{"id":452,"date":"2018-08-10T12:21:26","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T16:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/?p=452"},"modified":"2018-09-17T12:43:39","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T16:43:39","slug":"back-to-school-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/back-to-school-shopping\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to School Shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">August marks the close of the summer with school days just around the corner.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-457 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2018\/08\/BacktoSchool-150x150.png\" alt=\"Backpack on to school\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>\u00a0 For many, this means a lot of shopping must be done. From school supplies to sizing-up clothes, it\u2019s back to school and retail shopping season. \u00a0Whether you shop in store or online, we hope to provide you with some helpful information to shop smart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With the click of a mouse and the ability to shop late at night, online shopping is often thought of as easy. \u00a0We can shop online while in our pajamas, but the lax nature of online shopping can leave us open to be less aware of our purchasing decisions.\u00a0 Before you buy online, we suggest that you explore the site and do some research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-458 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2018\/08\/MobileShopping-150x150.png\" alt=\"mobile shopping\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Review and take screen captures of the return policy and save them in a folder on your computer\u2014just in case you have to return something later. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check out online reviews by typing in the name of the business and \u201ccomplaints\u201d to learn about others\u2019 experiences. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Countless times we have heard consumers say, \u201cI would not have bought from this site, if I had read the reviews.\u201d Reviews are telling of consumer experience, letting people know if they received the product they ordered and if they were satisfied.\u00a0 Review sites can be helpful for both online and brick-and-mortar stores.\u00a0 Use sites like th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbb.org\/en\/us\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Better Business Bureau<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yelp<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to get more information before you buy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-456 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/files\/2018\/08\/RetailClothes-150x150.png\" alt=\"retail clothes\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did you know that retail supports more than 95,000 jobs and contributes more than 4.9 billion to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nrf.com\/who-we-are\/this-is-retail\/retail-across-america\/retail-across-america-vermont\">Vermont\u2019s economy<\/a>?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Or that clothing and footwear are exempt from <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/tax.vermont.gov\/sites\/tax\/files\/documents\/SalesUseTaxFS_0.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vermont sales tax<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? \u00a0If a retail location has a refund policy, they must post it at the point of display, the cash register, or the store entrance. \u00a0Don\u2019t assume that just because you purchased something at a physical location you will be able to get a refund! <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/consumer\/vermonts-consumer-protection-rules\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vermont\u2019s Consumer Protection Rule 106 &#8211; Disclosure of Refund Policy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0informs about what is required of retail locations in disclosing refund policies.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t forget, yo<\/span>u can always call CAP at (800) 649-2424, if problems arise.<\/p>\n<p>Happy shopping.\u00a0 And, don&#8217;t forget to enjoy these last few days of summer!<\/p>\n<p><em>Contributing Writer: Crystal Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sources:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/nrf.com\/who-we-are\/this-is-retail\/retail-across-america\/retail-across-america-vermont\">National Retail Federation<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/tax.vermont.gov\/sites\/tax\/files\/documents\/SalesUseTaxFS_0.pdf\">Vermont Department of Taxes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August marks the close of the summer with school days just around the corner.\u00a0 For many, this means a lot of shopping must be done. From school supplies to sizing-up clothes, it\u2019s back to school and retail shopping season. \u00a0Whether you shop in store or online, we hope to provide you with some helpful information&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/back-to-school-shopping\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Back to School Shopping<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4480,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[505490,481474,505492,505496,505494,17881,401777,505495],"class_list":["post-452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-back-to-school","tag-consumer","tag-online-shopping","tag-refund-policy","tag-retail","tag-reviews","tag-shopping","tag-vermont-sales-tax","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4480"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1599,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452\/revisions\/1599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}