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decided to change the approach after research and advice from @mothered. They may ask for return of faulty item after using damaged item.

What i did was i took the item out, beat up the box that it came in, took it back outside and took photos and videos. Then i uploaded on paypal and said this is how the item was left outside, high value item, no signature blah blah. Paypal stepped in and took care of the rest

I have never read someone do this before, but what an amazing approach. It does (presumably) move liability from the warehouse in China to the courrier, but I am guessing that If you don;t have a bad reputation with the courrier that should be no problem.

Indeed It Is an excellent approach.

The only downside Is If the carrier usually raises a damage report with package Inconsistencies, then It'll work against you.

It depends. From what I understand, if the carrier notices any damage to the package they will likely raise a damage report which in some cases can release them from liability. This can work for you, especially in regards to the fellow se'r you replied to because once he shows the photos of the damaged package to the carrier and they see that there was no damage report made, then the carrier company would be liable due to the negligence of handling and delivering a damaged package without making any notations. Please feel free to correct me if I have that all wrong.