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Originally Posted by Raging Idiot
Yes, and as long as Sprint isn't losing money from it, and customers aren't complaining (because what would we say, and how many even think about this), then there will be no cross referencing of documents and much more unlikely any prosecutions.
So we're looking at about a $200 profit per switch with nearly zero chance of getting caught, and zero chance of prosecution.
The standard retail Sprint rep could do this about 8 times a month and effectively double their salary.
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the salesperson got $200 of someones money! That's why warranty stuff is usually audited. I doubt you could do it 8 times a month though - you'd have to have 8 broken 6700's in stock, 8 newly broken 6700's being brought in, and 8 6800's being exchanged by the same salesperson.
You're right about no chance of prosecution...it's easier and cheaper to review their paperwork or just fire them.
Also, if I'm not mistaken, the way this works is a little different than you're imagining... What actually happens is the store orders the 6800 as a replacement, but it's really just increased inventory at this point. Once the ESN swap occurs, that's when the inventory is decremented and the store gets a monetary credit for the swapped phone. If the ESN is the inventory ID, you couldn't swap a different phone.
Regardless, at the end of the month, when the store does it's inventory audit, missing stock is bound to trigger a few red flags.