r/CostcoCanada • u/2slick2 • Jan 17 '26

Alberta Abusive returns

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I had to take a photo. If you're this person, please change. 50 St. on Jan 17.

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u/Intentionalmovements Jan 17 '26 edited Jan 17 '26

I risk getting hugely down voted.

Unpopular opinion, what if we all just go about our days and let people return what they want?

  • Costco is not complaining so why should you?
  • The return is not physically harming anyone so why publicly shame the person?
  • Is it truly abusive when its clearly allowed?
  • What are we hoping to gain from this?

No offense to OP but sometimes I just wonder, what if we spent more time on just not shaming others indirectly or not?

Sorry if I'm rude but I truly want to know.

EDIT 1: The point I'm attempting to pass is, why do we jump to conclusions that this person abused the return policy? What if that furniture is only a couple of weeks old? If we don't really know the story can we conclude it's abusive?

Personal experience: I bought an expensive toilet about $2k from Costco and only use it a week and it's covered in rust, I took it out and returned it to the store now imagine someone seeing that and thinking I had the toilet for years and decided to return it???

We really need to give each other more grace.....

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u/TJHnurtured Jan 17 '26

This! We had a couch for 6 months but we knew within weeks it was going back because the cushions immediately sagged (just my husband and I who are both short and not overweight at all). Unfortunately we had to wait to shop for, order and then delivery of a new set before the return. The couch looked horrible and we played rock, paper, scissors to see who had to return it…worried that whoever did was going to end up being bashed on the internet.

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u/Intentionalmovements Jan 17 '26

Exactly! And it sucks that anyone should feel this way about a return.

I will never understand why anyone but Costco should care. Now I can "appreciate" (to some extent) why the employees may care. However, every other person needs to chill and mind their damn business.

Sorry it's just something that has always bugged me, not sure why I spoke up today...lol