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Coordinator
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Pacific
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Receipt or Gift Receipt?
Which is it? I thought it was the same. I was returning some items to wal-mart with a gift receipt. Apparently, receipts are different then gift receipts. The girl at the return desk was going to put it on gift cards. I wanted cash. Had to get a CSM. Then a Manager. Then the Big Manager. I even pointed out their return policy, which says you can get a refund with a receipt. They didn't believe a gift receipt was the same as a receipt. I finally got my money. But I think the policy should be more specific.
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Typically a gift receipt is given to the person who received the gift but did not purchase the item. It does not have the price of the original item. You would not expect to get cash back from a gift receipt since that person did not pay for the item.
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Which is why I always give people the actual receipt. With the gift receipt, you generally only get store credit.
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Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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Gift receipt is almost always for store credit. They should have told you to pound sand.
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Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: The Great Northwest
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Dude if people give you a gift receipt they don't want you to see what they spent, nor do they want you to get cash back for what they bought you. Honestly I thought it was pretty clear to me a gift receipt is. |
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SI Games
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Melbourne, FL
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But surely they give you store credit for the amount spent which nulliifies that arguement somewhat? ... leaving it as a simple "I love store ZZZXXX and want you to only have a gift from there" as the only reason for giving such a receipt? (unless of course they might be hinding something else they bought which was on the receipt?). Last edited by Marc Vaughan : 12-29-2008 at 08:04 AM. |
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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I think the original point is that they assume (rightly or wrongly) that they are buying something you will like and it won't be returned. The gift receipt is given as a courtesy (maybe you already have product X).
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College Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Plus the receipt may have gifts for other people too so you can split the receipt by providing gift receipts.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Backwoods, SC
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Also, most stores give refunds only to method of purchase. So if it was bought on the giver's Visa, thee refund would be credited back to the giver's Visa....not doing the receiver much good. That is the main reason for gift receipts. If I buy you a $100 gift and pay for it with my credit card, and you return it for cash, the retailer has just handed the credit card company $3 and not made a dime (actually having lost money for the time, labor etc.) The point is to secure the transaction and not allow it to leave.
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Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: The Great Northwest
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Kansas City, MO
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If I have a gift receipt and I need to return it, I assume I'm getting store credit. |
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Banned
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Astoria, NY, USA
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gift receipts are given mostly as a way to say "if you already have this shirt or video game at least you're not stuck with something you can't use, you can take this receipt and exchange it for the correct size/different game". if someone didn't know what to get you they'd opt to just give you a visa gift card, they wouldn't go through the trouble of wasting time to pick something out for you only to put you through the trouble of having to use the gift receipt to exchange for something you really want.
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Banned
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Astoria, NY, USA
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also, tarcone must really be a stupid and fabulously annoying person that a manager decided to give him cash to just leave the store, even though everyone knows gift receipts means you only get store credit.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Wisconsin
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After you got your money back, you didn't by chance buy a celebratory burrito and throw it away did you? If you did, you scared me.. I thought it was a baby at first.
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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General Manager
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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I had no clue gift receipts weren't any good for refunds. It's totally fucking stupid to offer refunds on "real" receipts but not the gift variety. I've always thought they were just so you could include them without having to give away what you spent on the item...
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Banned
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Astoria, NY, USA
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ever hear of money laundering? if so, that would be a great way to launder money. buy up tons of plasma tvs and appliances and give a gift receipt to some other criminal you owe money to, they bring back the products and hand in a gift receipt and get thousands back that can't be reported to the IRS.
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General Manager
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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If someone wanted to do that, couldn't they do it with a regular receipt?
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Banned
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Astoria, NY, USA
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i'm sure you have to show proof of id in order to get cash back. i could be mistaken.
anyway i know gift receipts means you get store credit. that's the important part. |
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Coordinator
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Black Hole
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I'd think there may be an easier way to launder money than stand in the return line at Wal-Mart. But I agree with you that gift receipts means you get store credit. |
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