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To expect a shop to refund me for something that hasn't left the shop?

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InternationalFlight · 16/05/2009 08:38

I'm not sure if I am, but if I am could someone point out the reasoning behind this, please, so I can stop being annoyed about it?

Ordered a couple of things from Hobbs the other day, via the internet, to be delivered to our local shop (saves postage cost).

I missed a call on about Tuesday from the shop, but they didn't ring again so I deduced my stuff had arrived. (not sure what they would have done had I not deduced this!)

Yesterday I was going to get it and read their email, which said I needed to take a print out of the email with me to collect the things. My printer doesn't work atm, so I rang the shop and asked what to do. (There was no warning when ordering that a print out would be needed).

She said as long as I brought the card I used to pay, and the order ref, it'd be fine.

So I go along with both children (ds1 was off school) and try and keep them well behaved while I collect the order. She asks if I want to try it on, I say no but I'll have a look as I'm not sure I want the skirt.

I go over to the mirror, hold up the skirt, I don't want to keep it.

So back to the desk and I ask if I can just take the dress.

She tells me that I can't return it as I don't have my print out. The print out contains no extra information and I have brought my full driving license and credit card, plus the payment auth number and order ref from the email.

now this seems a bit daft to me. I'm allowed to collect (say it was someone else's) order, but not have a refund for part of it?

I have had to bring home both items and will have to take the skirt back once my mother has printed out the email for me (like I wanted her to know I had spent that much on a skirt!!)

This is bonkers, right? Or did they think I was trying to con some money out of them, somehow?

Please can anyone tell me what the problem was...I asked the woman and she said 'security reasons' whatever that means.

I'm really quite cross and won't shop there again.

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EldonAve · 16/05/2009 08:40

Sounds bonkers, complain to their head office

PuppyMonkey · 16/05/2009 08:44

Nutty policy. Tell them they can't do that because it discriminates against people who haven't got printers. And it's illegal to descriminate against people without printers. Probably!

Yep, a call to head office in order!

worley · 16/05/2009 08:45

maybe it depends who you get behind the tills? i get problems sometimes in nexr, different staff want different id and some quite happy if you give them the store card and give details which they chek on the computre

InternationalFlight · 16/05/2009 08:46

Ah good, not just me

Thankyou

I did wonder if they thought someone would never con their way to having a skirt that looks like curtains like that, but might want the money iyswim therefore an elaborate order-hacking refund ploy could be taking place...somehow...

God knows

anyway HO it is. They'll be there today, right?

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Baisey · 16/05/2009 17:55

The assistant was probably covering his/her own back. If refunds are given with no covering proof of purchase (receipt/print out) then it looks very sussed to head office. But it is very strange that they let you collect the goods without the proof.

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