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Jeff Wisnia
 
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Don Bruder wrote:

In article ,
Bob Engelhardt wrote:


Don Bruder wrote:

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The mower you found was deliberately mangled, specifically to stop
dumpster divers from pulling it out and fixing whatever minor problem it
might have had. The logic is *SOMETHING* like "If they can pull it out
of the dumpster, why would they spend any money in here?", which, to be
honest, does make a certain amount of sense, ...


What also makes sense of mangling it is to prevent someone from pulling
it out and bringing it into the store for a refund! "Gee, I lost my
receipt for it."



There's a reason behind "No refunds/exchanges without original receipt"
signs and policies. Yes, I know - the few spoil it for the many.


Which explains this little game.....

The swine buys something he wants,and thus gets a receipt. He takes the
item home.

The next day he returns to the store, takes an identical item off the
shelf and slithers into the "return line" without being noticed.

You can figure out the remainder.

QED

(Anybody here willing to admit they ever slipped into a movie theater as
by walking slowly backwards through the crowd streaming out the doors
when a show was over?)

Jeff

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Jeff Wisnia (W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"If you can smile when things are going wrong, you've thought of someone
to blame it on."