My argument is no matter what they're going to assume they didn't send out a pre-physically damaged product... So if they even pay attention to the sticker at

My argument is no matter what they're going to assume they didn't send out a pre-physically damaged product... So if they even pay attention to the sticker at all... they're going to assume you tried to get it repaired before they're going to assume they intentionally sent it out with a "this isn't fixed" sticker. No one here is sitting in their RMA department which is why it's better to just say "they didn't inspect it well enough" than to start conjuring up specifics of their process... which is why I didn't bring up the sticker in the first place.