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FleetAdmiralPopcorn t1_j21ooqb wrote

Reply to comment by DragonGarlicBreath in Boston family puzzled over Best Buy tablet boxes stuffed with roofing shingles by beezac

Scammers been keen on the fact that brick & mortar stores/Amazon do not check returns for a long time. That's why Amazon third party vendors have started going to a "We'll just issue you a refund, you don't have to send the item back" policy. They know that Amazon will just take that returned item and throw it back on the shelf.

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DragonGarlicBreath t1_j21pcc6 wrote

I know they often don't check returns, but now we know some specific stores that definitely don't. So there goes the risk in the scam.

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FleetAdmiralPopcorn t1_j21q638 wrote

They'll probably check returns for a couple of weeks, just for show, and then go right back to not checking. By that time, this story will have long been forgotten and they can still just write-off the inventory loss to their insurance.

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