Half people say that this common purchase habit should be illegal, the new study reveals a new study

You may be guilty of doing it with your purchases.


Appropriate behavior when shopping is quite cut and dry. You reframed yourself to intentionally damage the goods and do not go outWithout paying your items, as either of the movements could cause you real trouble with store safety - and perhaps even the police. On the other hand, there is a common purchasing habit which is not illegal, but that many people seem to think. Read the rest to discover what almost half of Americans say should be punishable by law.

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Returns can sometimes be a little delicate.

If you make a purchase and end up changing your mind, you will probably want to make a comeback and get your money back. Most retailers make this quite simple when they bring items to the store, although paying attention to the small print, just in case an article is marked as "final sale" or cannot be returned. If you have ordered something online, it can also be a little more complicated, especially if you need to ship your items.

Some COME stores Return costs as a way to attract customers, but recently, the H&M popular clothing retailer announced that they would test the idea ofInvoice buyers for returns Made by mail. This is not a new practice, because stores like Kohl and JCPENNEY do not cover the cost of yields when they are shipped.

But some buyers have turned the tables on retailers in terms of returns - and although the practice is undoubtedly contrary to ethics, it is not against the law.

Americans say that this purchasing habit is questionable.

A survey conducted by OnePoll, on behalf of the fraud prevention company Forter, asked 2,000 AmericansAbout their thoughts on questionable purchasing habits. A key question on the “wardrobe”, which is the practice of wear clothes, then to make them for a refund. This is generally frowned upon and stores often have a warning on receipts on the return of articles that have been brought.

If you've already done this, your buyer colleagues are not too satisfied with you, because 46% said they thought that the wardrobe should be a "serious legal offense". In fact, 46% of respondents also said that the wardrobe waseven worse Who secretly records another person or leaving a restaurant without paying the check, a crime known as "dinner-and-waste".

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You might not even realize that you are committing "friendly fraud".

The ONEPOLL survey was carried out to assess the reactions to political abuses in the retail sector, as well as a "friendly fraud", a term used when someone makes a purchase, then intentionally disputes the costs of His bank to obtain a refund. In the survey pool, 24% declared that they had canceled or challenged a charge with their bank, even if they ended up receiving their purchases.

If you, your head, say that you would never do something like that, think again. It is not only clothes, because the use of a Netflix or Hbomax subscription of a friend to dodge costs could be considered as fraud and abuse of policies. In the past 12 months, 25% of survey respondents said they had planned to do so.

When it comes to creating several emails to access additional subscriptions on free trials, a quarter of the people said they had also done so. On the other hand, 40% of respondents said that, like the wardrobe, this practice should be considered a serious crime.

Morality has been questioned.

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At the end of the day, commit friendly fraud and abuse return policies question your moral compass. The majority of respondents to the survey, 55%, believe that the two habits are harmful to consumers and retailers.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

Regarding what you deceive retailers, a large majority of respondents said that it was never acceptable to fly in a Maman-et-Pop store (80%) or large retail chains (76 %). When you compare both, however, people were less problem with the theft of large retailers compared to Maman-et-Pop stores. The items they felt most comfortable coming back with a false receipt - or those in otherwise "perfectly good" condition - were kitchen, electronics, clothing and domestic supplies more expensive, according to survey data.

Researchers have also taken into account a potential recession. When they were asked if a more troubled economy would affect whether or not they were committing friendly fraud, 39% of people who would make them probable, while 36% said they would not commit and 25% remained neutral .


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