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store policies and merchandise returns (part 2)

(Part 1)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?

(Part 2) I actually did this and the store manager could see that the transaction was already returned to another store, in which my drivers license number was documented for the return. I am 100% sure that he knew what was up. He told me that he would go ahead and do the return, but needed my licence. I told him that I left it at home. He then told me to get my licence and then he would do the return. At this point he refused to give me my printer back and currently has it. What should I do?

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