'I laughed in her face': Halloween store employee refuses to refund a retail Karen for a child-sized costume she purchased for her 17-year-old, so Karen calls the police

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    on the receipt she was waving in my face it literally said "All sales final after October 25th"
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    A woman called the cops on me tonight because I refused to give her a refund. I work at a Spirit Halloween, literally less than an hour before I permanently close my store for the season a
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    lady came in demanding a refund for a product she bought over a week ago. On the receipt she was waving in my face it literally said "All sales final after October 25th". I asked
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    what was wrong with the costume, as I usually am happy to do a refund against policy for something legitimately defective but... Nothing was wrong with it. She had
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    bought a child size costume that said for ages 8-12 on the front for her 17yr old son and demanded that I refund her for it. I refused, as it clearly states. all sales final all over the store and her receipt. She
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    got ped off, started calling me names and telling me I was terrible at my job, then said that I was stealing from her and that she was going to call the police. I laughed in her face, because clearly she had no ground to stand on.
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    She actually called 911 and wasted emergency dispatch time for this sh. The cops showed up, I told them what had happened when they came in to ask, and they immediately took her outside and had to
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    spend the next 10 minutes trying to explain why she cannot call 911 for a retail dispute, that I am not stealing from her, and that she is not entitled to a refund against company policy. So annoying.
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    Womplt47 What was the costume lol s decoy OP Inflatable T-Rex lol
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    d84doc Should've told her you were closing in less than an hour but if she comes back anytime after today you'd totally help her out.
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    Noizyninjaz If it makes you feel better, I work at a large theme park. People dial 911 when the ride goes down for 5 minutes. It happens all the time.
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    LookAway Please510 It's super sus that she bought the costume before Halloween and brought it back after. I doubt there's a 17 year old kid. I wish that when people called the police for things like that, they would have to spend one night in jail for wasting their time, or obstruction of justice.
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    Sioux-me The most shocking part of this story is that the cops showed up. Last-Laugh7928 when she called she probably said that someone robbed her or something, not "the cashier won't give me a refund"
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    s decoy OP Yes, I heard her on the phone telling them that I "stole" from her. The cops also mentioned when they showed up that they had JUST responded to a very similar incident down the street.
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    glitter avy7 It's crazy how some people will go to extremes over a simple refund issue, but you handled it well by sticking to the policy

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