How on earth can I exchange this gift?

[thesatsumabutter]

Ex BF bought a gift online to be delivered to my home but we broke up before the gift arrived

The size is wrong - way too big and baggy - it is the worst colour on me and I don’t like the stylr

I would like to go to a store and exchange for a different size / colour same item - or - something else entirely different

But I do not have the receipt or proof of purchase and we are not talking to each other

(backstory - he had a bit too much to drink and confessed to cheating which led to a break up which led to him blocking me everywhere - pretty sure he will not give me proof of purchase especially since it will appear I don’t like the gift)

I don’t have ebay, etsy or anything like that and the value is 300 so it is not something easy to sell even though it is brand new with tags, in the box etc

Will I make a fool of myself if I go to the store and try to exchange without proof of purchase?

Take it in to store with tags etc

Explain you don’t have receipt as your boyfriend bought it for you, but you can provide his name/email etc so they can look the purchase up if necessary

Ask to exchange for something same value

Should be fine as long as they have something you want in store. Getting a refund or credit note would be harder as it will go to him.

Sorry but this is crap BS
He sent me the parcel as a gift when we were together and I was unwise to the cheating
He confessed to the cheating out of his own conscience - I did not catch him or read messages on his phone
He then did not accept the break up and decided to block me - fine - he knew the gift was on its way

I suppose he would ask for it back or for me to return to the seller if he wanted to - he would then have the money back on his payiment method - - so maybe he still wants me to have it

It is not like he is asking for it back or I used his card or account to buy it without his knowledge. He decided to buy me a gift.

It is a gift.

And maybe I’m a rare breed but I do not feel bad about having that as a memory of a cheating ex. Will be a memory of the good times we had together and the good qualities he has despite cheating

If we ever talk again I will thank him

So my decision is to go into the shop and change the size but not the colour
If they refuse then I will sell on ebay and buy something else

You said the colour was the worst on you, so change that too. Your best case scenario is they give you a physical gift card, because then whatever you buy you’ll have the receipt. I’d probably wait for the sales and get something fabulous at a bargain price!