Geoffrey dollars

Don't remember this....

Never heard of this but this sounds like the fastest way to speedrun a lawsuit.

Nope; never followed Toy R Us news and this is the first I've heard of a Geoffrey dollar.

I remember that they existed, but I never really shopped in Toys 'R' Us all that often, so I never really had any and never really knew what their full policy was for them.

Here's a picture of them for people in this topic who've never heard of them:

https://www.aggressivecomix.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/GeoffreyDollars1_5-vgo.jpg



Cruddy_horse posted...

Never heard of this but this sounds like the fastest way to speedrun a lawsuit.

It's not actually illegal for a store to say in advance that they don't offer refunds, and only offer store credit vouchers. Which is basically what the bucks were.

Basically, you can use fake currency as refund vouchers, gift cards, coupons, or a combination of the above. Toys 'R' Us just turned it into something cutesy because it tied into their attempt to look like a happy fun place to shop (even though they engaged in a lot of anti-consumerist practices whenever they could get away with it).

No.

Given that you would have been a child at the time you probably didn't understand what was going on. The "Geoffrey Dollars" were gift certificates aka store credit. People frequently try to get returns in store credit when they don't have a receipt or some other situation which may cause the return to be denied such as an open video game or something. I am unfamiliar with Toys R Us ever refusing returns as a general rule or "scheme" so I find the story the TC tells to likely be lacking some details.

Cruddy_horse posted...

Never heard of this but this sounds like the fastest way to speedrun a lawsuit.

What are you talking about?

i was part of the 1% in geoffrey dollars and then i lost it all at the roulette wheel

What is the ratio of Geoffrey Dollars to Schrute Bucks?

we don't offer refunds for giftcards at my place

BlackScythe0 posted...

Given that you would have been a child at the time you probably didn't understand what was going on. The "Geoffrey Dollars" were gift certificates aka store credit. People frequently try to get returns in store credit when they don't have a receipt or some other situation which may cause the return to be denied such as an open video game or something. I am unfamiliar with Toys R Us ever refusing returns as a general rule or "scheme" so I find the story the TC tells to likely be lacking some details.

What are you talking about?

Yup. These were essentially "gift cards" I seem to remember being able to get $1 ones as giveaways/promos sometimes, that way you would beg your parents to take you.