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What a dilema! Bet you have hardly slept a wink..........joking.

Keep them, use them over time.

The retailer is under no obligation to take the items back or give you a refund so you may find returning them results in a wasted journey.

I'd keep them - You'll need them eventually!

Quote: Originally posted by FriendOfOwls on 21/6/2011

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Don't take them back.  It's not fair on the retailer, as it was your mistake.

Do you have any local friends who camp, who would be glad of an extra can?  In my neighbourhood, of you have extra, it works to share around, and then you might receive something useful when they have a surplus.

With my friends and neighbours, it's mostly a matter of spare garden produce, but I've been given brand new pillowcases which didn't match someone's decor, my lovely dinner service (thank you Hedgehugger), a computer printer from a Canadian friend who was going home after a long stay in the UK, hiking boots, car mats, a memory card reader and have passed on unwanted audio speakers, countless books, three bicycles, a pram, a lawnmower... it really works, if you just keep your eyes open for what you have that others might want.  £6.99 is not a lot for all that goodwill.

FoO

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I want to live next door to you, nothing like a good ol' barter system,

Swap shop is alive and kicking in my part of the world lol......my payment is usually home made cakes or meals for the freezer.....I'm quite good at baking (even if I do say so myself lol)....my latest hit with friends is lemon meringue cup cakes.....don't eat cakes myself lmao