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REFUND SECURED. Went though PayPal and used damaged box + EB. Worked like a charm

Congrats. How do you do damaged box + EB for one item? I thought initially you were trying to claim the lens itself was damaged?

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

Well done ! How long was the process with Paypal ? Did they ask you anything ? Did Aliexpress respond to the Paypal claim ?