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Several years ago when my wife had one of her many surgeries, I went ahead and bought her a knee scooter of her own (insurance had previously rented one for her but that's a hassle).Wife buys several times a year from their "returned stuff". They often have some product that was returned due to damage at better price. For a good while the way they "graded" the stuff was nice. Lot of the stuff she got looked like it was still brand new. Then last couple times she tried it she was NOT happy. One was new bread machine. Claimed "minor damage". Damn thing was beat to hell but it did work. So she played with it for a bit to make sure she liked it, ordered a new one and sent the other back. That damn machine will probably float back and forth in the system for a good while
I found a good one on Amazon, and an "unused like new" return for a very good price. When we got it, from the wear on the wheels it was obvious that it had been used for a month or two, probably whatever the maximum return time was for Amazon. Someone bought it, used it after a surgery or injury, and returned it when they were done with it. We kept and used it because it works fine.
It reminds me of something my wife saw years ago on facebook, about a family that didn't bring any coats on vacation and it was colder than expected. They went down to Walmart and bought coats for the family, wore them all week and returned them before flying home.
Clever "life hacks" right? Or how about unethical, dishonest fraud?