A detailed description of a returns processing facility, including the processing of drugstore, rug, and apparel returns. It also discusses the items commonly found in returned pants and the fate of returned brand name fall fashions.
Your aunt mailed you a sweater for Christmas that’s three sizes too small. Armed with a gift receipt, you set out to return it. The Atlantic’s Amanda Mull enters the returniverse to find out what happens next.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Herman and Rob Byers, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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