 TITLE: How Long Does a Credit Card Refund Take? CONTENT: Can You Speed Up the Refund Process?\n------------------------------------\nIf you add up each of these steps, it's easy to see how much time even a simple return can take. Although getting a refund credited to your account almost never qualifies as fast money, you may be able to accelerate the process by taking these steps:\n*   **Get it there faster.** Macys.com processes refunds within three to five days after receiving an item by mail, but items returned to a store are credited immediately. Dropping your item off at a retail location eliminates shipping time from the equation. Some online-only retailers may also have agreements with brick-and-mortar businesses to process their returns, such as Amazon has with Kohl's. If you have to ship your return, expedited shipping can get it there faster—for a price.\n*   **Take advantage of loyalty benefits and store credit.** Some merchants offer expedited return shipping or faster return processing to customers who belong to their loyalty programs. And if you're open to receiving store credit instead of a refund to your credit card, you may get it faster, since your card issuer won't need to get involved. END