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Make Money with Returns??
Jun 16, 2008 | 10:58 PM
Category: News
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    Such is another sad tale of hassle when attempting to return an item for a refund.  There I was at a major electronics store In the OC wanting to simply return an unopened desktop hard drive with the original receipt.  Then....the clerks tells me that since I purchased the item in L.A. County, my refund would be calculated using the lower OC tax rate.  Huh??  This was real simple.  Just credit the exact amount back to the credit card I used. No..I was told...the "computer" won't let us do that.  So, if I wanted the refund, I would have to donate the difference of 45 cents to the store.  Now, that's not a lot, but it's the principle of the matter.  Why should I have to pay extra to return an item that is "welcomed" at any of these chain stores as long as I had a receipt?  I refused, deciding, I wouldn't give them the satisfaction or my 45 cents.  Before I left, I asked, 'What if I buy a bunch of items at this OC store and return them to a L-A County store?  I could MAKE money by returning them where the sales tax is higher.'  The manager said, 'yes, that's true.' And I said, 'that's ok?'  And suprisingly, he said, 'yes!' Now, I don't advocate anyone doing this.  I should point out that I have returned items from other stores, purchased elsewhere with a different tax rate and never encountered a problem.  Go figure.
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The OC's my beat for FOX 11 News. But you can catch me covering just about any story, any place, any time. Have news, will travel! I've been doing that here at Fox 11 for 15 years, traveling coast to coast and south of the border. You never know what you might do or where you might end up and your assignment could change from one minute to the next. To me, that's what being a reporter is all about. And it's pretty cool working in an area where I was born and raised. Yep, I'm a native Angeleno and proud of it!! In case you're wondering, Naipo is Hawaiian, the short version of the 21-letter ancestral name, Naipoikamanaihookaahi....
Good luck on the pronunciation.

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