Bottle Deposit Returns: Store Conditions for Refunds
This content applies specifically to South Korea. If you bring more than 30 bottles in a day, a store can refuse only the excess solely because of quantity. Proof that those bottles were bought at that store removes this quantity-based reason for refusal. Deposit eligibility and bottle condition still apply. Check the store before carrying bottles there You can return eligible bottles bought elsewhere to a retailer selling the same type of deposit-bearing product. A purchase receipt is unnecessary for ordinary returns of at most 30 bottles per day. A different brand alone is not grounds for refusal when the product type matches. Look for deposit refund wording and a reuse mark, then empty the bottles and remove foreign matter. The refund returns the deposit paid with the product; ordinary glass without a deposit mark does not qualify. A woman in a burgundy jacket feeds a green glass bottle into a return machine at a supermarket entrance. Bottle Deposit Returns explained by situa...