The receipt says "Other restrictions may apply", which pretty much means the store can decide what to return and what not to return if it's not worth returning. Food cannot be resold after having been returned. After it's returned it has to be marked out of stock and thrown in the trash.
However, with the flip-flop return, that's pretty strange. The store I go to will take back anything that's in season, but if it's way out of season, and over 30 days it can't be taken back until it's back in season. (Like if you try to return flip flops in winter)
There literally is nothing the managers could have done to help you in that situation. The check (or credit/debit card) cannot be accepted as payment until the system tells the software in the cash register it is okay.
That's really a common mistake that is the result of sloppy merchandising. All merchandise is what the ticket says it is so long as that ticket is the one that belongs to the item. If the sign says one thing, and the ticket means the other, that means that someone either dumped some jeans beneath that sign, or that an associate placed them there without realizing that the prices did not match up.
If you don't like giving out your phone number when writing checks, get a debit card! For you to have taken the cashier's time to write the check, then to change your mind based on you being paranoid about your phone number, it is inconsiderate, when you could have just swiped a debit card, and either signed or punched in your PIN and be done with it. No waiting period to return, money comes out faster, and no PHONE NUMBER.
I opened up a Checking account and was given a debit card as a minor. This isn't very ethical because minors tend to be less responsible, and have low incomes. So of course, I ended up overdrafting my account, apparently, instead of declining my card at the point of sale. The bank will charge 36 dollars for any amount overdrawn!
Well one vacation, after I had graduated, and I had 1000 from an open house for school. I deposited money in the bank so that I could use it to buy gas among other things. Since the bank decided that chronology is not important, I was overdrawn by hundreds of dollars. Not only could I not access the ATM because the bank randomly changed my PIN number while I was on vacation to get cash, but they had to take 100s of dollars of a kid's school money.
I called to see how much it would cost to just have my savings transferred over (assuming it'd be around 4 to 6 dollars), but no, it's 15 dollars per incident.
I decided this was ridiculous and switched to CASE Credit Union where the same savings to checking transfer service costs a mere $2. CASE also has the ethical policy of no debit cards to minors.
This bank is nothing but sleeze.
