Product that comes back 'not perfect' would not be taken back, if a customer has used something or altered it from it's sale state then a return would not be accepted.
The cost price of a jersey may not be as low as you believe, and once you factor in the operating costs of the Company and all other associated costs of selling something then £40 may not make them profit. The point of a sample sale is to sell product not fit to be sold through normal channels, ie; sample product, faulty/damaged product. It's not a liquidation.
There is also nobody at Rapha who would say that their 'business plan' is to accept returns and place that product in the sample sale. It's ridiculous.
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Both your numbered comments above are wrong.
There is also nobody at Rapha who would say that their 'business plan' is to accept returns and place that product in the sample sale. It's ridiculous.