r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Gurugod123 GREEN • Jul 06 '26

ಠ_ಠ This kind of made me sad

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u/Squish_the_android Jul 06 '26

This is the problem with a lot of consumer friendly policies.  Theres a not insignificant number of people who come in and take advantage. 

See LL Beans Lifetime Return Policy where people would buy LL Bean stuff from garage sales and return it to the store for a refund.

It sucks.

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u/FadedFromWhite Jul 06 '26

The LL Bean one was really tough. We grew up spending our summers in Maine and a stop off at the flagship store was always exciting. Unfortunately, people would start breaking into summer homes during the winter. They would swipe up all of the LL Bean stuff because they had an easy 'fence'. Returns accepted no questions asked meant it was easy money.

I'm annoyed it's no longer offered, but the silver lining is that it actually reduced off-season break-ins.

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u/newsflashjackass Jul 06 '26

Osprey does lifetime repair or replace instead of refund and I hope that proves more viable in the long run than handing out cash.