Money Moral Dilemma: Should I rebuy my gift in the sale?

kevChan

your choice. not a dilemma at all

happyinflorida

The only problem I see here is if you take it back, get a refund and then try to buy it back reduced but you then can't find it again. The shop is unlikely to take it back and then immediately sell it back to you at the reduced price = I would try to do this if you can and you really need the money and it's really worth the hassle of taking it back too!

What happens if you can't buy it again - will your aunt ask you if you kept it and what you bought instead and ask to see it?


There's a lot of information needed here - as usual, so do whatever you think is best and also how your family relations are with your aunt, as that could be a bit of a minefield in some families!!

Good luck

happyinflorida

penarthian wrote: »

My husband bought me some jeans from M and S in October and put them away as a Christmas present together with receipt of £35. Come Christmas Day I was a few stone lighter and jeans too big so I took jeans back for exchange or refund.
I was told the receipt was too old to have full refund and could only give refund based on price jeans selling now. I was offered £3.50 as they had been in their sale !!!

I would write to their head office as an official complaint about this, what a ruddy cheek they've got offering you that little instead of the amount your husband paid.

Put in your letter that you've managed to lose a lot of weight, which should be celebrated and you shouldn't be punished for doing so by their company!

When you get your reply, hopefully it'll be good news, if not go to their Twitter and Facebook accounts and highlight what happened to you and how bad this is of M&S to treat you in such a bad way.

Also do lots of tweets and posts about it - quite often companies will have their accounts on these social medias, monitored by members of staff who will contact you about it and they may then sort it out as it's giving them bad publicity!

Good luck.

whyigetmorelikes

Happens all the time.

vicker

penarthian wrote: »

My husband bought me some jeans from M and S in October and put them away as a Christmas present together with receipt of £35. Come Christmas Day I was a few stone lighter and jeans too big so I took jeans back for exchange or refund.
I was told the receipt was too old to have full refund and could only give refund based on price jeans selling now. I was offered £3.50 as they had been in their sale !!!

Well done on losing a few stone in that short time
👏👏👏👏👏👏

Marvel1

happyinflorida wrote: »

I would write to their head office as an official complaint about this, what a ruddy cheek they've got offering you that little instead of the amount your husband paid.

Put in your letter that you've managed to lose a lot of weight, which should be celebrated and you shouldn't be punished for doing so by their company!

When you get your reply, hopefully it'll be good news, if not go to their Twitter and Facebook accounts and highlight what happened to you and how bad this is of M&S to treat you in such a bad way.

Also do lots of tweets and posts about it - quite often companies will have their accounts on these social medias, monitored by members of staff who will contact you about it and they may then sort it out as it's giving them bad publicity!

Good luck.

Or simply exchange for another size.

Oasis1

Yes. Easiest 'moral dilemma' I've seen!

gaving7095

If you can be bothered then yes, why not try :-)

Malthusian

Pollycat wrote: »

Isn't it more accurate to say that 'the moral compass of the person asking the question appears defective'?

It would but the question is probably made up like all MMDs, so the only moral compass applicable is ours.

Anyway, the answer to this question is no. It was your aunt's present so she should go to the sales and stand in the queue for you, then give you the new gift and your money.