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Well, hello there and welcome back my friends.

My name is Stephanie Safarian and you are listening to episode 231 of the sustainable minimalist podcast, a-weekly show about intentional and eco-minimalist living.

On today's show we are discussing the logistics of online returns. Now we've all been there right we've

purchased something online we had the highest of hopes the delivery man put it on

our doorstep we rushed out we got the item we tried it on and oh no

there's a problem perhaps it doesn't fit perhaps it didn't look as great on you as it

did on the in advance of the holidays where returns really skyrocket, we're discussing what actually happens

to those returns.

Now I must start this conversation by taking us all on a trip down memory lane. When I was a

kid and when I was a teenager and even when I was a young adult really, the way I

bought clothes was by heading to the store, to the mall and trying on items in the

sometimes dingy fitting room right the dressing room try on was a crucial step in

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