Lots of times they just find that to be too much effort for the slim amount of money to be made. It's way easier for them to just take the loss and "destroy" it since they're unsure about the quality of the returned items.

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/28/amazon-returns-what-really-h...

Disposal happens a lot. A huge chunk of the time that return you submit is just going into the trash. Remember that when you go to buy something you might not really need.

Ah, thankfully they do what I suggested... but for only 5% money back, wow ! And yeah 1/3 destroyed is ridiculously wasteful.

I don't use Amazon on principle, and still had to box and tag so far, but thanks for the warning !