Morality question....
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I ordered something online, from a 'big box store'. According to the invoice emailed to me, I've been billed for 1 item. Upon opening the package, I discovered 4 of said items.
Based on the retail price, they'd be out $180.00 max. if I kept them.
(Knowing retail mark up, it's prolly considerably less.)
Should I notify them, or just consider it a "windfall"?
(And YES, I could use the extras, as they are prone to being lost/ stolen)
TIA
Based on the retail price, they'd be out $180.00 max. if I kept them.
(Knowing retail mark up, it's prolly considerably less.)
Should I notify them, or just consider it a "windfall"?
(And YES, I could use the extras, as they are prone to being lost/ stolen)
TIA
I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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Notify them. Not doing so would be unscrupulous.
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Big box store? They have enough to cover it, I personally would probably keep it because they will ask for return shipping and I am not one to go drop something off to the post office. I hate that stuff.
If it were a person and not a big box I would return it.Just a dude doing dude-ly things
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My experience (and my opinion, FWIW) is, when something like that happens, it is best to disclose it. Unless the item is something of great value, they may well say "thanks for telling us. Just keep 'em".
EDIT: Oh, the other way to look at it: suppose you ordered four, and got one. Would you tell them? I try to think about symmetry in situations like this. I also tend to think of karma, even though, technically, I don't "believe in" karma.
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Let them know...it is the RIGHT thing to do."Just because youre offended doesnt mean youre right." - Ricky Gervais
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Tell them you got the extra ones.
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Besides being the morally right thing to do, they NEED to know that a mistake was made. Somebody screwed-up, and they need to know about it."This may not matter to you, but it does to me for various reasons, many of them illogical or irrational, but the vinyl hobby is not really logical or rational..." - member on Vinyl Engine
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Do you often solicit 30 consciences to gang up on you along with your own?
If you're looking for a reason to keep the extras, consider that if you report it, there's sure to be some poor kid getting fired, but not before he gets waterboarded and whipped with the Cat-'o-NineAQcables.I disabled signatures. -
Just got off the phone with them. They'll be getting the items back tomorrow, at a local store-which DOES NOT stock this item, hence the online order.
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I for one am glad you did what your heart told ya. Well done sir!
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Do you often solicit 30 consciences to gang up on you along with your own?
If you're looking for a reason to keep the extras, consider that if you report it, there's sure to be some poor kid getting fired, but not before he gets waterboarded and whipped with the Cat-'o-NineAQcables.
I had ordered an item on-line, and received multiples as well. I reported it, and the company told me to keep em! Granted they weren't hugely expensive, but Karma was reciprocated immediately that day! Basement: Polk SDA SRS 1.2tl's, Cary SLP-05 Pre with ultimate upgrade,McIntosh MCD301 CD/SACD player, Northstar Designs Excelsio DAC, Cambridge 851N streamer, McIntosh MC300 Amp, Silnote Morpheus Ref2, Series2 Digital Cables, Silnote Morpheus Ref2 Series2 XLR's, Furman 15PFi Power Conditioner, Pangea Power Cables, MIT Shotgun S3 IC's, MIT Shotgun S1 Bi-Wire speaker cables
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Just got off the phone with them. They'll be getting the items back tomorrow, at a local store-which DOES NOT stock this item, hence the online order.
I'm glad that Club Polk hasn't gone down the tubes
Thanks for the feedback
Now, if you'd ordered an Alexa-enabled Polk wireless speaker and gotten four of 'em, we might have responded differently.
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mhardy6647 wrote: »Just got off the phone with them. They'll be getting the items back tomorrow, at a local store-which DOES NOT stock this item, hence the online order.
I'm glad that Club Polk hasn't gone down the tubes
Thanks for the feedback
Now, if you'd ordered an Alexa-enabled Polk wireless speaker and gotten four of 'em, we might have responded differently.
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You should send them back and demand a refund!
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Integrity: Doing the right thing when no one is looking.
I'm a firm believer in karma.
Well, I also don’t believe in karma. But I do believe in integrity. You do what’s right because it’s right, not because of what you might get back. Cause there’s no guarantee that you’ll get it back. But you’ll know you did the right thing. And hopefully you model that for others...Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
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don't seem to get no tail either
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codycatalist wrote: »If it were a person and not a big box I would return it.
In the Citizens United decision, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations have first amendment rights.
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If you did keep em someone has to pay for them. Who do you think that is?
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Integrity: Doing the right thing when no one is looking.
I'm a firm believer in karma.
Well, I also don’t believe in karma. But I do believe in integrity. You do what’s right because it’s right, not because of what you might get back. Cause there’s no guarantee that you’ll get it back. But you’ll know you did the right thing. And hopefully you model that for others...
They are 2 separate statements. I think people with integrity enjoy good karma--not because they are doing the right thing to "avoid punishment" or expect a payback.
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I am a man of integrity and I enjoy nothing
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Good things happen to good people.If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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codycatalist wrote: »If it were a person and not a big box I would return it.
In the Citizens United decision, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations have first amendment rights.
Ugh, really?! That's dumb.Post edited by [Deleted User] onJust a dude doing dude-ly things
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Good things happen to good people.
I'm sorry, but this is empirically false. Many people are decent, law-abiding citizens that don't steal and cheat, and treat other people with respect, and their lives suck. Bankruptcy, cancer, car crashes, robbery, all manner of thing happen to "good" people. Why do you think "why do bad things happen to good people" is a perennial human question?Living Room 2.2: Usher BE-718 "tiny dancers"; Dual DIY Dayton audio RSS210HF-4 Subs with Dayton SPA-250 amps; Arcam SA30; Musical Fidelity A308; Sony UBP-x1000es
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And to think all on this thread practice morality and integrity every minute and day of your lives, I think not.
But that in itself does not make a bad person. Just as long as you try your best, after all you are only human.
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You did good.
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motorhead43026 wrote: »And to think all on this thread practice morality and integrity every minute and day of your lives, I think not.
But that in itself does not make a bad person. Just as long as you try your best, after all you are only human.
Myself included.
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