Have you ever just "Made Due" with an Unwanted Item you Bought On or Offline?

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Likes2drive · Accepted Answer

Yeah plenty of times, too annoying to return or I needed something close and made it work

OlderAndWiser · Accepted Answer

Yes, I hate to return items if it was my mistake in buying it.

Massageman · Answer

There are a few things for which I changed the intended use, just to avoid all the crap that goes with returning it. It I buy stuff from a big-name retailer, it goes back if it's junk or busts the first time I use. Some of the stuff from Amazon is so schlocky that they just said to keep it and not return it (The S/H for them would likely be more that the plastic junk was worth). That said, my latest quest is to get a refund on "sod" from Home Depot. It seems to have changed characteristics from KYBlue to creeping bent in the time it took to take root. Now, big clumps of it are dead. I had moved some existing sod into the same area, so I know it's not my gardening practices that are messing it up.

Leapfrog00 · Answer

One time I bought the Hannah Jones single, No one can love you more than me, online and they sent me the maxi single 1 instead of maxi single 2, which there's different remixes on both of them, but I did discover there were a couple tracks on there with decent remixes I ended up liking, so I ended up keeping it. I don't know how they screwed up the order in the first place, part 1 has a yellow case in part 2 has a blue case. Still, I ended up enjoying it.

Nightblade23 · Answer

Ok I had bought what I thought was a TikTok hoodie off Amazon and when it came in the mail it was a crop top I didn't want it but I kept it anyways and still wore it but I don't have it anymore I think my ex's little sister took it because that was the last place I had it at his house never got it back

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Yes, for a while, `til got a better one. When I first got into eBay, I bought a DVD set of "Lost In Space" without realizing it didn't have the full series, it was missing a few DVD's in the set. I just figured, I can always find the rest later to fill in the rest of the set. Earlier this year, I bought a more modern edition of the entire series.

Sharkstealth · Answer

There is some absolute junk sold online. It's a waste of money to ship back. I've had a few things that were not anything like advertised. Appeared the same but nowhere near as rugged as claimed. Example indestructible shoes puncture and fire proof. They were not.

Lynx122 · Answer

Yes I've done that my jogging shoes I bought online are just a little too small. But I'm just using them anyway hoping I can wear them in or so ^^

thegreenyogi · Answer

Sometimes I have. Others I have sent the items back and asked for a refund. It really depends on whether or not I can find a way to make due with said item.

Apple1996 · Answer

Sometimes since I hate returning but usually if I really can't use a item I'll resell it

exitseven · Answer

I usually obsess over everything I buy so i always end up with what I need. I am terminally stingy.

OfMiceandMen · Answer

Nope. If it's not what I thought I was getting then I send it back.

VIVANT · Answer

Often loo it’s such a hassle returning stuff.

luvstoned4him · Answer

Or I just sell them if I really hate it or have no need for it

zoe2187 · Answer

I am the worst at returning anything. I have a stack of items I need to return. I won’t. I have no use for them.

Adventurer23 · Answer

Sometimes something doesn't quite work out exactly like you had planned, but I usually try to use whatever it is for however long it lasts because I don't like wasting things and buying more unnecessary stuff that'll all wind up in a landfill anyway. Usually something can be returned or exchanged, but if not, I just keep it and use it, and only buy something new until I actually  need  (not just want) something. Luckily, I am usually pretty lucky with most purchases I have made.

AmeerX · Answer

I did. I got a baby cradle by mistake, it was cash on delivery and then I just gifted it to my friend when his first born came

fuddly · Answer

With Amazon i got lucky a few times i didn't like something and i opted to return it. Then Amazon said. That's fine we'll give you a refund, no need to return.

Anpu23 · Answer

Yes I have, or altered it into something I can use.

Sparkie460 · Answer

Yes I have a couple times. It wasn't what I expected so I made it work until I found what I was actually looking for

douride2 · Answer

Yes I bought a pair of shoes wore them didn't care for them but kept them just the same.

Mansearching · Answer

Never bought anything online. I'm a brick and mortar guy.

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