The Daily Populous

Monday February 5th, 2024 evening edition

image for Woman returns Costco couch after 2 years, tests limits of return policy: "I just didn't like it anymore"

A Costco shopper tested the limits of the retail club's return policy by bringing back a 3-1/2-year-old sofa simply because she stopped liking it.

TikTik user Jackie Nguyen said Costco took back a couch she first bought more than two years earlier.

Nguyen explained that she did not have the original receipt, but recalled the date on which she had originally purchased the couch.

That allowed a Costco retail clerk to process the transaction and issue a full refund to Nguyen.

This image shows the couch being loaded on a dolly to be returned to a Costco Warehouse.

Maine-based outdoor specialty retailer L.L. Bean, for example, once had allowed its customers to return destroyed goods years after they had first purchased them. »

Fed on track to cut rates this year with inflation slowing and the economy healthy, Powell says

Authored by apnews.com

“I do think the economy is in a good place,” he said, “and there’s every reason to think it can get better.”.

The Fed chair also reiterated that the central bank’s next meeting in March was likely too soon for a rate cut.

Michelle Bowman, a member of the Fed’s Board of Governors, said Friday that once it was clear that inflation was in check, it would eventually become appropriate to cut rates. »

Call of Duty to Embrace Open World Campaigns in Black Ops Gulf War and Beyond

Authored by insider-gaming.com
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This year, Call of Duty is set to embrace an open-world campaign in Black Ops Gulf War, Insider Gaming has learned.

Outside of Black Ops Gulf War, sources also revealed that it’s likely the series could lean into more open-world campaigns over linear moving forward.

Call of Duty Black Ops Gulf War, currently forecasted to release in October 2024 will be the sixth entry into the Black Ops series. »

Kentucky teachers who banded together for years to play the lottery finally won a $1 million prize. Here's how they are splitting it.

Authored by businessinsider.com

They hid their winning ticket in a math textbook, the group's organizer told the Kentucky Lottery.

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A few dozen middle-school employees in Kentucky banded together to play the lottery and won a $1 million prize. »