40 some years ago my mom worked in a bra and girdle department in a major department store. Styles really didn’t change much over the years. Women would buy a new bra. A week later they would bring an old worn out one with the new receipt and want their money back.
Although personal integrity may be going down, slime bags have always been here. Thank God at least girdles are gone!
I have to confess that I kind of did that recently....for a $150 router. Went to Office Depot and bought one. Brought it home, hooked it up, got it dialed in, and everything was working great. I then threw away the box and the receipt. Trash ran the next morning. We got up and when I went in the office no internet. I bypassed the router and it worked. My brand new $150 router had quit. What to do? No box, no receipt. I looked at the manufacturers return policy. Too hard. So I went and bought another one, hooked it up, and put the broken one in the box with the receipt and took it back and told him it didn’t work out of the box.
It was just the easiest solution.