Wow. A man buys a digital camera from CompUSA for $269, and when he gives it as a gift, he discovers that there's no camera in the box. When he tries to take it back, they blame it on him for not inspecting the box! Unfathomable.

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Rjones says:

Here is another tale. I bought a printer from CompUSA. The Box was shrinkwrapped and I grabbed it and paid for it. I don't recall if it had the antitheft bungees on it or not.

Anyway, I got home opened the box, opened the shrinkwrap, and instead of the printer, in the box about the same approximate size and weight, was some VHS marketing video on starting your own Barbershop.

I took it back with my receipt, and told the returns clerk they may want to call a manager up for this. I showed them the 'printer' I had just bought. I told them that someone must have brought it back for a return earlier, and as it was shrinkwrapped, it was not inspected at the time of return. I just wanted to swap out for what I had purchased, and the exchange went fairly smoothly. I noticed that none of the other boxes were shrinkwrapped. They may have had those antitheft bungees, the tags that wrap around the box with cord. I asked if i could please inspect before I left with this exchange, I got a printer, and it works.

Shrinkwrap means NADA, any jerk with access to the wrap can scam.

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