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[quote="Ordnael92" pid='1140323' dateline='1661930889']
When performing an EB on a pair of earbuds, you wish to put the blame on the manufacturer.
By talking about tears on the package or broken seals you make it sound like the parcel's been tampered by a thief along its way to you. Given a crime has evidently been committed, you will most certainly be asked to file a PR.
That's a totally unnecessary approach. Just tell them the earbuds were missing and that everything else was fine, no sign of tampering whatsoever. Most sellers won't bother with collecting the charging case, cables etc.

Yes that's how majority of them work. This method is pretty good and is successful quite often.

One way they can dispute this is by having cctv in the packaging stage of creating the product. They often don't as majority products get manufactured off-site.

Another issue is if the manufacturer can see the product from within the box i.e. a see through package.

This is why this method works really well on earbuds and some CPU's, due to their weight and packaging.

How would I determine if the store I'm trying to SE has CCTV in their warehouse?

Either by scouring through the forum to find if someone already done the SE, asking someone maybe they know, or doing a test SE on a cheaper product.

What is the shop your trying to EB. If its not directly from the manufacturer but from a reseller like amazon, best buy etc. It should be fine to EB either way. They won't be allowed to view cctv footage from the manufacturer if im correct.