It's definitely a scumbag move to alot of us on here. Simply because we've all had the same experience, from trying to buy some shoes in the resale market, or at a outlet. Only to see they've been worn before, but then they want retail, or even more than retail, which is nasty work. Then they have the nerve to be listed by the person/or Nike (a returned pair) to be DS. Then when you see the shoes, it's either a light scuff at the bottom, side, or front, that's kind of noticeable. The laces have been tied and then untied, then there's slight creases on the toe box that's noticeable.
Experiences like that, kept me away from the resale market for years, until apps like GOAT were created. Because now if I choose to go the resale route, atleast nowadays i wont get jerked buy over spending on a highly sought after shoe, that's been worn for a few days, but then listed as a DS shoe. Add to the fact, when i tried selling a few DS retros that were in demand, either cats or the company would try to lowball me on what the shoe was actually worth. This is why I never participated in the secondary market until the last 4 to 5 years, because it's somewhat more controlled to not get jerked, by people trying to get over on others. So yeah, you should've just returned the pair with the defect on them, instead of wearing them for a few days, and now you want to return them.
Only for someone like one of us, to buy that same pair, that not only has a defect, but was also slightly worn by you as well. Hopefully they put that pair in one of their outlets, so people can look at them and examine them first. Also, you can look at a shoe, and tell what type of quality that they have before you wear them. It comes off like, you just wanted to wear the defective pair for awhile. AKA renting them, now you want to return them to get your money back in full, after wearing them.
In sneaker community, it's definitely scumbaggish activity, because someone else, is going to be shafted with the worn defective pair that you're returning.