Do you take things back to the shop
- Thread starter Shirl
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Savage Henry said:
I think you're right - it's just a policy introduced by stores. You can return items without a receipt as well - a well known scam by shoplifters (although there are obviously many genuine cases).
The best general advice is to choose a suitably jaded member of staff, not a manager/supervisor or someone who looks keen, who will normally, and often wordlessly, refund your money without any concern whatsoever. So look out for me then
Someone gave me a massive bag of coffee beans once, but I had no way of grinding them so I bought a grinder from Argos, ground them all up and then took it back to the shop. I tried to get rid of all the grinds but there were a few bits in the box. She asked me if I had used it and stupidly I said yes, just to try it out, so she refused to refund my money. I just took it to a different branch the next day and she gave me a refund straight away without even looking in the box! Like jbob says, you need to avoid the Jobsworth types, alternatively, just lie (I'm a rubbish liar which is why I had to admit to using it).
Shirl said:Geri, I know that yours is the right attitude but I just can't do it. Do you ever send food back in restaurants?
I've sent food back many times. A lot of my mates work in catering and they have no compunction whatsoever about doing this, and I've kind of picked up on the fact that you shouldn't accept poorly cooked food. It's a lot more common on the continent; a Parisian friend of mine even sends back wine if he doesn't like the taste or thinks it's not up to scratch.
trashpony
Hag
jbob said:
Indeed. Who will spit in your food when you send it back!
I never send food back. I was with a friend in a restaurant once and she sent back her risotto because it was not just al dente, it was crunchy. The waiter came back to her with the plate and told her that the chef said she had an underdeveloped palate.
So there's spitting and humiliation. Dunno what's worse.
trashpony said:Indeed. Who will spit in your food when you send it back!
I never send food back. I was with a friend in a restaurant once and she sent back her risotto because it was not just al dente, it was crunchy. The waiter came back to her with the plate and told her that the chef said she had an underdeveloped palate.
So there's spitting and humiliation. Dunno what's worse.
I think 'urban myth' is being propagated here. The chances of this happening are probably more so in say McDonalds or Burger King, but in general it's quite an aspertion to cast at the whole catering industry. Do you really think that chefs are that unprofessional and downright disgusting? Being jaded is one thing, but that's quite another.
If that waiter had said that to me, I would have told him to fuck off and left the restaurant without paying.
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
jbob said:
Me too. Well I wouldn't swear but I wouldn't pay either
aqua
made of cheese and gin
i have no problem in taking things back, I think cos I buy most things at lunchtime I often don't have time to try things on properly - never had a problem
I had an interview recently so I bought a pair of trousers, wore them for an hour and returned them
I was very very skint at the time though (and didn't really want to job enough to buy them)
I had an interview recently so I bought a pair of trousers, wore them for an hour and returned them
I was very very skint at the time though (and didn't really want to job enough to buy them)
jbob said:
Yes, I would complain - because that would affect the structure of my house. It's slightly more important than eating a meal which is not to my liking. I suppose it depends on what's wrong with the meal - if it was totally inedible I might say something, but that's never happened. I tend to vote with my feet and not go back somewhere if the food is rubbish.
Mogden
I like tea
I do take stuff back to shops when I can be bothered/actually remember to. I'm not scared of getting a bit firm when they tell me I can't.
I bought something from Argos which included a console game. It wasn't what I thought it was and when I took it back they said I couldn't because it was a game and they didn 't do refunds on those.
No bugger told me that when I bought it as I used the quick pay machine and then when I collected it no one mentioned it. Cashier said someone should have told me when I collected it. I hadn't even open the main box so there's no way I would have been able to copy the disc and seal it again which I conveyed in my very best "pissed off but not gonna get angry with you" voice. She asked if I wanted to speak to a manager. I replied in the affirmative and she toddled off. She came back and said she would refund it but only for gift vouchers. Then she said she had to open the box to make sure I hadn't opened it
As regards food, I don't have high expectations for eating out food anyway cos I reckon I can make a better job of it at home but if I'd paid for an expensive meal at a very good restaurant I think is top hole, I'd pass on my comments to the chef if I didn't think it was up to par. I'm confident enough with my palate to know when someone is taking the piss and if I was cooking it, I'd want to know. I'm a closet Ramsay I think.
I bought something from Argos which included a console game. It wasn't what I thought it was and when I took it back they said I couldn't because it was a game and they didn 't do refunds on those.
No bugger told me that when I bought it as I used the quick pay machine and then when I collected it no one mentioned it. Cashier said someone should have told me when I collected it. I hadn't even open the main box so there's no way I would have been able to copy the disc and seal it again which I conveyed in my very best "pissed off but not gonna get angry with you" voice. She asked if I wanted to speak to a manager. I replied in the affirmative and she toddled off. She came back and said she would refund it but only for gift vouchers. Then she said she had to open the box to make sure I hadn't opened it
As regards food, I don't have high expectations for eating out food anyway cos I reckon I can make a better job of it at home but if I'd paid for an expensive meal at a very good restaurant I think is top hole, I'd pass on my comments to the chef if I didn't think it was up to par. I'm confident enough with my palate to know when someone is taking the piss and if I was cooking it, I'd want to know. I'm a closet Ramsay I think.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
i took some apples back to tesco a few months ago as they had no taste. they just gave me some more without a quibble
Idaho
continuity character
Last week we had baked potatoes twice. First time with potatoes from the farmers market. It was so good that it re-ignited our wintery baked potato lust, so I picked up some baking potatoes from Sainsburys. The difference in flavour between the two was stunning. The former being a damn fine, and the supermarket ones tasting like a wet sock.rubbershoes said:
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
I take stuff back all the time, like clothes that don't fit quite right, or if I've changed my mind or realise that I can't really afford it..etc. But never taken food back to the supermarket - suppose there's no difference really. I'll give it a go next time something's not up to scratch.rubbershoes said:
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I don't get embarrassed - I would if it ended in a row but that never happens.
As for those who'd rather not complain about food cos the chef might spit in it - - what do you take them for? Uncivilised barbarians? Chefs have pride in their food - I've never met a chef who would ruin their own creation out of spite.
I have only once seen soiling of food and that was by waiters and it was for Mrs Thatcher and a bunch of other cunts who were dining with her, so that's fine
As for those who'd rather not complain about food cos the chef might spit in it -
- what do you take them for? Uncivilised barbarians? Chefs have pride in their food - I've never met a chef who would ruin their own creation out of spite.I have only once seen soiling of food and that was by waiters and it was for Mrs Thatcher and a bunch of other cunts who were dining with her, so that's fine
I take things back to shops all the time. I often buy my husband clothes and because he is disabled there is no way he can try them on in the shop, so he will try them at home and then decide he doesn't like them and if I get my teenage daughter something, it is almost guaranteed she won't like it or it won't fit
I often take food back to Sainsburys - if we get a steak and it's not nice I will take the wrapping back and get a refund
I once had a pair of boots and wore them over the winter, they split after i had had them for about a year so I took them back and got a refund!
I have noticed though, that M and S have changed their refund policy and there is now a time limit for returns.
and if I get my teenage daughter something, it is almost guaranteed she won't like it or it won't fit I often take food back to Sainsburys - if we get a steak and it's not nice I will take the wrapping back and get a refund
I once had a pair of boots and wore them over the winter, they split after i had had them for about a year so I took them back and got a refund!
I have noticed though, that M and S have changed their refund policy and there is now a time limit for returns.
I very rarely take things back, mostly because I don't need to I suppose, but also because I never get round to it when I do need to. then it'll go to the charity shop.
many years ago I took a cd back to virgin - bloke says no problem, bloke then opens the case, no cd - I'd left it in the stereo turns out it was fate, because that cd is now one of my most favourite cd's ever
many years ago I took a cd back to virgin - bloke says no problem, bloke then opens the case, no cd - I'd left it in the stereo
turns out it was fate, because that cd is now one of my most favourite cd's ever 
EastEnder
Brixton Barnacle
IME, in any half decent restaurant the chef would want to know if the food wasn't up to scratch.Orang Utan said:As for those who'd rather not complain about food cos the chef might spit in it -
I'd never dream of being rude, but I would politely say there was something wrong with the food.
Think about it - what restaurant wants people to go away having had a bad experience? That kind of industry is very much based on reputation.
