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Just for clarification, by missing item method do you mean purchasing another heavier item along with the airpods and then claiming I never received the airpods, only the other heavier cheaper item?

That's called the partial method. You can certainly do that, but there's no need under the circumstances.

Solely use the missing Item method by saying that upon opening the box, the AirPods were missing. It does In fact happen with legit claims - the Image below Is a genuine event.

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