Riley B.
Yelp
One thing I really liked about Walmart is that it has a very flexible return policy. With a receipt, you can return unused items within 90 days of your purchase. Without a receipt, as long as the item has a tag or UPC number, you can return up to $50 in store credit, with a valid license, a max of 3 store visits (http://corporate.walmart.com/policies).
My family member bought a lot things at Walmart, more than she could really afford. This is because she's elderly and has slow-acting dementia, which is hard to tell if it has worsened since it's so gradual. To help her out, twice in the past I returned $48 and $50 worth of items to my nearest Walmart, Walmart 1844, without a receipt but with my license, so receiving store credit (gift cards). Tonight I went again to make a final return of these items. The associate emptied out all at once the items I wanted to return from their bag, when it was my intention to hand them out one by one. Why? Walmart has a policy, that whatever you bring "as one" is what you have to return. So if I bring $55 worth of returns without receipts, I don't get $50 of store credit, but instead the associate has to get managerial approval, which can be denied. Other than that, he was very nice, he was patient with me and I thanked him. As I feared, my total was over $50, and then Kathleen, the manager, came. Kathleen had approved a previous returns. He explained my situation but she would not hear him or me. She was instantly upset with me, began to cancel the purchase. She defended her actions by saying she's already helped me twice, and that what I'm doing is wrong. I told her about my family member, which she rolled her eyes at and then repeated that what I was doing was wrong. I told her I could show her a bank statement to prove these purchases were made in a single day. She didn't even make we contact with me. Frustrated, I repeated "I have my license with me." and she said "I don't care, I'm not doing this again."
Me: "Ma'am, it is your store policy, it says so online."
Kathleen: "Sir, I don't care, it's at my discretion. You've done this too many times."
Me: "Ma'am I've done it twice, the limit is three."
Kathleen: "Take it to another Walmart."
She cancelled the return and the initial associate began to place my items in a Walmart bag that he handed to me.