Because they wanted to see how badly something could blow up in their faces! Or at least that's the only thing I can think of.

I only really remember one massive scam during the time I was into Pullips and that was the chick who got people to send her their Pullip heads so she'd do faceups and then... kept them. And the one time I got burned, it was just for like, seven bucks for a couple of shirts. So, so sad.

*cackles* I'm going to have that mental picture of the dinghy for quite awhile.