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Apple to end restocking fees tomorrow

Apple plans to eliminate restocking fees starting tomorrow.

Previously, when customers would return open products to an Apple Store, they would be charged a 10 percent restocking fee. They were also required to return the respective device within 14 days of purchase. Although that restocking fee will no longer be charged, the new policy still requires customers to return products to stores within 14 days.

An employee at my local Apple Store confirmed that Apple would be ending its restocking fees starting tomorrow. Apple blog 9to5 Mac was first to report the change.

Apple's decision to end restocking fees … Read more

Total eclipse of the moon

Links from Monday's episode of Loaded:

Best Buy scraps its restocking fee policy

Google TV may not be ready for its closeup when the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show kicks off next month

The Privacy Bill of Rights aims to regulate companies' data collection practices

The U.K. government wants to make all pornography opt-in only

Google's PowerMeter can now track your home energy use via your home broadband if you have a PowerCost Monitor

TellMyGeo is the app version of "I've fallen and I can't get up!"

And don't miss tonight's lunar eclipse … Read more

Best Buy ends (most) restocking fees

Best Buy eliminated most restocking fees on returns as of this past Saturday.

The retailer will still charge a restocking fee on special order items, which according to its Web site, is a whopping 25 percent.

Best Buy confirmed to CNET today that it is also offering a refund on restocking fees to anyone who returned items between November 17 and this past Friday.

Previously, customers were charged a 15 percent restocking fees on most electronics in the store. It charged customers a 10 percent restocking fee on iPhones. The company's restocking fees were widely panned among consumers, who … Read more

Wii watch '07: Finally got one!

Yesterday, the Nintendo Wii hit the shelves once again...and left just as quickly. Nintendo's latest "relaunch" (store restocking) of the system was once again met with fairly crazy enthusiasm. The Wii might be a bit more available now in more rural areas, but if you're in a city, you should be ready for a prolonged hunt.

I finally got my Wii yesterday morning, and I was lucky. I woke up early and got to the Circuit City in Bergen, New Jersey, around 8:30 a.m., an hour and a half before the store opened. … Read more