{"id":371006,"date":"2025-12-26T23:59:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/371006\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T23:59:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:59:23","slug":"easy-free-returns-have-become-the-expectation-heres-why-they-also-present-a-big-problem-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/371006\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy, free returns have become the expectation. Here\u2019s why they also present a big problem. &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixAFBVV95cUxORmNaYWowM2kxd3VhTmYwWlFvTk5WVlNPQ3l5dm5naFY4WTJQNTRYaEQyeGVPVlBNWGpteVMwUFFicGJKNGJrX2hlb1NZTWpyRzUwNmZDMThJUUtKOUVEVlgzeGtmZUR2bVRlMmNBdTdiTGE0SDZvcDMyZXh0RXhJd1VZSU1UVDZwdW0zbU1ROS1VdzV5RVZQeEVxR2hCQ1lIWVYxcDF6WjRxNnhHQXVhRk1WRTZ2cGdJbG9reXM5ZGo3SDRC?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Easy, free returns have become the expectation. Here\u2019s why they also present a big problem.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxOcG5JS1dLalQzdERtVnpLUTMwc2puMXlMRkIxdGtEZW5DTGpraDIxRWd2Tk9SYlRwUDBvNFJ2Ml9tdlg4M0JSazhMWTlyVGFKa1NNZExQZl9tUEU3dHRWQXFmbENUY0xuTlg5aFhvZ2hBT1ZVOHo2SXNHMG96OTBreVdwOExwb09SWDlsa2RXRHhIUXZ0QkF1NU9yVjRWWGs4VmpUMnA2bi16S0lGQXF5alhR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Returning gifts? Here&#8217;s return policies at Amazon, Target, Walmart, more<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;USA Today<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxOV2tGV09mMXRKMldTTjNOTmJ0QXl5NnVJNEJPMUpkWmh5NjBycTc3M1RDRTE4RXpjcGtFU3phUXc5NXplMjZhZlRVVmRFVVdtMmlGN0Z1S01LRWJfUm5fVjJPczk2ekxKWElzLURXSVJuZkdLakZVLUxxczhqT2FPZl9kcTJIZ1RocFVHYy1zZ2xMVE8xXzdQYVJRYWgzOENPR1E?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Exclusive | Returning a holiday gift? Big retail stores will now charge you for that \u2014 as much as $45<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;New York Post<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi7gFBVV95cUxOd2RPZk9lTkh4Mk9kMmNrbXN6Mnc5a1k3UG5NeGgtQjhRbm5KZUk1X2FaR21Td0t5ZFV2a0Y4NG1qb21ZTzRsRk1xemRkUW1vZjAzcG9qX3htLWZzQ05NM2w4NlFwLTk4ZjhPaEZjUzRYbk02ZExuR293aWlIV2Y4OGRZc05pMzNKbm9maTVOdFZXWDRqSFFBbFMyazdxaUd2TGViOEt3ZnIwLTg0MVJvT05rZmh3WFpPUlh2T1UwT05DQmZLY2hlQkFzWXoxOVFVcnJSQjkwa0l0OUZYV3gtVnhTMGpqWnhtcldCT2V3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why your holiday gift returns might go to a landfill and what you can do about it<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxNc0hQTnhucU5zMkh1ZmR5aHdDZFNYYUNTRmQwQkt5eklUeXByeU9iODBGcU5lTVN3RG9pSTVCODFSeHZtT3Jfdkk4QnZpMEo3NDV0enhKVXVvbkxZWUhVcXlLT1FCTTN1ZzBRdlMwbFpuMHNDNEkwbnBhMkpETnc5UmR4T1VRZ1dzV3MyLTAxV01PcF9qdjd6OTZrMnRSTTJ6YW96T3liSV91TUs5RERQQUNMQVF6SVIzVURHVw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Want to avoid post-holiday return headaches? Follow these steps<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WCPO 9 News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Easy, free returns have become the expectation. Here\u2019s why they also present a big problem.&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsReturning gifts? Here&#8217;s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[712,45,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-371006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}