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[โ€“] shawn1122@lemm.ee 4 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Unless there's a serial number on the box that matches one printed on the product.

I don't think there's anything wrong with doing this to Amazon or Walmart, especially when something breaks just outside of the return period and the warranty would be a pain to deal with.

[โ€“] noxypaws@pawb.social 2 points 18 hours ago

Yah I wouldn't be as quick to try this return method if they could see a mismatch between box and controller serial numbers.

And yep, Walmart. I don't shoplift and I don't consider return fraud to be theft, but I do genuinely believe it is morally just to shoplift from Walmart. Probably not wise with how loaded up they certainly are with surveillance, but I am all in favor of anyone stealing from that fucking company.