Frictionless and unassisted return processing

A system, comprising:

• a server comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium;
• the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprises executable instructions;
• and
• the executable instructions executed by the processor from the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium causing the processor to perform operations, comprising:
• tracking a customer entering a store with an item or a bag from images captured by cameras of the store;
• recognizing the item as a known item from the images or recognizing the item as the known item when the item is removed from the bag by the customer within the store from the images;
• recognizing the customer as a registered customer from the images;
• obtaining an account of the registered customer;
• obtaining a transaction history associated with the account;
• matching the known item to a previously recorded purchase of the registered customer from the transaction history;
• identifying the known item being placed and left in a designated refund area of the store by the registered customer from the images;
• and
• applying a credit to the account in an amount equal to an original purchase price for the previously recorded purchase of the known item by the registered customer with the store.