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>> i need something that will either do free returns like through the mail or where i can just drop it off like at u.p.s. >> reporter: it is not as free as many stores would have you believe. with the surge of pandemic online shopping the cost of a return is rising fast thanks to supply chain constraints. now the average holiday return is two-thirds of the original price tag you paid for the gift. that includes the cost of transportation, warehouses, and paying workers to process your item. >> i have to get at least two sizes because i never know if it is going to fit. >> reporter: angel rummi...

(Reuters) — Major U.S. retailers' longer return policies, launched during the pandemic this year to lure consumers, could leave them facing much higher costs if shoppers bring back a record-setting

Warehouse that process return products. we know what the return process looks likes here, what does it look like on your end there? >> reporter: i can tell you, it's busy. as you can probably hear behind me, we're talking about 6,000 pallets of returned items. two in three of americans plan to make a holiday return during this holiday season. that's not because people are ungrateful. it's because so many more people are doing online shopping, sending things back that don't fit or that they didn't get to experience themselves. but the thing is most of those returns don't end up back on the stor...