On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 19:34:48 -0600, graham > wrote:

>On 19/07/2015 5:01 PM, wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 16:59:20 -0600, graham > wrote:
>>
>>> On 19/07/2015 11:39 AM, wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, July 19, 2015 at 12:12:04 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> It was my wife's birthday yesterday and she had wanted a party. She
>>>>> looked after the invitations and my son and I looked after the rest.
>>>>> Holy cow it is a lot of work to plan a party. One of the hardest things
>>>>> is to get people to RSVP so that you know how much food to prepare and
>>>>> how much wine, beer and soft drinks to buy. She sent out more than 70
>>>>> invitations. Thank goodness there were a lot of people who were going to
>>>>> be away, had other plans or otherwise could not make it. We had 36
>>>>> accept and replied and a family of five that let us know the night
>>>>> before that they were coming and a few that showed up.
>>>>>
>>>> It sounds like a very nice party and everybody apparently
>>>> had a great time and enjoyed the food and drink.
>>>>
>>>> Can you return the red wine and the other case of white
>>>> wine for a refund?
>>>>
>>> When you buy something, it's a contract unless there's a return for
>>> refund agreement.
>>
>> Well, you have crap consumer laws over there if that's the case.
>>
>Actually, that's pretty well universal! That receipt has the force of a
>contract. However, Sears' "Return if you are not satisfied for any
>reason" policy has resulted in consumers assuming that they have free reign!
>Small stores often won't refund but offer a credit note instead - but
>they needn't!

Yep, some stores use discretion, up to them if they want to do that.
In Australia, you don't even necessarily need to have your receipt
(according to Australian consumer law at least) and can return items
if they are not fit for purpose or faulty, of course.