The worst I’d done was return an old unused Bowflex to Costco. I’d heard there was a recall on the model and thought I’d take advantage of it.
Back when we had a JC Penny warehouse outlet, there was a large selection of wedding dresses. Ladies were known to buy/order their dresses, had them fitted of course, then not accept them. They’d later go to the outlet and buy it for real cheap when it was put on the rack. I did see the wedding dresses rack so believe that’s true.
grew up with a neighborhood rascal that pulled the same scam on a local pizza parlor...order a pizza using a fake name wait 30 minutes then go in and ask about any pizzas that didn’t get picked up. cheap or free every time! he only did it once or twice a month and they apparently never caught on as this went on for years.
Costco used to have a forever TV return policy but stopped that at some point.
Buddy of mine had bought a huge giant old school projector type set when the policy was in place and returned it after abut 5 years.
Well the store tried to not honor the policy but he was wouldn’t stand for that, so after a couple of hours and the manager making several calls up the corporate rungs they said he could have any set in the store.
Turned out the projector tv cost way more than anything new in the store so he got the best available at the time.