harbor freight will take literally anything back, and put it right back on the shelf.

How? It lacks packaging and the tool could be marred up.

I'll add, "if you return it in box".

I bought a hydraulic press. It was missing bolts, has already been assembled before.

A friend bough some wheel Dollie's the threads on the castors were stripped out.

People buy things and use them once for their project, then return them.