You very likely could, and I've always had good experience with Amazon in similar situations, but it still takes a good chunk of your time to wait for the item,

You very likely could, and I've always had good experience with Amazon in similar situations, but it still takes a good chunk of your time to wait for the item, open it, realize it is not the actual item, contact Amazon for a refund, package it back up again, and drop it off/schedule a pick-up.