comment: >
  
  If you pull this crap you should be publicly beaten with a rubber hose
context: Most likely a return scam being run through the stores in the area that has been successful because no one bothers to check the returns. >
  
  Scammers in the area take note? >
  
  Scammers been keen on the fact that brick & mortar stores/Amazon do not check returns for a long time. That's why Amazon third party vendors have started going to a "We'll just issue you a refund, you don't have to send the item back" policy. They know that Amazon will just take that returned item and throw it back on the shelf. >
  
  I know they often don't check returns, but now we know some specific stores that definitely don't. So there goes the risk in the scam. >
  
  They'll probably check returns for a couple of weeks, just for show, and then go right back to not checking. By that time, this story will have long been forgotten and they can still just write-off the inventory loss to their insurance. >
  
  Every time I purchase an expensive electronic item at a store, we open it at the register.  If I am paying over $500 dollars, I will be damn sure I am not purchasing a brick... >
  
  Solid LPT >
  
  They'll get it eventually >
  
  Maybe not. >
  
  If they fail, take them to the Leak Squad. >
  
  With inflation the way it is the shingles might be worth more than the tablet. >
  
  I’ll take a box of slate shingles over a tablet any day. >
  
  They might be used though 😮 >
  
  Best Buy is notorious for this problem. Used to be a website that documented people’s issues with them and bogus items. >
  
  Free roofing shingles!