Legal Question in Criminal Law in California

store policies and merchandise returns
I have a computer printer that was given to me and would like to return it to a retail store that carries the same printer, but I'm not sure where it was purchased. If I purchased the exact same printer at a chain retail store, is it illegal to return one of the printers to the same chain retailer (different location) with the receipt for the printer that I purchased, and then attempt to return the other printer to the store where I purchased one of the printers, without a receipt? I would say that I lost my receipt, although I already used it to return one of the printers at another location. I would count on one of the employees to remember me and allow the return, even though I dont have the receipt. Illegal?

Asked on 9/25/08, 12:29 am

Edward Hoffman Law Offices of Edward A. Hoffman

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Re: store policies and merchandise returns

What you describe would be a fraud on at least one of the stores, and probably both.

Answered on 9/25/08, 1:57 am

Terry A. Nelson Nelson & Lawless

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Re: store policies and merchandise returns

Try it only if you don't mind risking being arrested for merchant fraud.

Answered on 9/25/08, 2:18 pm

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