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Did you ever buy a packaged product (perhaps not sealed) only to find out that it was empty when you got home?

Asked by ZEPHYRA (21750points) April 21st, 2014

You got home, opened the seemingly closed pack/box and realized there was nothing in it? I have noticed people opening stuff in stores to take a look, but how often do they nick small items and leave the box or “shell” for some poor unsuspecting customer?

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ibstubro's avatar

I have this problem re-selling from a mall. I’ve learned that you cannot re-sell a DVD with a risque depiction of the female form on the cover. Some boy will steal the disk and leave the box.

I’ve had a few other things come up missing, but I don’t keep a really close watch, knowing that there’s nothing to be done, and it will just make me mad. :)

Haleth's avatar

A handful of times at the store, bottles of wine have come in that were sealed but empty. I know it’s probably a packing mistake, but I like to think that the people at the bottling place got a little tipsy when nobody was looking.

El_Cadejo's avatar

@Haleth Lol how do you even explain that one at the store. “Uhhh yea…. when I got home I noticed my bottle of wine was empty, could I get a refund or a new bottle?” I see that going well :P

JLeslie's avatar

I can only think of two times a part was missing from something packaged. The package had been previously opened though and the store did not check well enough when it was returned I think.

ibstubro's avatar

I once bought something over the internet that arrived with a part missing. I was very surprised when they just sent me another, complete product, no questions asked. I wondered if maybe the factory had forgotten that part in a quantity of items and there was already an insurance claim.

El_Cadejo's avatar

@ibstubro Or they were just a good company. When I bought my gopro the waterproof case I got had a screwed up oring so it wasn’t waterproof. I called the company expecting to have to fight with them about it but I was off the phone in less than 5 minutes with a completely new case arriving at my house 2 days later.

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