This is the season for returns is it not? . . . Especially for returning unwanted or impractical Christmas gifts. I was reading something interesting recently about Costco, the giant members-only warehouse store. Costco is the second largest retailer in the world after Walmart. What you may not know is that Costco has one of the most generous return policies in the retail world. They will allow customers to return just about anything they buy there . . . for a full refund. As you might guess, that kind of generosity is easily abused.

The website Reddit has a thread where they ask current and former Costco employees to share the most outrageous returns they’ve received. Among the items listed on the thread are a used chicken coop, a selection of dead plants, a 10-year-old ping pong table t…