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by sillyinseattle 1144 days ago
"Manufacturers may intentionally damage a portion of their goods ... "[0]

The intel chip example has already been mentioned in comments. The general idea of "Damaged Goods" (and how this can benefit consumers) appears here (at Preston McAfee's site).

[0] https://mc4f.ee/Papers/PDF/DamagedGoods.pdf