> > "If the companies didn't want you to do this, then they wouldn't let you do this."
> That is a poor assumption that is likely incorrect more often than not.
As a concrete example, I worked someplace with a nice and consumer friendly return policy... no restock fees, no hassle.
But when a customer "bought" and then without fail returned something like 40 books, 1 at a time (without buying anything else), we did have a word with them. Depending on the books, that can adds up to several hundred dollars of overstock, eating up already crammed inventory space in high-rent storefronts. Plenty of seating for those who'd like to read books without buying that won't excite our inventory count ;)
As a concrete example, I worked someplace with a nice and consumer friendly return policy... no restock fees, no hassle.
But when a customer "bought" and then without fail returned something like 40 books, 1 at a time (without buying anything else), we did have a word with them. Depending on the books, that can adds up to several hundred dollars of overstock, eating up already crammed inventory space in high-rent storefronts. Plenty of seating for those who'd like to read books without buying that won't excite our inventory count ;)