Stores are quietly tightening return windows and adding more fees—especially for mail-in returns. It’s not your imagination.

Everyone returns a gift or an impulse purchase now and then. Maybe it doesn’t fit. Maybe it doesn’t suit your taste. Maybe you ordered something on a whim (or you snagged an awesome deal) and now you ...

Costco has a pretty good return policy, and you can return almost anything to the store. But, these are the items that get ...

You can return items from Poshmark, but only if the item you ordered never arrives, or doesn't match the product description. This means that you can't ask for a refund if the item doesn't fit, if it ...

Key Takeaways Returns are costly in both time and money for retailers. Instead of being restocked, many returned items are discarded in landfills or sold on the secondary market.Online return rates ...

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