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Returning Transacted Item

Is it valid to return a transacted item due to defective quality or misrepresentation by the seller?

It is permissible for the buyer to return an item of low or defective quality, or one misrepresented by the seller, and obligatory for the seller to accept the return.

The purchased item should be returned in its entirety, even if the satisfactory portion is easily separable from the unsatisfactory portion (e.g. rotten fruit and good fruit), though the seller is entitled to let the buyer purchase only the satisfactory portion.

Once the buyer agrees to retain the item, the seller is no longer compelled to accept its return. The seller who fulfills the sell-side conditions of a valid transaction without misrepresentation is not obligated to accept a return when the buyer who fulfills the buy-side conditions of a valid transaction misinterprets an aspect of the transaction.

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