> Around 1/5 of the items I buy online have been opened and used, or have some defects. yeah. for some items, i've tried to avoid this phenomenon by ordering f

> Around 1/5 of the items I buy online have been opened and used, or have some defects. yeah. for some items, i've tried to avoid this phenomenon by ordering from, say, homedepot.com, or Lowes.com, but then it seems like they sometimes just send me items with damaged or blemished boxes, or opened product, which they couldn't sell in the brick and mortar retail stores.