Budget & Finance > ShoppingAugust 18, 2005

Be Satisfied with Your Purchase

If you get a carryout meal, only to get home and it's not exactly what you ordered, by all means, keep your sales receipt. Stop back in and tell the management about your purchase. They'll most likely make it to your liking.

This, too, could pertain to getting something from the grocery, (ex. a 1/2 of a watermelon from the produce section, only to get it home to serve and find out that it's soured) I had this happen to me once, they replaced it with one that was quite tasty. Our money is hard enough to come by to settle for less.

By Terri

Editor's Note: So true. Just because something is perishable doesn't mean a store won't take it back. We had cheese go bad incredibly quick, took it back and they replaced it. It's helpful to have the receipt but I have even been able to take items back without it.

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08/19/2005

With the carryout meal, phone them ASAP and let them know. Be sure to ask the name of the person you are talking to and write this on your receipt...if you go back later and ask for a refund or whatever...you have a backup...in case the "manager" is not in and the person in charge can not "do" anything. Sometimes you may get $ back or sometimes a credit voucher for $ off the next meal there. Each restaurant/fast food place is different in how they deal with that kind of situation.

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