No, it was basically free.

It's about 50 dollars per month.

You would regulate temp by opening the window.

I am still amazed at how one can return a used device a month after buying it. It would not be possible where I grew up. And still, when I hear, "I have returned it," I am like, "What? You returned it just because you did not like it? And it was not broken? Wow!"

What do you mean you are returning it? It has been used already.

> Americans spend billions of dollars on stuff they have forgotten about

How can you forget about something when you are getting an SMS / Push notification the second they take your money?

Is this not true for the US?

How can you return a working product that you used for 30 days?

US culture. You can just return stuff for any reason within the return policy of the store. Leads to some people "renting" expensive equipment by buying it then returning it a couple days later after it's been used.

It's also a way for big merchants to crush smaller merchants, especially with music gear. Guitar Center will accept returns where the product can no longer be sold new and eat the cost while a local merchant can't, and loses business as a result.

Plus the quite common experience now of buying "new" only to find that the unit is scuffed and missing parts etc.

It's another one of those things that seems like a win for the consumer but is really just anticompetitive and borderline fraudulent.

This is possible only in the US, I think. In most of the world, you cannot return a working device that you just decided you didn't like or want.

Had to use VPN to read this from Turkey :-(

It is interesting that this site is blocked from Russia. I've tried using VPN and going there from different countries and yes, it's only from Russia.

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  "http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm" on this server.
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How is it possible that he is returning used and perfectly working kettles? Is it common in the US that you can return something that is not broken and was used just because you dislike it?