I agree.
I also think you should not return it
if you don't like the taste. Only if there is
something wrong with it!

I agree with sjarz and kat. I believe that it is not ethical to return something just because you didn't like the taste. No wonder the stores are hurting! You are welcome to let them know you didn't like it, but don't ask for your money back.

I recently wrote Walmart telling them I had been overcharged on several items recently and asked if they still had the policy in place that if you were overcharged and it was less than $3 then you got double your money back

Their reply was Thank you for taking the time to contact us with your inquiry. At Walmart, customer service is a top priority and we are committed to maintaining pricing accuracy. While our goal is 100 percent, occasionally we make a mistake. When we do, we will fix the problem, unless the error is in the customer's favor in which case the customer will pay the lower price.

I wrote back letting them know that I would be again be notifying them that their policy was far from being 100 % correct.

Sue

Always try to complain to the person or department that can actually SOLVE the problem, and start out with "I know you will want to hear this, in order to set things right, but..."

Sadly, most of the time the person that you have to speak to is not at fault. I always try to say, I know it isn't your fault but I have to talk to someone. The other day I ordered some shirts for my hubby. I ordered 7 and it was to be free shipping if over $50.00. Well, they sent one and charge me $5.99 for shipping. I called and complained.. I told the woman if she was going to charge me the shipping I would send it back and cancel the rest of the order. I got my free shipping. Makes me wonder how much money they make when people let it go..

Susie

I was in a store once, saw a woman pick up a carton of yogurt, take off the top, stick in her finger and lick it, then put the top back on and returned it to the shelf. On the other hand, I was feeling a little faint, so I grabbed a bottle of iced tea, opened it and started drinking it. When I got to the check-out I paid for it. I should have stopped that woman with the yogurt or at least said something to a store employee. Or simply remove the yogurt from the shelf on my own.

Does anybody else have a bathroom shelf full of cosmetics that are the wrong color or too sticky or dry or whatever? It's entirely icky to 'sample' them in a store, but also a pain to have to buy 'em and try 'em -- and pitch 'em!

I always try a tester of a new shade before I buy it. You can do this is you shop in the cosmetics department at a good store.
Why would you call this icky? It's not like you're given a "used" sample.

My DIL worked retail at Bloomingdale's while in college. She said people would put 'tester' lipstick *on their lips*. I don't want to put my little finger in anything that public.

When I wrote I was actually thinking of the tubes of mascara I've had to pitch out!

At Nordstrom, they put some lipstick on a fresh stick, with foam on the end....then toss it.
Also done with mascara and liners.

Depending on when your DIL worked there, I would think Bloomies may have changed.

My local Rite Aid drug store had a "sample" bottle of Jergens skin lotion. Every time I went in there, I helped myself to enough to cover both hands.

You bet I do, I try to do it every time that my expectations are exceeded. Most recently it was a chain restaurant with a dynamite waiter that was great 3 times in row that we were there.

I think that the cosmetic issue is dependent upone where you buy cosmetics and the brands. Like Monica, I buy mine at a cosmetic counter at a department store and so I sample them before I buy them. Most often in the gift sets that come wit purchase.

My dear husband was a receipt fanatic. I used to mock him because he would go over ever receipt like his life depended on it.
I changed my tune when he showed me the receipts from a day's shopping with 3 mistakes at 3 different stores out of the 5 he went to.
I check my receipts much more carefully these days...
A couple of weeks ago at the grocery store General Mills Cereals were on sale for 3/$9 which is an exceptionally cheap price for cereal here - regular $6.99 a box for those.
I bought one box because my daughter will eat sugary cereal sometimes as a snack - can't stand the stuff myself.
When I checked my receipt I noticed that the store computer had reversed the transaction - instead of listing it as reg price $6.99, sale price 3/$9, savings of $3.99 - it said reg price $3.99, sale price $6.99, savings of $3.
I pointed it out to the clerk, who looked it over and said -
"Oh I see, just for that one transaction they have given you the right price but just listed it differently on your receipt".
I said I didn't agree with her and she said she'd look at it again.
Then said, you know what, what I just said makes no sense to even me...lol. I got my money back.
Not a big deal, and only a couple of dollars back, but it adds up, and both the clerk and I had a good laugh about that one.
Suzan J