I managed to convince a buddy that he should return this hideous shirt lest the fashion police come arrest him! Really people, it was that bad. But I can understand the draw: it was originally $135 and is now 80% off (-20% with coupon). Well he used his debit card (MAC/Star) at Macy's to buy the shirt.

When the clerk rang up the transaction, she asked him for his card. Now I thought that Macy's like Target, Home Depot etc kept your card number in their system so that when you return something, it automatically goes back to that account--no card needed. Well it turns out that he used his MAC/Star only card! No Visa or MC logo! Wel the clerk didn't know what to do about this! The clerk called the area manager, the AM called the floor manager and they all called upstairs only to find out: "Give him cash!"

It turns out that Macy's will let you use debit or credit cards but unlike HD they don't give cash for a debit card return, they credit it to the Visa/MC portion of the card! Well they didn't know how to do that on a card without the Visa/MC logo!!! Of course at least 2 of the store employees grilled him as to why he doesn't have a full-fleged debit card...