As you already know, COVID-19 aka CORONAVIRUS has shook the world. This is forcing a lot of us to stay home from school/work and practice safe, social distancing to prevent further spread.
I personally have not enjoyed staying at home all day, but what else is there to do? Oh wait, we can take ADVANTAGE of the virus and Social Engineer our way to EASY REFUNDS.
This is a BEGINNER-FRIENDLY guide that makes refunding EASY, even a 12 year old could pull this off. Take ADVANTAGE while you can, hope you enjoy! :)
Many carrier companies have temporarily suspended the need for a signature on parcel delivery. As a safety procedure and to avoid unnecessary contact between you and the delivery guy, he will sign for the package himself. Companies such as FedEx, UPS, DHL, and Hermes have all implemented this new safety measure, but before purchasing an item do a quick Google search to be 100% sure your carrier company is doing the same. If it's not already obvious to you, let me explain how this benefits you.
Say you'd like to buy a $500 gaming monitor off of Amazon. With an item like this, they'd usually require a signature upon delivery because of it's higher value and bigger packaging. If you weren't there to answer the door, they'd leave a slip for you to pick it up at the post office. Think about this, do you think they're going to endanger your life and make you pick it up at the post office now? That'd be cruel to force someone out of there house in a time like this and risk exposure to catching the virus. Where I'm from they've recently been leaving the package at the door even if I don't answer it, so hopefully it's the same where you guys are from.
In terms of speaking to customer service to get your refund, there's a bit of a trade off that comes with this pandemic. The problem lies within the lack of support. More and more people are staying home which means there are less people working for the support teams. Now this means you guys are going to have to be patient if you want your refund, sometimes you'll be on hold for 30-40 minutes but that's okay. The lack of signatures upon delivery makes it INSANELY EASY to say that the package didn't arrive because what proof will they have if the package wasn't handed off to the customer? They'll be inclined to cater to the customer and issue your refund because for all they know, you've done nothing wrong.
Now before you click off of this thread, there's another thing you can do to take advantage of the virus. I was honestly going to keep this to myself, but I have yet to try it and it could really help out some of you guys SE'ing companies like Logitech or BenQ. Now here's an example, if you guys plan on SE'ing a Logitech G Pro Wireless with a serial number and they ask you to ship back the "defective" product give them an excuse along the lines of:
"I'm currently self isolating and I cannot go to the post office to send the 'item' so is there any way you could send..."
"With the risk of COVID-19, I don't know if I feel safe going to the post office to send the item..."
Get creative with it, this is what Social Engineering is all about. Hope you take advantage of this while you can and don't forget to leave a like if you enjoyed! :)
I personally have not enjoyed staying at home all day, but what else is there to do? Oh wait, we can take ADVANTAGE of the virus and Social Engineer our way to EASY REFUNDS.
This is a BEGINNER-FRIENDLY guide that makes refunding EASY, even a 12 year old could pull this off. Take ADVANTAGE while you can, hope you enjoy! :)
Many carrier companies have temporarily suspended the need for a signature on parcel delivery. As a safety procedure and to avoid unnecessary contact between you and the delivery guy, he will sign for the package himself. Companies such as FedEx, UPS, DHL, and Hermes have all implemented this new safety measure, but before purchasing an item do a quick Google search to be 100% sure your carrier company is doing the same. If it's not already obvious to you, let me explain how this benefits you.
Say you'd like to buy a $500 gaming monitor off of Amazon. With an item like this, they'd usually require a signature upon delivery because of it's higher value and bigger packaging. If you weren't there to answer the door, they'd leave a slip for you to pick it up at the post office. Think about this, do you think they're going to endanger your life and make you pick it up at the post office now? That'd be cruel to force someone out of there house in a time like this and risk exposure to catching the virus. Where I'm from they've recently been leaving the package at the door even if I don't answer it, so hopefully it's the same where you guys are from.
In terms of speaking to customer service to get your refund, there's a bit of a trade off that comes with this pandemic. The problem lies within the lack of support. More and more people are staying home which means there are less people working for the support teams. Now this means you guys are going to have to be patient if you want your refund, sometimes you'll be on hold for 30-40 minutes but that's okay. The lack of signatures upon delivery makes it INSANELY EASY to say that the package didn't arrive because what proof will they have if the package wasn't handed off to the customer? They'll be inclined to cater to the customer and issue your refund because for all they know, you've done nothing wrong.
Now before you click off of this thread, there's another thing you can do to take advantage of the virus. I was honestly going to keep this to myself, but I have yet to try it and it could really help out some of you guys SE'ing companies like Logitech or BenQ. Now here's an example, if you guys plan on SE'ing a Logitech G Pro Wireless with a serial number and they ask you to ship back the "defective" product give them an excuse along the lines of:
"I'm currently self isolating and I cannot go to the post office to send the 'item' so is there any way you could send..."
"With the risk of COVID-19, I don't know if I feel safe going to the post office to send the item..."
Get creative with it, this is what Social Engineering is all about. Hope you take advantage of this while you can and don't forget to leave a like if you enjoyed! :)
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