u/Front_Pie_8543

I blew £80+ missing return windows — Amazon jumper that didn't fit, a charger that was the wrong type, a textbook I never opened, oh and more books like Purple Cow.

made a stupidly simple tool that texts/emails you before your return deadline hits. Just forward your receipt email or snap a photo, it pulls the deadline automatically.

no spam. Just "return this by Thursday or you're eating the cost."

I've also had enough of retailers burying return information in their lengthy policies. Why isn't it effortless?

Have others noticed this? Many online retailers are now quietly charging flat fees for mail-in returns, deducting the cost directly from your refund.

Also companies have steadily reduced their open-ended or 60-day return windows down to standard 30-day limits.

What are your thoughts. Should consumers pushback?

In five to ten years, I can see returns being shorter and shorter for many brands, capitalism at its finest. Or new conditions applying where it's buried in policies.