Decrapification Equals $73.45
That's right boys and girls! Once the cleaning starts, the money pours in by the fistful!
Last night I went to Lowe's and returned three sacks full of unused, unloved, and unwanted plumbing supplies. And, having learned from our encounter with Ms. I-flushed-my-brain, Lowe's resident demon of the return desk, I took the unusual precaution of washing all of my returns. That is right, I washed them.
Filling the kitchen sink with hot water and gently washing all the dust and dirt off thirty or forty PVC and CPVC fittings is an odd experience. You have to be extra careful to not get the stick-on price tags too wet so they don't fall off or bleed, but I did it. Then, they were all carefully dried and bagged.
I didn't have any trouble with my returns. They wouldn't take two items because they weren't from Lowe's (fair enough, right?), but I'm okay with that since they gave me $73.45 for everything else.
I can't wait to see what else I can find to return.
Last night I went to Lowe's and returned three sacks full of unused, unloved, and unwanted plumbing supplies. And, having learned from our encounter with Ms. I-flushed-my-brain, Lowe's resident demon of the return desk, I took the unusual precaution of washing all of my returns. That is right, I washed them.
Filling the kitchen sink with hot water and gently washing all the dust and dirt off thirty or forty PVC and CPVC fittings is an odd experience. You have to be extra careful to not get the stick-on price tags too wet so they don't fall off or bleed, but I did it. Then, they were all carefully dried and bagged.
I didn't have any trouble with my returns. They wouldn't take two items because they weren't from Lowe's (fair enough, right?), but I'm okay with that since they gave me $73.45 for everything else.
I can't wait to see what else I can find to return.
Labels: Decrapification, money, plumbing
posted by John | 6:55 AM
4 Comments:
We love returning stuff. You feel so good about that money, even better than when you get the paycheck that actually supplied it in the first place.
Amanda and I once showed up with a whole shopping cart filled with stuff. It was awesome!
The plumber that worked on my house estimated the supplies he would need and gave me a list...turned out that he WAY overestimated and by the time he was done, I had a box full of returnable stuff.
Suprisingly, the cashier at Home Depot found it comical that I had sooo much to return and quite enjoyed ringing everything up.
I on the other hand was estastic with the total $230-something dollars-SWEET !!!
I think plumbing is one of those things where you always return a lot. There are so many different fitting, and you don't know exactly what you need, until you need it. I've returned over 100 dollars worth at a time. Home Depot even gave me store credit for some fittings I bought elsewhere. I guess it was the same brand as they carry.
Wishing all at the Devil Queen a very Happy New Year!
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