[a fool in paradise]

I went back anyway and of course they didn't believe me. But the manager's eyes about popped out of his head when he opened two more packages off the shelf and found chunks of wood.

"How'd you DO that?!!!"

[Norm Lenhart]

Do what? Go back? Or get him to look?

Sheer will on the first, pure luck on the second. I said going in, “Look, I don’t expect you to believe me. Nor do I expect you to make good on it because I get that this would be an easy scam to pull. I’m just asking you to check your stock so no one else gets screwed. If there’s nothing there then I’m the only one that gets hosed.”

I figure that was enough to pique his interest.