Returning Diapers!

I agree with Holly B.

Instead of returning them, I'd recommend giving them to someone else who can use them - pay it forward.

Similac keeps sending formula and coupons even though our youngest just turned 2. It's a little different, but I pass all of them along to a coworker who has a child using formula to help with the cost.

I'd personally never consider taking Diapers back to the store. Just wouldn't cross my mind, but I would donate them to a day care, a church, a homeless shelter, a women's shelter.

Good luck.

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When ever I had left over diapers I would take them down to the nearest domestic violence shelter. Diapers are one of the items they need most and get the least often since people often do not realize the need. Often it is a new baby to protect that gives many of these abused woman the courage and strength to finally say "enough".

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I don't know about returning, but I do know about donating. There are lots of people that in today's economy are having trouble with the cost of a baby. Perhaps writing off the donation on your taxes is incentive enough to donate them to a local charity or orphanage. These poor kids didn't pick to be born into a time/situation where they can't even have clean diapers to keep them from getting sore bottoms. Just something to think about.

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Hi J.. How lucky you are to have received the diapers from your church. Is there by any chance a womens shelter in your area that you can donate them? You can pass a gift on.

L.

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You were blessed to have such caring people to give you diapers, now it is your turn to donate to someone out there needing help or even donate it to a day care or church day care program. I don't think you should try to get some money out of it. It was a gift, and by donating it, God will bless you even more.

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I had this problem when our son was born too, we got about 5 boxes of size 1, and he only wore them for a couple of weeks. I posted an ad on Craigslist to see if anyone wanted to trade diapers. I ended up trading a couple boxes with a lady, and it was perfect. We both got what we needed!

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I think I'd try to find other people to bless with the diapers rather than trying to return them to a store. But if they are of a specific brand, you might ask the store that sells that brand if you can trade sizes.

It would be nice to pay it forward. Donate them back to church or friends who can use.

You have great suggestions. Depending on your are you could also post the diapers on a :for Sale" sight. In Houston area we have several Bookoo sights (ie: Conroe Yard Sales, Rummage the Woodlands, etc.) We also have Woodlands Online, Conroe Classifieds. List them for sale and see if you get any takers. You won't get what the store would give you but you would have cash and not have the hassle of dealing with the stores.

Good luck!

If they are Pampers, Huggies, Luvs, etc. I don't think there's a way to know what came from where. Here are a few store brands that I'm aware of:

Parent's Choice - Walmart
Up & Up - Target
Especially For Baby - Babies R Us (Toys R Us)

Good luck,
K.

look for the name of the diapers...google it and see in what store they sell them and go to the store and just say that your ("mother in law") purchase to many and they doesn't fit your kid and she didn't save the receipt...they probable are going to give you a store credit.

good luck

I would be grateful to be "covered" on this size (as you said you are) and pay it forward and donate them, return them to the men or give them to a friend. There are many people out there who can't afford diapers, so donating them is a great idea!!

Walmart is really good at accepting returns for store credit as long as they stock the item being returned.

Please donate them to a Battered Womens' Shelter or Homeless Shelter. Think about an abused mom with a baby showing up somewhere for help and only having time to grab her child and get out.
What a huge blessing you would be giving to her by providing those diapers.

The church gave them to you to help you. Why not give them to help others. I don't think that would be right to take them back to the store and keep the money. If you did return them then you should return the money back to the church. You could donate them to a woman's shelter or ask your own church, certainly they would know who needs them the most. Please don't return them and keep the money or exchange them for something for yourself. That is not what your church intended.

J.-Share the blessing. I'm sure daycares and women's shelters in your local area would be grateful. God Bless!

Walmart or HEB. Just take them and see if the return them. You may only get store credit.

Wal-mart! If Wal-Mart sells that type diaper, they will tale them back!!

As long as the store carries the brand you have and it is an unbroken package, they will exchange them for a different size. Wal-mart is really good for this. If you received "store brand" diapers, you could probably google the name and find the store. How wonderful for you being buried in diapers, it is such an expense. Have a blessed day. cb

I would return them to the church. There is surely someone else that could use them.

I was going to sugest Walmart but I have also had to exchange diapers for a different size and I go to HEB they are really good about it and I usually almost never have the receipt.

i had the same problem. sometimes on the barrcode it tells you were its from like if its from target it will have the target sign. if you cant figure it out take them to walmart thats what i did and they told me it didnt matter were they were from. some walmarts now want recipts if they ask tell your situtation and try to work something out with them. they might give you in store credit or exchange. if you do xchange get 4 my daughters been in thoses for 6months or so.....

I ask the person that gave them to me. Just say, Thank you, Thank you!
I need to exchange them for a larger size baby is growing so fast!

Most will let you exchange diapers for a different size as long as the box isn't opened

Try Wal-Mart. If they sell the brand, they'll take it back and give you a gift card.

Just something to consider...you may want to ask about exchanging them or call ahead and check on return policies. Walmart allows only 3 returns without receipts per year - not sure if it is per person or per household. They actually ask for a form of ID to help track. So if you have 3 packs of diapers to return that will use up your allotment. Don't know if that is a concern for you. Also don't know if other stores have similar policies.

I never had a problem returning unopened packs of diapers at Target or Walmart. As long as they are unopened, most stores should accept them with no questions asked. Some may only give your store credit, some will give you cash and some will let you exchange for a different size in the same brand. But, I've never had a store turn me away. =0) And yes...you are right...it's a wonderful problem to have! =0)

You should return them to the men of the church for another family to use, not to a store. They donated them to you, return the favor.

That was super nice of them! You could politely explain that your daughter won't be able to use all of them. Explain that you'd like to exchange the ones in bags for the next size up, and would need the reciepts. That way your not turning away the gift, just getting more use out of them.

Take them to Walmart and if they scan them and turns out they sell that item, most of the time they came from grocery store such as HEB and those big chain stores.We had the same problem and really didn't have a problem exchanging.

You should be able to just return them to Wal Mart, as long as it's a brand they sell. They don't care, they stick it back on their shelf & sell it again!