Sam's Club · Checked October 13, 2026
Sam's Club electronics return policy (2026)
Electronics and major appliances: 90 days. Here are the details, exceptions and how other stores compare, from Sam's Club’s own policy.
Quick answer: Electronics and major appliances: 90 days.
For everything else, Sam's Club’s standard window is Any time (most items).
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Other Sam's Club rules to know
- 90 days: electronics and major appliances
- 30 days: commercial heavy equipment and motorsports items
- 14 days: cell phones (prepaid, postpaid and no contract)
- Not returnable: gift and prepaid cards, tickets, collectibles, trading cards, custom-made items, Truckload program purchases, prescriptions, beer, wine and spirits
- Check with your club: tires and batteries, cigarettes and tobacco, eyeglasses, hearing aids
- Items bought in a club cannot be shipped back or returned through SamsClub.com
- Members are covered by a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: most items can be returned at any time, online or in club, for a refund or replacement.
- Return to the Member Services desk at any club, or start a return for online orders in your order details and ship it back with the label.
- Most SamsClub.com purchases can be returned to a club; the product page says if not (golf carts and vending machines are examples).
- No receipt: Sam's Club prefers the receipt or printed order but will try to process the return without it.
How Sam's Club compares
| Store | Time to return | The rule | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costco | 90 days | TVs, computers, tablets, cameras, smartwatches, phones and more: 90 days from receipt | Shop |
| Sam's Club | 90 days | Electronics and major appliances: 90 days | Shop |
| Microsoft Store | 60 days | Almost any physical product: 60 days from receipt | Shop |
| Amazon | 30 days | Most items: 30 days from delivery; new Apple products: 15 days | Shop |
| B&H Photo | 30 days | 30 days from delivery; unwrapped TVs and monitors 37 inches and up are final | Shop |
| Dell | 30 days | 30 days from the invoice date | Shop |
| HP Store | 30 days | 30 days from delivery | Shop |
| Lowe's | 30 days | TVs and electronics: 30 days | Shop |
| Target | 30 days | Electronics and entertainment: 30 days; Apple and Beats: 14 days | Shop |
| Walmart | 30 days | Most consumer electronics bought in store: 30 days | Shop |
| Best Buy | 15 days | 15 days (60 days for My Best Buy Plus and Total members) | Shop |
| Google Store | 15 days | Most items: 15 days after you receive them | Shop |
| Newegg | 15 days | Laptops, monitors, tablets, desktops and PC accessories: 15 days (most other items 30) | Shop |
| Samsung | 15 days | Phones, tablets, laptops, TVs and appliances: 15 days from delivery | Shop |
| Apple | 14 days | 14 days from when you receive it | Shop |
| GameStop | 7 days | PCs, laptops, TVs and monitors: 7 days | Shop |
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Frequently asked questions
How long do I have to return electronics and tv to Sam's Club?
Electronics and major appliances: 90 days.
Full policy, sources and the date we checked: Sam's Club return policy. Work out your last day with the return-by date calculator.