Issue with Change Return at Egg Market
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Question
I went to an egg sale, and there were many people in line. The seller was very busy. I asked for 11 trays, the seller placed a stack of five for me and said, "Take them to the car and come back for the other six." I took them, brought them to my husband outside, returned, took the stack of six, placed them outside as well, and remembered that I hadn't taken the change. Then I remembered that when I wanted to take the six trays, I moved them aside because there was money, and I thought it was money someone left for the seller. Now the seller tells me that it was the change he gave me, and he really didn't understand what I was doing. I didn't receive the change, and currently, the change is not on the table. Should I forgo it, or perhaps the seller put it away and doesn't remember? He doesn't remember what happened.
Answer
Hello,
It is not possible to demand the seller to return the money.
Source
Once the seller placed the money on the table, it is considered a return to the customer, as this is the usual practice of receiving money.
It is not possible to claim from him based on the doubt that he put the money in the register, as it is only a doubt.
[I do not know if I am obligated, and doubt is not better than certainty, especially when the claimant is not in the category of 'certainty']