I find your comments disturbing honestly.
The items weren't used, and a lot of "dead persons" items are worth a lot more than new items - hence estate sales having tons of vintage, hard to find items, rare, collectibles...etc etc.
Unless you get a brand new pair of shoes direct from the factory - chances are you have bought a pair of shoes someone has tried on several times - and God knows where those feet have been and if they were returned by a living person and she/he just wore them around the house to see if they really wanted them and there was no wear on the sole.. most stores put them back on the floor
Nordies included. How many times have people bought those shoes?
Do you own stock in Nordstroms ? Your comments seem so aggressive towards anyone returning anything unless it was still in the bag, untouched.