


Comments such as “I could make batter (I assume better) use of that £25 quid than they could” and remind one of the school bully making excuses for stealing a child’s sweet with the justification that his need is greater then theirs whilst suggestions that “If they can afford to reduce it by half, then it just goes to show what the original mark up was! Go for it!” do little to show comprehension of the problems small business have in carrying the right amount of the right stock at the right time. If it’s raining you might want to buy an umbrella, the shop orders some in for winter but it turns out to be a dry season, they have been ready to service your need but have become stuck because of a dry season and have too much money tied up in stock in the spring. The shop tries to sell them at cost price to get some cash back in the bank. Are people suggesting they shouldn’t hold stock ready to service peoples needs or that they are wrong to make some profit when they do meet those needs?

If they were to sell at cost all of the time they simply wouldn’t be there to serve us. I don’t like paying over the odds for things but I also like business to still be there if things do go wrong and I have no objection to profit, it pays my wage and probably yours.

Some of the comments posted don’t do anything do justify what to me is calculated theft.

Please support the smaller retailer so they can service your needs. You don’t need to pay over the odds but for them to remain competitive, in business and better placed to deal with genuine problems being ripped off doesn’t help them.



If it’s a large PLC then I would argue that there is still no justification in this fraudulent activity.
Some may argue that they budget for such things and it built into their margins however I would prefer there to be less theft and fraudulent activity and for the margins to be reduced leading to fairer and lower prices for us all.
Some may see a PLC a faceless victim and that it does no harm however I suspect that
I would suggest that if this sort of criminality becomes more socially acceptable then it will lead to higher prices for us all.

zipman23

Wow! You really put ALOT of thought in that one didn't you!

TechSHEengineer

Sound bites from a Geordie.

Proud to be a Geordie?
(You're all from Scandinavia)

Your area wouldn't survive if it wasn't for taxpayer subsidy.
The Strikes and suchlike destroyed your employment prospects.

If the Geordie is going to post here, please make as sensible contribution!

I'm glad that my Geordie parents moved to a better part of the UK.

thepupa

Yes I have done this myself after all, she will be buying another frock at sale price then will be returning the new sale price frock with the full price receipt, keeping the party frock. The shop will still be making money