Should Returns Be Free?

FrankM said

The worst returns are at Costco, I saw people returning Christmas trees with ornaments still on them just after Christmas.

You know they purchased these trees with the intent to use and return making it a flagrant abuse of the return policy. This ends up hitting us all in the pocketbook and in my opinion should be stopped. I like Costco but would prefer to see an additional 5% price drop with the return policies tightened up.

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We're mainly talking about online returns but that also makes sense in a way. By allowing people to return anything no matter the date then they are going to cause the issue where they can just return something and then buy the same thing but new with no repercussions instead of keeping the original item to it's full lifespan. Since they can't then sell the return it will be such a big waste on the environment with everyone returning their stuff not because it is faulty but because it is semi-old.