Can I exchange Amazon diapers at target?

[Anonymous]

PS: This is why I asked for clarification. Goalposts are on wheels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great. Crosspost.

So you asked for a "Citation of this ever happening to any person anywhere in the United States" in response to "Trying to get a refund for something you didn’t buy there? Yeah, you can get arrested for that. It isn’t drama. It just is."

But now you want something else? Or did you misread what you were responding to?

That person who posted "trying to get a refund..." paraphrased my op into that. So I asked that person (you I guess?) to provide an example of that.

The accusations of this thread being dramatic were because I think it's ludicrous to say I could get arrested for it. I didn't misread what I was responding to I was just responding like someone who had read and comprehended the entire conversation not just a single post out of context

[Anonymous]

OMG people are insane. As has already been explained here, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I did it once at Target after ADMITTING to them that I probably didn't get it from Target (couldn't remember if it was Amazon or Target) and the customer service person was like "we don't really care, as long as we sell the item". Maybe she was an idiot and not following company rules, but it was no big deal. This isn't that different than buying a shirt from the Gap and exchanging it for a different size at another Gap. The horror!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great. Crosspost.

So you asked for a "Citation of this ever happening to any person anywhere in the United States" in response to "Trying to get a refund for something you didn’t buy there? Yeah, you can get arrested for that. It isn’t drama. It just is."

But now you want something else? Or did you misread what you were responding to?

That person who posted "trying to get a refund..." paraphrased my op into that. So I asked that person (you I guess?) to provide an example of that.

The accusations of this thread being dramatic were because I think it's ludicrous to say I could get arrested for it. I didn't misread what I was responding to I was just responding like someone who had read and comprehended the entire conversation not just a single post out of context

I don't think you are likely to get arrested for that. I just think it's a deceitful and fraudulent thing to attempt, unless you are upfront about what you are doing. Then I don't care, and more power to you.

I don't know if anyone has been arrested for it yet. I do know that people have been arrested for returning fraudulently for a refund. Can't comment on the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG people are insane. As has already been explained here, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I did it once at Target after ADMITTING to them that I probably didn't get it from Target (couldn't remember if it was Amazon or Target) and the customer service person was like "we don't really care, as long as we sell the item". Maybe she was an idiot and not following company rules, but it was no big deal. This isn't that different than buying a shirt from the Gap and exchanging it for a different size at another Gap. The horror!

Yeah I am op and called the store saying I was gifted the diapers and not sure where they came from and they told me I should definitely come in and try, they'd be happy to scan them but they do have special barcodes so it might not work. Hardly, 'we will arrest you if you try this and are wrong'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great. Crosspost.

So you asked for a "Citation of this ever happening to any person anywhere in the United States" in response to "Trying to get a refund for something you didn’t buy there? Yeah, you can get arrested for that. It isn’t drama. It just is."

But now you want something else? Or did you misread what you were responding to?

That person who posted "trying to get a refund..." paraphrased my op into that. So I asked that person (you I guess?) to provide an example of that.

The accusations of this thread being dramatic were because I think it's ludicrous to say I could get arrested for it. I didn't misread what I was responding to I was just responding like someone who had read and comprehended the entire conversation not just a single post out of context

I don't think you are likely to get arrested for that. I just think it's a deceitful and fraudulent thing to attempt, unless you are upfront about what you are doing. Then I don't care, and more power to you.

I don't know if anyone has been arrested for it yet. I do know that people have been arrested for returning fraudulently for a refund. Can't comment on the other.

Yeah that's what I thought mover of the goalposts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG people are insane. As has already been explained here, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I did it once at Target after ADMITTING to them that I probably didn't get it from Target (couldn't remember if it was Amazon or Target) and the customer service person was like "we don't really care, as long as we sell the item". Maybe she was an idiot and not following company rules, but it was no big deal. This isn't that different than buying a shirt from the Gap and exchanging it for a different size at another Gap. The horror!

No it is completely different. Gap to Gap store exchanges keep the inventory correct. Subtract XL tshirt from Gap Tysons add L tshirt from Gap Reston. What OP is doing is adding to Target inventory of diaper size 2 and subtracting size 3, however in there count they only had 1000 of size 2 and now they have 1001? Where did the extra one come from? And then now they have 999 of size 3 when they paid for 1000, where did that one go? we didn't get paid for it.


Yes people get away with it, but it is still wrong and stores use this behavior to hike up prices. LOOK. OP it's clear you don't this is wrong and won't be convinced but it is. Retailers know people do this and I'm sure they consider the price of doing business. Take the good with the bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG people are insane. As has already been explained here, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I did it once at Target after ADMITTING to them that I probably didn't get it from Target (couldn't remember if it was Amazon or Target) and the customer service person was like "we don't really care, as long as we sell the item". Maybe she was an idiot and not following company rules, but it was no big deal. This isn't that different than buying a shirt from the Gap and exchanging it for a different size at another Gap. The horror!

Yeah I am op and called the store saying I was gifted the diapers and not sure where they came from and they told me I should definitely come in and try, they'd be happy to scan them but they do have special barcodes so it might not work. Hardly, 'we will arrest you if you try this and are wrong'

So you lied to Target is what you’re saying. I’m glad they have a special barcode and didn’t let you get away with this!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG people are insane. As has already been explained here, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I did it once at Target after ADMITTING to them that I probably didn't get it from Target (couldn't remember if it was Amazon or Target) and the customer service person was like "we don't really care, as long as we sell the item". Maybe she was an idiot and not following company rules, but it was no big deal. This isn't that different than buying a shirt from the Gap and exchanging it for a different size at another Gap. The horror!

No it is completely different. Gap to Gap store exchanges keep the inventory correct. Subtract XL tshirt from Gap Tysons add L tshirt from Gap Reston. What OP is doing is adding to Target inventory of diaper size 2 and subtracting size 3, however in there count they only had 1000 of size 2 and now they have 1001? Where did the extra one come from? And then now they have 999 of size 3 when they paid for 1000, where did that one go? we didn't get paid for it.


Yes people get away with it, but it is still wrong and stores use this behavior to hike up prices. LOOK. OP it's clear you don't this is wrong and won't be convinced but it is. Retailers know people do this and I'm sure they consider the price of doing business. Take the good with the bad.

No that is what would happen if I left the box of size 2s on the shelf and ran off with the size 3s. This crazy invention called computers exists and adds the box to the inventory when they scan it in. If they can't scan it in to add it they won't accept the return.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great. Crosspost.

So you asked for a "Citation of this ever happening to any person anywhere in the United States" in response to "Trying to get a refund for something you didn’t buy there? Yeah, you can get arrested for that. It isn’t drama. It just is."

But now you want something else? Or did you misread what you were responding to?

That person who posted "trying to get a refund..." paraphrased my op into that. So I asked that person (you I guess?) to provide an example of that.

The accusations of this thread being dramatic were because I think it's ludicrous to say I could get arrested for it. I didn't misread what I was responding to I was just responding like someone who had read and comprehended the entire conversation not just a single post out of context

I don't think you are likely to get arrested for that. I just think it's a deceitful and fraudulent thing to attempt, unless you are upfront about what you are doing. Then I don't care, and more power to you.

I don't know if anyone has been arrested for it yet. I do know that people have been arrested for returning fraudulently for a refund. Can't comment on the other.

Yeah that's what I thought mover of the goalposts.

I responded to the post I quoted. *shrug*

I don't misrepresent what I'm doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG people are insane. As has already been explained here, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I did it once at Target after ADMITTING to them that I probably didn't get it from Target (couldn't remember if it was Amazon or Target) and the customer service person was like "we don't really care, as long as we sell the item". Maybe she was an idiot and not following company rules, but it was no big deal. This isn't that different than buying a shirt from the Gap and exchanging it for a different size at another Gap. The horror!

Yeah I am op and called the store saying I was gifted the diapers and not sure where they came from and they told me I should definitely come in and try, they'd be happy to scan them but they do have special barcodes so it might not work. Hardly, 'we will arrest you if you try this and are wrong'

So you outright lied.

[Anonymous]

If you are convinced it doesn't matter, why didn't you tell them you got them from Amazon instead of lying?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OMG people are insane. As has already been explained here, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I did it once at Target after ADMITTING to them that I probably didn't get it from Target (couldn't remember if it was Amazon or Target) and the customer service person was like "we don't really care, as long as we sell the item". Maybe she was an idiot and not following company rules, but it was no big deal. This isn't that different than buying a shirt from the Gap and exchanging it for a different size at another Gap. The horror!

No it is completely different. Gap to Gap store exchanges keep the inventory correct. Subtract XL tshirt from Gap Tysons add L tshirt from Gap Reston. What OP is doing is adding to Target inventory of diaper size 2 and subtracting size 3, however in there count they only had 1000 of size 2 and now they have 1001? Where did the extra one come from? And then now they have 999 of size 3 when they paid for 1000, where did that one go? we didn't get paid for it.


Yes people get away with it, but it is still wrong and stores use this behavior to hike up prices. LOOK. OP it's clear you don't this is wrong and won't be convinced but it is. Retailers know people do this and I'm sure they consider the price of doing business. Take the good with the bad.

No that is what would happen if I left the box of size 2s on the shelf and ran off with the size 3s. This crazy invention called computers exists and adds the box to the inventory when they scan it in. If they can't scan it in to add it they won't accept the return.

OP you are clueless and just want to justify your actions. It's clear you don't understand how retail supply chain mgmt works and that's okay. But don't continue to try to make it right.

If Target store #1004 gets 1000 size 3 diapers from the warehouse and accept the returns of an additional 100 more, you don't think someone says "hey where did you guys get the extra 100 size 3 boxes?" and then store is missing 100 size 4 from inventory because of the "amazon exchanges" someone says "hey why do we have 100 less of size 4" They don't match them up like that. It's not a one for one inventory systems. That's why some stores (including Target) do physical inventories once or twice a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are convinced it doesn't matter, why didn't you tell them you got them from Amazon instead of lying?

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are convinced it doesn't matter, why didn't you tell them you got them from Amazon instead of lying?

Because I assume for all kinds of reasons, like pps tide pod scheming cousin it's against store policy as a blanket rule. But I'm alerting them to the fact that it might not be target up front.

I didn't end up doing it but I think you guys are being crazy over the top in this.

I'm not saying it's a great thing to do, but on the scale of cosmic offenses this is like...I dunno... jay walking across an empty street. Technically wrong but practically neutral.