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A woman returned a $499.99 queen mattress to Costco five years after buying it, without a receipt \u2014 and Costco accepted the mattress under its generous return policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n In a TikTok liked almost 20,000 times<\/a>, @purrfectreads showed how she and her partner wheeled their five-year-old mattress to Costco’s return center and received $414.95 back in a Costco gift card. Even though they didn’t have a receipt, Costco looked up the purchase on their account and found it in their account history.<\/p>\n Related: <\/b>A Woman Is Going Viral for Returning Her Couch to Costco 2 Years After Buying It: ‘We Just Don’t Like the Color Anymore.’<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n The couple said that the mattress was uncomfortable and sunk too much as their reasons for bringing it back.<\/p>\n “I was so nervous,” @purrfectreads wrote.<\/p>\n @purrfectreads<\/a> Desperate times comes for desperate measures ? we decided to try the theory on can you return stuff thats been more than couple years at costco and without a receipt and well it work ? #costcotiktok<\/a> #costcoreturn<\/a>#costco<\/a> #kingbed<\/a> #noshame<\/a> #savingmoney<\/a> \u266c HOOLIGANG – Joey Valence & Brae<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The couple used the refund to buy a new king mattress. They ended up paying $300 for a king bed on top of the gift cards.<\/p>\n This TikToker isn’t the first to return a product to Costco years after buying it, and also not the first to go viral.<\/p>\n In January, Costco member Jackie Nguyen shared with over two million viewers<\/a> that she returned a couch she had owned for two and a half years to Costco \u2014 without a receipt. She got a full refund for the couch.<\/p>\n Related: Costco Increases Membership Fees Days After Announcing Hourly Employees Are Getting a Raise<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Costco’s return policy states that the company “will refund your purchase price” with a few exceptions on products like electronics, diamonds, gold bars, and gift cards.<\/p>\n That’s not to say that Costco doesn’t have consequences for years-old returns. Members who abuse the return policy could see their membership revoked<\/a>.<\/p>\n Costco did not immediately respond to Entrepreneur<\/i>‘s request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n