If you’ve noticed that returning items to stores isn’t as easy as it used to be, rest assured: It isn’t just you. Thanks to a growing number of people who are returning items they’ve used or never bought in the first place, retailers have been employing a variety of new techniques to stop so-called “returnaholics” and others from abusing the return process. Return fraud cost the retail industry billions of dollars a year, according to the National Retail Federation.  In fact, return fraud has become such a problem that it has sparked an industry-wide crackdown. Stores are using databases to identify serial returners. The best advice for the honest shopper, try it before you buy it, because you just may not be able to return that item.

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