M Vers wrote: jvarszegi wrote:
IIRC this is called return fraud in the retail business. To buy a lens with the intention of returning it is essentially the same as renting a lens for free. It\'s abuse of a retailer\'s return policy IMHO.
To purchase a single product to use with the intent to return is essentially renting the lens for free and would be considered return fraud BUT purchasing multiple copies of a product to test with the intent to keep one is not at all the same.
Of course it is. The OP bought three lenses, intending to return at least two. IMHO this is at least a doubly bad case of return fraud compared to the scenario where a person \"rents\" just one lens.
Also, notice what actually happened here. He verified that all of the copies focused correctly, albeit with different levels of microadjustment; then, after using all three, he returned all three.
Call me crazy, but I would rather have actually new merchandise rather than merchandise that\'s been pawed over by cherry-pickers and then returned at everyone else\'s expense.
