A couple times I'd buy a pair of hiking boots, wear them for like 3 months until a stitch pulled out or something and return them. I'm hard on shoes so the "failure" was really just normal wear.
In the intervening years I've bought a LOT of boots there. Actually, next time I'm passing through I might buy another pair. Last I knew the LL Bean house brand hiking boots were made in Italy... -Curt On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 09:31:13 PM EST, Dwight Giles <dwight.gi...@gmail.com> wrote: yes i have returnedca few items including a winter coat in exchange for one with a better zipper. I read a book on LLB- some woman returned a bunch of shirts her departed husband left behind. On Mon, Dec 19, 2022, 7:36 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The interesting thing about the LL Bean policy was that when I was in high > school I abused the crap out of it. After I realized it was a stupid and > jerky thing to do I became a very loyal customer. I'm still quite fond of the > place and experience significant nostalgia going there. I remember when it > was just one big room. I'm sure I've spent enough money with them over the > years to make up for my previous activity. > > Unfortunately not everybody grows out of it... > > -Curt > > > > On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 06:34:08 PM EST, Dimitri Seretakis via > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > It’s a ridiculous policy but abusing it will only put them out of business > and/or result in price increases to compensate. I wouldn’t return a used oil > filter on principle regardless of their return policy. When I was in college > in Maine, I’d abuse the overly lenient return policy of next door LL Bean. In > retrospect, it was an immature and jerky thing to do! > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 19, 2022, at 5:30 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Returned oil filters to FCPEuro or claimed the lifetime replacements. I >> have 3 old ones I was going to see about getting replacements. I had >> ordered some of the same items a few weeks ago and have ordered others in >> the past. Do they actually want nasty old filters back? >> >> I guess I can check with them tomorrow. If they want them back I guess a >> postal service flat rate envelope or similar would be the way to go. With 3 >> I’d come out ahead I think. >> >> --FT >> Sent from iFōn >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
