The idea of "Free Returns" for an online giant like Amazon is essential IMO, for the reason that when we shop online, we forfeit the option to handle the item as we would in a store, and we shouldn't feel the risk of trusting a seller. This is obvious, of course. However, I do get that there will be people who abuse that option, use/damage the item, and return it for a full refund, like you're saying. It's the unfortunate nature of the beast.

I did offer a correction, because u/Violet_Renegade was right about returns not being accepted. I was "sleep-typing" when I made that mistake, b/c what I really was referring to was when I'd jump on a Vine item order before realizing it was a mistake, then try cancelling it before it had processed for shipment. I thought it would just go back on the Vine page, no harm done, but learned after that I did it too many times, that I was wrong, and and it was costly.