On Friday, the Criterion section of my local store was nearly full and I went back yesterday and at least a third of the discs were gone. I hadn't seen that section that picked over in years. I know people wondered if the sale would happen because of the pandemic but I wondered if a lack of...
I stopped at my local B&N again this morning and I'm assuming it's a mistake rather than a company wide thing but they had already put out the Bruce Lee set and The Lady Eve.
My guess would be that they would let people return open items as a courtesy but if they recognize someone doing it habitually, it might be an issue. The receipt enables them to deny an open return in those cases.