----- Original Message ----- From: "Belle Shepherd" <belleshep@cox.net> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 7:27 AM Subject: Re: [ML] THE SUBJECT IS Returns/Refunds > Many years ago I worked in Customer Service in an Atlanta Dept. store. We > had a small mail order Dept. and our Customer Service handled their > problems. Well, ine morning I went to my desk and a well dressed gentleman > of small stature was sitting in the customer's chair by my desk. Beside him > was a large , long box with our store's logo. He related his story with a > smile on his face and an occasional laugh. > He was a minister from a small town in the suburbs of Atlanta. He was a > longtime customer. He bought mostly from the boy's Dept. because of his > size. This time, he had ordered several items of underwer shown in the > weekly ad in the Sunday paper. He kept smiling and said this incident was > roo funny to handle by mail so he needed to drive up and handle it > personaly. He put the box up on my desk and asked me to open it. My boss was > watching from her ffice door, wondering what was going on. > I opened the box and pushed the tissue paper aside. Guess what? > There was a aize 44 lady's corset, resplendent with all the steel staves, > buckles and straps and garters back and front. He took it out and draped it > across his shoulders. The garters touched the toes of his shoes. By this > time, all the girls in the Dept. had gathered aroundm everyone was laughing, > so was he. My bos told me to give him a complete refund and take him down > to the Boy's Dept. to select his underwear at no charge. I've alwaya > regretted not getting a picrute of him and that corset. It was a sight. > > Belle > North Las Vegas, Nv. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joyce Ragels" <jragels@comcast.net> > To: "ETM" <ETMaddox@verizon.net> > Cc: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 2:11 AM > Subject: Re: [ML] THE SUBJECT IS Returns/Refunds > > > > This is a mixed bag for me. > > > > If someone gives you something that either doesn't fit or you just don't > like, I see nothing wrong with exchanging it for something you like that > does fit. > > > > If something is doesn't work or doesn't have all the pieces, that should > also be returned. > > > > What I don't like is for anyone to expect the store to stand behind their > bad choice. The best example is all those people who bought generators in > 2000 for the world catastrophe that didn't happen. On Jan 1 when everything > was still OK, they took the generators back. I think that was wrong. > Retail stores are not in business for anyone to borrow their inventory. I'm > afraid had I been in charge, if there was nothing wrong with them, I would > not have allowed them to be returned. > > > > I'm going through a home improvement project. I don't expect any store to > stand behind my bad choices. If I purchase 30 sheets of sheet rock and only > use 28, I should have to eat the cost of the other two. I consider that > being responsible for my actions. Plus it just isn't fair to the store. > > > > Maybe I just want integrity and honesty in returns and refunds. > > > > J > > > > Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming > gardeners who make our souls blossom. - Marcel Proust > > http://community.webshots.com/user/jragels > > > > > > > The subject is > > > > > Returns/Refunds > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Belle, wasn't there a plane crash near you last week? All I heard was it was in north Las Vegas. Was it close to you? Emma ----- Original Message ----- From: Belle Shepherd<mailto:belleshep@cox.net> To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com> ; askgranny@juno.com<mailto:askgranny@juno.com> ; Crystal Olivia Newton<mailto:obit213@bellsouth.net> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 4:32 PM Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Fw: [ML] THE SUBJECT IS Returns/Refunds

Yes, there was a plane crash not too far from us. The pilot and people in the house were killed. There are several small airports around where people keep their small private planes so we always face that danger. I try not to worry about things I can't control. I have enough other stuff to be concerned about. There was another crash down near Lake Mead. The pilot was killed, I don't know any more details. I used to fly a lot and always enjoyed it but it was still scary. My grandson and his wife travel a lot and I'm always concerned about them. I suppose there is a certain amount of danger in anything we do, can't live in fear of everything. I had my bad fall and broken arms right here in the laundry room a few feet away from where I am sitting. Love, Belle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peace Roses" <Roses4831@msn.com> To: <southern-chat@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Fw: [ML] Are you okay? > Belle, wasn't there a plane crash near you last week? All I heard was it was in north Las Vegas. Was it close to you? > Emma > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Belle Shepherd<mailto:belleshep@cox.net> > To: southern-chat@rootsweb.com<mailto:southern-chat@rootsweb.com> ; askgranny@juno.com<mailto:askgranny@juno.com> ; Crystal Olivia Newton<mailto:obit213@bellsouth.net> > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 4:32 PM > Subject: [SOUTHERN-CHAT] Fw: [ML] THE SUBJECT IS Returns/Refunds > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTHERN-CHAT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Belle.... the mental picture is too funny...... the man must have had a really great sense of humor!! paulette in sw fla usa..... where the wind and rain have finally stopped..... On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Belle Shepherd <belleshep@cox.net> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Belle Shepherd" <belleshep@cox.net> > > Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 7:27 AM > Subject: Re: [ML] THE SUBJECT IS Returns/Refunds > > > > Many years ago I worked in Customer Service in an Atlanta Dept. store. We > > had a small mail order Dept. and our Customer Service handled their > > problems. Well, ine morning I went to my desk and a well dressed > gentleman > > of small stature was sitting in the customer's chair by my desk. Beside > him > > was a large , long box with our store's logo. He related his story with a > > smile on his face and an occasional laugh. > > He was a minister from a small town in the suburbs of Atlanta. He was a > > longtime customer. He bought mostly from the boy's Dept. because of his > > size. This time, he had ordered several items of underwer shown in the > > weekly ad in the Sunday paper. He kept smiling and said this incident was > > roo funny to handle by mail so he needed to drive up and handle it > > personaly. He put the box up on my desk and asked me to open it. My boss > was > > watching from her ffice door, wondering what was going on. > > I opened the box and pushed the tissue paper aside. Guess what? > > There was a aize 44 lady's corset, resplendent with all the steel > staves, > > buckles and straps and garters back and front. He took it out and draped > it > > across his shoulders. The garters touched the toes of his shoes. By this > > time, all the girls in the Dept. had gathered aroundm everyone was > laughing, > > so was he. My bos told me to give him a complete refund and take him > down > > to the Boy's Dept. to select his underwear at no charge. I've alwaya > > regretted not getting a picrute of him and that corset. It was a sight. > > > > Belle > > North Las Vegas, Nv. > >