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Gear website with free returns

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kpow
Posts: 373 - Karma: 33
I'm buying a helmet but Im not sure about the size so i wanted to find a website that has free return shipping. anyone know of somewhere, please legit answers
16 years ago
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TDpeak
Posts: 130 - Karma: 10
I'm not sure if anywhere does that. I know Backcountry paid for return shipping on my order where they sent me the wrong size (It wasn't even their fault, the outerwear company had placed a small pant in a large pant package, backcountry couldn't have known) but if you order something and decide you don't want it or want a different size, I can't think of anywhere that will cover return shipping on it.
16 years ago
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Slinger1x1
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BC usually covers my return shipping no matter what, just ask them and they will
16 years ago
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kpow
Posts: 373 - Karma: 33
thanks
16 years ago
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Malcolm
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just go to a shop and try it on
16 years ago
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MNS
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yeah really. its not worth shipping back and forth to get size right. just go to a shop and try on a helmet and check the size. most of them fit the same as hats.

like im a 71/2 in a hat and i think im supposed to use a Large helmet. i get XL tho to fit a toque underneath
16 years ago
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kpow
Posts: 373 - Karma: 33
yeah but i want to get it online so i can save some money by getting a previous years model, cuz in a shop the cheapest is like $120, but online i can get one for a legit $35
16 years ago
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TOAST.
Posts: 7780 - Karma: 40,079
Go to the shop try on the helmet. Leave. Go home. Get on the interweb. Buy the helmet. 
OR
Find the sizing chart for the company and measure your head.
16 years ago
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mason-
Posts: 955 - Karma: 45

backcountry will. but i usually just have to pay the shipping, no biggie though.

backcountry is seriously one of the most legit, awesome places to buy stuff from. theyre customer service is amazing and they have sick deals. AND if for any reason you dont like it, you can send it back for a full refund

16 years ago
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kpow
Posts: 373 - Karma: 33
i want to get a bern helmet but they dont sell bern helmets in the only ski store anywhere near me, so I have to go online
16 years ago
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TOAST.
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the way you responded in a previous post made it sound like your shop had the helmet, but you wanted it for cheaper.

Now that I know that go with my second suggestion and look at the chart
16 years ago
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salomonskiier12
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thats just a dick move.  If you're really serious about it, buy it from the shop... If its a small, chill, local shop, they should be reasonably priced. 

Otherwise, because of people like you, the shop may go out of business. If everyone did that for all types of gear (coats, goggles, helmets etc), imagine what would happen.

16 years ago
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pigglywiggly
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does BC really refund your money if you mount and use your skis and end up not liking them so you send them back after you use them? thats ridiculous legit if they do
16 years ago
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