That would be a first. What are they using to ban you? Seems fishy to me. They would have to notify you prior to purchasing that you are unable to return a purchase with or without a receipt. The return policy is on your receipt. It's almost contractual.
Almost?!?
The return policy is a contract. In consideration for the money you spend, the store offers you the ability to return the item under a fixed set of terms. Or at least that's the way it's supposed to be. But now we see companies using all sorts of novel ways to weasel out of the contract.
The problem is that the current trend in retail is to move away from simple return policies that can be printed on a receipt. Now they are being replaced with complicated return policies that are written on a placard in the store or on a web page, and have vague exclusionary references, such as "We reserve the right to deny returns at any time for any reason." In other words, your contract now has an escape clause for the merchant that means that the contract is not worth the paper that they didn't print it on.
Now the receipt contracts incorporate escape clauses by reference rather than printing them on the receipt. You see this when the receipt says, "Return Policy: See written store policy for details."
Incorporating a clause by reference that states that they can refuse to process a return for any reason is a dirty little way to take away your contractual rights to perform a return. It's a very one-sided arrangement that benefits the megastore that has a large legal department, and puts the screws to the customer.
This new "refer to the return policy" practice was deliberately designed to take away your ability to enforce your contractual rights and to exercise obligations upon the merchant; now you have to rely upon the merchant's good will, which can be subject to the whim of a cashier or a manger.
I don't like it.
90% of my returns that got me banned were done with receipts.
