‘I was basically tricked into buying it’: Manager promises free item from store for employee's birthday, goes back and says the price will be deducted from their pay

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Jul 28, 2024 7:00 AM EDT

What are the professional rules on "take-backsies"?

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  • Nothing is more trashy than doing take-backsies on a gift. You gave someone something to say you care about them, but then you ask for it back?? If it's because you don't care about that person anymore, then fine, that makes sense. But if you're making it some casual thing like it's no big deal and doesn't mean anything, think again. 

    This happened with a manager and their employee. The manager promised one free item from the shop for this employee on his birthday. So he got a toaster oven. Then, not too long after, the manager told him that the price of the toast oven was actually going to be taken out of his pay… Excuse me? What? Do managers not know the meaning of a gift? The employee had already started using it, so now he doesn't know what to do. He wants to keep it, but he also feels like he should return it on the principle of it all. Because seriously, who does that? What would you do? Read the story and other's takes on it below!

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    "I don't know if I'm entitled in this situation, but I was told I would get it for free only on my own birthday. My manager tells me otherwise."
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    Entitled manager lied about free birthday gift and insists on me paying for the item. S It's my birthday today and I was told I would get a toaster oven from my workplace for free. However when my birthday came I was told it would be deducted off my pay. I don't know if I'm entitled in this situation but I was told I would get it for free only on my own birthday my manager to tell me otherwise. I don't even know what to do anymore. I don't plan on giving it back either as I'm using it.
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    purpleja • Can you say you don't want need it? If the manager gets huffy about you "turning a gift down" just say. "If I'm paying for it, then it's not a gift" I mean it's BS. It's just them trying to trick you into a sale. Just say no. 700 Reply
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    momentforlife OP. Its discounted by a lot but I was basically tricked into buying it and then threatened that it would be taken from me if I didn't pay. 185 Reply
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    sharpiemontblanc Say, "No, thank you," smile, and walk away. 119 Reply
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    Pengo2001 • Remember there is no such thing as a free toaster in life! - 67 д Reply delsoldeflorida • Well there used to be. You just had to sign up for a new bank account. Banks used to run promotions to get new customers. They might have also used blenders. 35 Reply
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    Piddy3825 uck them, tell em you don't want it anymore. then go buy yourself one at another store. 23 68Snowy Reply Yeah. you can buy a toaster for under $30 at Kmart. How much was the discount? 6 Reply
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    Fair-Entertainer4243 · He's giving you a toaster on credit. Then he's taking the money for it out of your check like court ordered child support. You're entitled to decline. 18 Reply
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    _DRE_ . It's probably just added to your total pay so it can be taxed. I doubt it's actually being. deducted from your check. A lot of companies do this for gift type items at work. 22 Reply ...
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    LibraryMouse4321 . Ask other people if they got them on their birthday and if they had to pay. Also you can ask HR or someone other than the manager about the "free" Birthday toaster and why there's a charge. Could be it really is free and manager wants to take your money for himself. 8 Reply
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    50 CentButin Nickels I don't even know what to do anymore. You tell your manager you're not going to be roped into buying from the store to up sales just because they lied to you. What kind of place do you work at, anyway? This is lunacy. 4 6 ⇓ Reply ...
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    Beelzabobbie ⚫ • I am presently unable to afford your generosity..sounds like a nice -off ↑ 4 3 Reply
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    AsboST225 I was told I would get a toaster oven from my workplace for free. However when my birthday came I was told it would be deducted off my pay I don't plan on giving it back either as I'm using it. That's a big mistake right there.
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    You should've rejected it as soon as you were told you have to pay for it, as that voids its classification of a "gift". It's not a gift if you have to pay for it the whole premise of a gift is that someone else has paid for it for you. - Plus them taking it out of your pay is wage theft, which is illegal in most jurisdictions. + 3 + ☐ Reply
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    00Lisa00 . That's not a gift, that's a forced sale ☆ 2 B Reply
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    Efficient_Finger313 4d ago "Happy birthday. Have a pretend gift you could have lived without, and an unexpected bill. Because we care. Also because we got it at trade cost and have too much stock". What a d*ck ☆ 1 1 Reply
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