LA Woman Returns Dead Christmas Tree To Costco In January

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CA -- It's common to see unwanted Christmas gifts returned after the holidays, but a dead Christmas tree? In testing Costco's return policy, a Los Angeles County woman was caught on camera returning a dead Christmas tree to the members-only warehouse.

Fox8 reported the photograph was shared to Facebook (of course), and then shared with radio host Dave Smiley. The news station said the Facebook post read, "Woman in line at Costco, totally nonchalant, to return her Christmas Tree 'because it is dead' on January 4th. I saw the whole thing go down with my own two eyes about 30 minutes ago. If I didn't see it, I wouldn't believe that someone had so little moral values or lack of conscience."

"The man claimed that Costco employees did confirm she bought the tree at their store and gave her the refund. He said she was 'shamed to a small degree,' but wrote, 'I don't think it fazed her because she has no conscience.' A picture accompanying the post showed a woman with a red 'X' over her face standing with a dead Christmas tree at the Costco customer service counter," the news station reported.

On its website, Costco stated, "We guarantee your satisfaction on every product we sell, and will refund your purchase price." It lists several exceptions but doesn't detail any rules about plants or dead plants Christmas trees or dead Christmas trees.

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