here is a swapping scam i ran into on Amazon:
found a used/returned mfj swr meter on Amazon's warehouse... when the meter arrived, it was in a beat up, old-style mfj box, broken meter face, one uhf connector floating around inside... dead as a doornail... it was bad, really bad with what looked like a botched repair
how the scam works: a LID has a beat up, non-functional POS gear found for scrap at a hamfest, but with a current model number... then the LID goes on line, buys the item new off Amazon, making sure that the item is stocked and sold by Amazon, and then files a return claim for a damaged, unwanted item, but then sends back the POS item, which ends up in Amazon's used listings... the Amazon worker at the receiving end has no clue about ham gear, Amazon doesn't give a romeo alpha, and the LID scammer gets a brand new piece of gear and a refund, just for hamfest scrap price
fortunately i was only out time, as Aamzon refunds quickly... i wrote up a long loss-prevention email to Amazon, but doubt that anything will be done
just thought i would pass on a little bit of fun i had... what bothers me more is that some LID/scammer would do this