Would you return cheap tat?

dekaspace

Today for example I spent £1.40 on a wrist support wrap that on picture showed it covering whole hand bar fingers and quite far up wrist.

I got it and it didn't even wrap around my arm let alone my whole wrist.

And bought various things from places like Poundland that are useless.

To me even £1 can be used to buy something like a few food items or some toiletries so if I do take anything back I wait a few days until I need something from same store and just exchange it.

But heard people say that is tight and they would just bin it.

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moneyistooshorttomention

Quite possibly - as these firms will never learn not to sell rubbish unless consumers "call them" on it (ie return it when they realise).

They could do this to a lot of other people too if no-one says anything and just lets them take the money for it.

Farway

I would not class it as tight, but I expect cheap tat to be just that and it comes a bonus if it is fit for purpose, thus would not bother returning something that cost just a quid or so, just not worth my time

Unless it was food items, like say pack of bacon that turned out to "off" when opened, more to alert store of a problem than get refunded / replaced which I would expect to happen anyway,

Mr_Singleton

Would you return cheap tat?

No, I wouldn't buy it in the first place.

[Deleted User]

Under the Sale of Goods act of 1967 things that are sold have to be 'fit for purpose' no matter how much they cost, and yes if it wasn't fit for purpose then yes I would But then I am a stubborn old mare who knows the value of a quid :):)

YorksLass

JackieO wrote: »

Under the Sale of Goods act of 1967 things that are sold have to be 'fit for purpose' no matter how much they cost, and yes if it wasn't fit for purpose then yes I would But then I am a stubborn old mare who knows the value of a quid :):)

Go, Jackie, go! I'm with you, us oldies are made of stern stuff!

PasturesNew

I bought something from £land the other day, got it home, used it immediately and it broke and hurt my finger. I shrugged and thought "Oh well, I can use the half that's not broken" .... the bit left was still worth the £1.

It is VERY annoying though ... but better than taking time to really lust after something that cost more and didn't do the job expected .... like the microwave dish I bought the other day that's a tad too large to fit

The trouble with returning anything is it can cost you more in fuel to return it - and you have to queue with everybody else at the till to get to the till to ask for somebody else to speak to ...and then everybody's staring at you ....so it's not easy to do.

dekaspace

In the past bought kitchen knives from poundland so dull and flimsy I could bend them in my hands and they were no better than a cheap cutlery knife and couldnt even cut a piece of bread in half.

So I can see why it depends on usage, I didn't take the knifes back as just used them for piercing ready meals or to carefully cut soft bread or spread something.

But something like this wrist band is useless unless its a child despite not being marketed as one.

Lightbulbs that blew within a few days I would take back.

I have in past taken back packet of adhesive as didn't need it but thats a seperate thing and exchanged it for a screwdriver set that I needed.

Did take back a £1 charging cable when on first use it partly melted too and a 3 way switch that did.

VfM4meplse

I wouldn't hesitate to return something that isn't up to scratch. Having said that, I've made lots of worthwhile purchases from pound shops, so would be more likely to swap it for something else.

lushlifesaver

I've returned things to poundland that turned out to be broken/broke the day I bought them. I wouldn't have done in the past but as you say £1 is another meal - even more so seeing how high prices are getting so yes definitely!

System

youve got to work out if its worth your time/transport costs and energy to return it.