If you ordered a laptop online and received two in the post by accident, would you contact the store?

I purchased a £500 hp laptop online and it seems the store messed up a bit, they were supposed to send it out on Tuesday but they didn't, i received on on Thursday which they had sent on the Wednesday and then another arrived on Friday which they sent on Thursday! The one i received on Friday had an invoice without a price or anything, i haven't been charged for it either.

Do i own up? or do i wait for them to contact me? What would you do?

Anne

I would wait until they contact you, but just be aware of karma, for some is never rears it's ugly head, but for me it gets me every time. If they contact you fess up

WVAttorney

Yes, they will figure it out.

Terry

Are you honest or dishonest? If you are honest, of course you tell them. If you are dishonest, then you will steal the second laptop. But beware - this isn't the kind of mix-up they ignore. They'll eventually figure it out, and if you decide to be dishonest, you can explain to the police why you decided to keep the second one.

The person who commented that you can keep unsolicited items is incorrect. It's true that if you tell them about the other laptop, and they fail to make arrangements for shipping or to collect it, it will become yours legally after a certain time; but it is not automatically yours.

DavidNH

Tell them.

;-P

Contact them and make sure... They might have charged you for that:-s

rickbrowntravels.com

this happened to me. I contacted the store explained what happened and the guy said, actually we have no way of accepting your return. We screwed us so you get to keep it.

I felt good about it since I tried to give it back.

Joan J

I would contact the company--honesty is the best policy then you can feel good about yourself......

theradicalwomen

If you have any moral fibre about you, you will call the company and explain what happened and let them tell you how to proceed.

*~Lollipops~*

this happened to my friend not too long ago! seriously!

People who say "the law says it is yours" are mistaken in England. In English law an honest mistake is a mistake, and keeping the erroneously posted computer is theft. Tell them about it, and tell them to arrange to collect it.

There was a case some months ago of a young woman who spent a large sum of money which her bank mistakenly credited to her account. She went to jail. The money was not a gift, it was an error, and she knew it did not belong to her.

pyropossumkitty

I would keep it, unopened, until several credit card bills have gone through and it was not charged. If sufficient time went by, then I would try to sell it.

wcowell2000

Law says they are both yours. If they send you something unsolicited, it is yours. Of course, the right thing to do is to give it back.

If they ask me for it,I will send it back.If not - f them

goonern014

i wouldnt send it back wait for them to contact you , dont open it tho not yet .

bill & little billy sideweakster

id love a new laptop for xmas if its going spare..

danstools123

JUST KEEP IT
untill they ask for it back wait for a while and if they dont catch on keep it
thay wont want i back anyways

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