AIBU or DH- the present

[Blondebakingmumma]

Our dd had her birthday on the weekend past. Her grandma (who has been quite ill- in hospital a couple of times this last week) gave dd a present. It is a duplo set that dd already has. We smiled and politely thanked her. As she is sick the last thing I want to do is ask for the receipt to exchange for a different set.
DH seems to think I can take the duplo set to any store (without receipt) and exchange it. I disagree and don’t think a shop will exchange it without proof of purchase.
He would like me to try but I’d be so embarrassed and honestly would feel like a CF
OPINIONS?

DH wants to, you don't soet DH.

In my experience non shop branded without a receipt is a no.

Agree either add it to her set, or regift and buy her alt present if you can afford it

Tesco exchange without a receipt, I did this in a similar position a few years ago. The barcode on the item is logged in their system, they don't add their own barcodes. Bonus was I spent the refund money on grocery shopping and was able to use the cash I would've spent on food to get myself something elsewhere

Just let him do it. It makes no real odds to the store. I would go to a large inpersonal chain though.

Sainsbury's don't unless you can provide the day of purchase and method and then they look it up. Don't know if more stores are doing this. I found out when I bought DD3 some school cycle shorts but when I got them out of the pack they were way too long (I thought they'd be short shorts but these are almost to knee). I'd chucked the receipt as forgot there were clothes on there but thought I could just take them back and exchange for some underwear or other clothing as it's own brand - wasn't allowed to even do that without a receipt. (I called their customer service and it is a company policy not just that store).

I do it all the time. It is easily done

Keep it. You can never have too many pieces of Duplo. (You can never have too many fried mushrooms too.)

I'm with your DH, you can ask for an exchange. You might not get it but most reputable stores will.

Interesting, quite a mixed response.
The gift was from MIL
The duplo could be from any number of stores near her.
I like the idea of buying another set and gifting the current set or adding it to our existing set.
If DH pushes for it to be returned, I’ll send him to do it ☺️

several points.

1. almost every toy shop I know will exchange without a receipt so long as they stock the item. They just won't refund without a receipt.
2. if you're still not comfortable doing this for some weird reason then obviously it's fine to ask DH to do it.
3. When this happens to me I tend to put the duplicate item on the 'gifts' shelf for re-gifting at a later date and buy a replacement gift myself.

you have many options, i don't think this is the issue you think it is.

I'd try it - the worst they can say is no and some shops would be fine with it. Not at all embarrassing.

A) if DH wants something to be done, he can do it himself.

This ^^

I've managed to exchange things (even non-own brand stuff) in a shop without a receipt. Customer services are pretty smart, they can often tell genuine people and CFs apart.

The Lego store (well the one near us anyway) will happily exchange for another same value set. WE used to do this all the time as the DC got so many duplicate Lego sets.

Not sure why your DH can't do this. If he thinks it's possible then he can do it.

I wouldn't go to the hassle to be honest, I would just get my DC something of the same value and let her take the original to a charity shop of her choice, or gift it as a raffle prize. Let her be part of that process.