Quote: TheShadowDragonNo. Stealing it would be illegal. I'm just being financially-smart. I'm not even gonna take it out of the package, because the SuperCharger Portal can also read packaged figures.
Plus, if I'm not mistaken, the Spring Dive Bomber is the first and only Water variant figure so far. Water was the only element to not contain any SuperChargers variant until recently.
I find it funny when people come here to post about how "clever" they are to buy, unlock, then return. It's not clever, it's not new, and people aren't going to be impressed. It isn't "financially-smart", being "finacially-smart" would be to not get it at all instead of making up some lame excuse due to it being a unique element variant. Some people don't mind, but no one is going to congratulate you for your ingenuity. At best, people will ignore it, at worst you will get raked over the coals for dishonesty.
You ever wonder why stores don't let you return opened video games? Because people used to play/beat then return them for a free rental. Now no one gets to return games they don't like because people were being "financially-smart" years ago, just like you Bro.
It is return fraud, not necessarily illegal (depends on the state). Now stores don't mind if you use things lightly then return, that's good customer service and expected. After all, people sometimes buy things that just simply won't work out - that's what Returns are for. But, they aren't about to be used as a free rental service - and they will ban you from ALL returns eventually. TRU recently put in a new system that will flag you pretty darn quickly if they identify you as a frequent buy/return person. There is an algorithm they use, and I'm sure it is closely guarded to prevent abuse. And that system is linked with other retailers, so taking advantage of TRU might result in your being banned from returns at a whole list of big stores.
I'm actually kind of surprised they haven't put blockers in the packages like Amiibos have. You cannot use Amiibos in the packages, unless you slit the bottom open and pull out the little disk below them. I guess they like the marketing of people putting them on the in store portal to watch the character.