If you break it, you pay for it. One day in Macy's Department Store,   

I would have done the same thing you did. i would have brought it up to the counter and admit what i did then offer to pay for it. it's the only honest thing to do.

Girl that is a big one; I try not to touch certain things in the store that might have to be paid for out of your pocket. But I'm surprised that you didn't have to pay for it. Macy's is a high end store they have really exspensive things and that was cool that you didn't have to worry about it. That was real nice of the sales man.

LOl I would have done the same thing you did lol. But the truth of the matter is if the store has no signs stating that you have to pay for things that you break you don't actually have to.

I work at a store called peavy mart and we sell lawn ornaments and farm supplies. Well one day while I was working it was crazy busy and some guy just pushed his cart to the side instead of taking it back and he hit and broke a $150 fountain he the proceeded to pick the pieces up and one of our floor guys went up and said he would take care of the mess and the guy left. I was shocked because like you I always thought if you break something you have to pay for it. That's when I asked about it and was told that there has to be a sign posted.

I would go admit my mistake and be prepared to pay for it! I always warn my daughter that she should only look and not touch things because if she breaks them, mommy has to pay for them, and mommy doesn't want to have to pay for something she didn't want that she cannot use because it's broken.

I always assume I have to pay for something I break. No other option than to pay up. I'm not going to pretend I didn't break anything and walk away.

U are lucky to be in such a good shop with understanding staffs.. haha ^_^ If not most of the time, it will be, 'once broken considered sold'..

ANd it's actually quite rare for shops to say that u need not pay but i will pay for the thing i have broke if it's my mistake ^_^

I would do exactly what you did. It's the only right thing to do. Of course, if it happened to be in a store like, oh, say Tiffany's, and I broke an expensive, one-of-a-kind glass knick-knack, I would have a lot more than sorrow in my eyes! I'd be bawling like a baby, because I KNOW I'd have to pay for it!

But it really is your responsibility to pay for something you break. A lot of the time, though, I think that the reaction of the store would be the same as yours... no worries! I just couldn't live with myself if I tried to "get away with it" by not telling a salesperson or customer service.

The stores have insurance on their merchandise, so they'll get paid no matter if you have to pay for it or not. Of course, that may just be a good argument if you break something like I mentioned above.

Unfortunately, I've heard a lot of stories from my son who works at Wal Mart. There are a lot of dishonest people in this world. He's not only seen broken merchandise, obviously broken by a customer, just sitting on the shelf or floor, or even worse... empty boxes from people stealing whatever was in the box. It might be hard to steal a Mr. Coffee machine from the box, but I think you get my point. He's found a pile of empty movie cases in the restroom, and he tells me that he's seen people walking into the store, picking up something on the more expensive side like a DVD player, and take it right to customer service saying they lost the receipt, to get "their money back"!!!

Sorry, I'm rambling. It just makes me so angry when people do things like that because it usually ends up with the store raising prices to offset the stolen or broken merchandise, instead of improving security.

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Well, it's so nice of him to not charged you for the damage. I would definitely do what you did. Willing to pay for the damaged good. But maybe each stores has their own rules.

wow, that was nice of him. u know most stores will make u pay for it. they want to make sure they get their money for the item that was broke. they want to make sure their profits don't go down.

In stores that size they are used to having stuff get broken and not paid for. They ship it back to the manufacturer for a refund so they really aren't out anything, either. I'd still take the pot to customer service and pay for it if they asked, but in a large department store they expect a certain amount of breakage and don't ask you to.

In a mom & pop type of store, however, I would pay for it even if they said I didn't have to. Most of them have signs up (I've seen them in smaller shops in the mall or in the kiosks) saying if you break it you buy it so people will be more careful. Some of the stuff is handmade and can't simply be re-ordered. They don't have the wiggle room on the profit side that a large store does and breakage could hurt their bottom line.