10+ Insane Things People Tried To Return To Walmart

As one Tennessee associate told Business Insider, a customer thought they could return something to Walmart that obviously had a Kmart sticker on it.

Stranger still, they turned out to be right because it was somehow accepted.

Not only was it a whole gallon of milk, from a different store, it was also out-of-date. Sometimes, you've almost got to admire people for trying.

Although they didn't tell Business Insider what happened to it, we can only hope it was disposed of.

The test came up positive, if you're curious.

As one associate's family member posted on Reddit, these returns were sometimes legitimate because after one bite, they found out Walmart had sold them something rancid.

However, it was more common for customers to dislike how their food was supposed to taste and try to bring it back.

One Reddit user said that by the time it gets to the return counter, the smell is the stuff of nightmares.

This is especially true of liver, which doesn't come as a surprise.

For instance, as one told Business Insider, they could often expect to see a bunch of air conditioners at the returns counter after summer was over.

The same was true of space heaters in the spring.

In this case, the man was trying to get a refund on what he claimed were electronics and started sweating when he found out they had to be cleared by the electronics department first.

However, that sweating ended up escalating into a medical emergency, so the attempted fraud was overlooked.

Granted, that's not what she told them it was.

As one former Walmart employee posted on Reddit, she had stolen a bottle of perfume, went into the bathroom, filled a separate container with the perfume, and then peed into the original one.

Still, she somehow got away with it.

It doesn't take much of an imagination to figure this means they would use it for years and then try to return it when it either finally broke or they got a new one.

As one employee told Business Insider, one issue was that it was a gallon of milk that was past its expiration date.

The other was that it had actually come from Kroger, not Walmart.

Not only is this example great for making us crinkle our noses, but it's also fairly common for these customers to bring them back with distrinct marks and stains.

One associate on Reddit described these returns as "often moist and smelly." which are probably the worst two qualities any one thing can have.

As one former employee who worked in the produce department told Reddit, somebody had tried to return a mango for whatever reason.

However, the weird part was how they did it. They had already cut it up, so they thought that putting it back together with scotch tape would do the trick.

It didn't.

This person returned a cat toy that stopped working after a half hour without realizing the toy had a 30 minute auto shut-off feature. It's right there on the box. In fairly big letters, too.

Reddit user alamuki recalled watching someone try to return a 30 day air freshener because it had stopped smelling nice.

It was the 29th day.

Reddit user Ace_on_the_Turn described seeing a man try to return a bike that had clearly been extremely well worn because the brakes had stopped working. The worst part is, after being told no by multiple employees, he demanded to see a manager, who promptly gave him his money back.

Don't stop complaining until you get your way, folks.

One Walmart employee said they once saw a woman try to return press-on nails that were still attached to her fingers. She got her refund and got to walk away still wearing the nails.

I don't blame the employees. I wouldn't want to wait for her to remove them either.

A Walmart worker showed off this cell phone someone recently brought in for a return that was bought in 2013. They said the phone was yellowed from smoke.

But, hey— kudos to this person for keeping a receipt that long. I lose mine the second I put them in the bag.

You might expect someone who's returning a food item to claim that it was past the best-by date, or contained an ingredient they were allergic to, but this person had a more... unique reason.

The reason for return is that it "does not work." Reddit user TheInstigator01 shared this receipt they came across with quite a lot of delight, and I can't blame them.

Probably the result of a cashier who doesn't know better or a particularly determined customer. Or, the worst possible answer: both.

Reddit user smasha100 detailed a particularly tricky customer who carefully unstitched the Walmart tag from a towel she'd bought and sewn it onto one of her own towels to bring in for a return.

It's almost admirable.

If this ink cartridge is reminding you of your younger days, it's for a reason — it was returned with an expiry date of 2003. I guess it took them 16 years to finally decide that they didn't want it.