tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post3268527167802398678..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: The Market for Default RulesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-54450974526250604202007-06-02T13:58:00.000-07:002007-06-02T13:58:00.000-07:00Anon -- interesting, I hadn't heard that. If true,...Anon -- interesting, I hadn't heard that. If true, then it does weaken my argument (though the existence of systematic exceptions for certain products still demonstrates that defaults respond to market conditions). I see this post just got linked on Volokh; maybe some of the legally savvy blog readers from that site know the real history.Glen Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425907466575991113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-86656873345461117272007-06-01T10:05:00.000-07:002007-06-01T10:05:00.000-07:00I learned somewhere (though I can't remember where...I learned somewhere (though I can't remember where) that the free return of retail goods was traditionally the exception rather than the rule in America, and it wasn't until the widespread adoption of the UCC (which explicitly changed the default rule) that permissive return policies became common.<BR/><BR/>I can't remember where I learned this so I might be mistaken - maybe one of your readers is knowledgable about this history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com