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Re:I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon by sigi45 on Saturday August 12, 2017 @05:35AM (#14997220)
Why would amazon trust the customer anyway? You just could say that in the package was bricks instead of a lens.

I started to make a video while i pack or unpack expensive stuff. Otherwise there is no proof there anyway.

I wouldn't have open the package in front of the ups guy just to return it immedialy.

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Re:I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon by tempestn on Saturday August 12, 2017 @06:07AM (#14997287)
He had concrete proof that the package was sent to the wrong address and had the wrong weight. The people at Amazon weren't actually listening or comprehending. Yes, it would be possible to just ship a bunch of bricks instead of the actual product, but this scam was pretty transparent.
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Re:I Fell Victim to a $1,500 Used Camera Lens Scam on Amazon by lb1lf on Saturday August 12, 2017 @07:44AM (#14997521)
For this very reason, I always open packages with expensive stuff in them at my local post office, under the nose of a postal clerk.

That way, if someone tries to scam me, at least I have a presumably reliable eyewitness to what was actually in the package when I received it.

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