Stupid things I spent money on

GWashington1732

GWashington1732

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I was going through some junk today and I found some stupid things I spent money on. Like a Gerber DF8 sharpener, piece of junk not worth five dollars, let alone thirty. So today I was going through some papers and found the receipt expires tomorrow, and the cardboard back piece that came with the sharpener, but I threw away the shrink wrap, so here's a question, I I were to take the back piece, the sharpener and the receipt back, do you think Dicks would accept the return? The policy says that a receipt, original packaging and the item in like new condition it required, the item is in like new condition, I've only used it once, and I have half of the original packaging and the receipt so what do you think? Go for it?

Also, has anyone else used one of these things and haad it work? It's the sharpener with the steel fingers that's supposed to sharpen any blade, didn't seem to work all that well on my junky test knife but maybe I did something wrong.
 
Stupid topics I spend my time moving to another forum :D

I think it's too late to take it back. They can't put it back on the rack since you didn't keep the entire package it came in.

Some sharpeners are practically worthless, others are just diferent enough, you need to practice. The best knives to practice on are knives like Opinels and Moras. They are cheap but they will take a nice edge once you learn how.
 
Never know what you can do till you try... (hey, that sounds like a line from a song!)

Also, nothing ventured, nothing gained. What can they say? No?

If they say yes - you're golden. If not, you tried. If you don't try. Its all your fault.
 
Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.

You got $30 in experience.

Play it straight, eat the loss, donate the gizmo to the Salvation Army/Goodwill, write it off and do better next time.

You'll feel better about yourself afterwards.
 
Will the store take it back? Probably yes... as a courtesy to you. But now comes the personal/ethical question: do you want to abuse the store's courtesy? Is it right to ask the store to pay for your mistakes... the mistake of loosing the package and also the mistake of buying this thig without doing your homework up front? I, myself, wouldn't take it back.
 
Kind of glad I didn't return it now. I tried it out again on one of my junk knives and it did get it sharp. Not sharp to my liking mind you, but enough to cleanly slice paper after ten or eleven pulls through this thing. Enough for most people's kitchen knives. Going to give it as a christmas gift to save money, i.e. being a cheapskate. :D
 
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