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Re: Help with a moral dilemma - deckeda - 12-01-2011 Winston wrote: THIS is what will happen. Not necessarily. There is often a long lag in receiving rebates. I've got one coming that I'm watching for, but not sure who I'd contact if it doesn't show up. It's easy to lose track of these things. Be kind. - Winston Sure, but this one's not a rebate. He's got the gift card already, just doesn't know who to screw, or hate. Or somethin'! ![]() Re: Help with a moral dilemma - SteveO - 12-01-2011 Robert M wrote: True, true, true. Resolve it with BB. You'll be doing the right thing and in doing so, some great Karma will come your way. If you spend it, it will be like stealing $100 from either BB or more importantly, the other person. Re: Help with a moral dilemma - Uncle Wig - 12-01-2011 The address of the other recipient is listed inside on the packing slip. . . . just forward it to him. :ftw: Re: Help with a moral dilemma - Fritz - 12-01-2011 if you have any karmic guilt about it, donate a lil extra to your face charity this year. Re: Help with a moral dilemma - $tevie - 12-01-2011 Two gift cards both made out with your information is a dilemma. Two gift cards one of which clearly lets you know who it is intended for is a no-brainer. As for the fictional 19-year-old with pimples who won't understand you, he's a nice construct to ease your guilt but it is total BS to invent him. Re: Help with a moral dilemma - DRR - 12-01-2011 Use it. Somewhere out there, an innocent person will not get their gift card and will get the shaft from Best Buy when they try to get another. That person will vow to never again use Best Buy and will preach their vitrol to anyone who will listen, the time that BB screwed them out of $100. When this happens across the country enough times to enough people, Best Buy goes out of business and everyone wins. Re: Help with a moral dilemma - JPK - 12-01-2011 I certainly don't want to "harm" the guy that this was intended. I equally do not want to fix BB's mistakes for them. Legally, I am pretty sure I can keep the card: https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/investigations/MailFraud/fraudschemes/othertypes/UnsolicitedFraud.aspx But this is not a legal question for me. I have sent a request to BB CS explaining the situation and asking how they would like me to handle it. I am sure they jump all over this and get it resolved quickly and efficiently! Not! JPK I am sure I have wasted more time on this already than the $100 could compensate for! Re: Help with a moral dilemma - N-OS X-tasy! - 12-02-2011 raz wrote: No, it wouldn't. U.S. mail order regulations state that a person is entitled to keep any item mistakenly shipped to him/her. Theft is taking something from a party without their knowledge or consent. If the party sends you something, however - even mistakenly - it is not theft. Re: Help with a moral dilemma - N-OS X-tasy! - 12-02-2011 mrbigstuff wrote: See, if it were me I would steal the puppies from the children and use them to beat the lepers about the head before tying them to the balloons and launching them into the stratosphere. But that's just me. ![]() Re: Help with a moral dilemma - GGD - 12-02-2011 N-OS X-tasy! wrote: Here's the actual regulation http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/39/IV/30/3009 It needs to be identified as a gift to the recipient (not just any random miss-delivered package). All such merchandise shall N-OS X-tasy! wrote: You often see news stories of cases where a bank mistake deposits funds in someone's account, and they decide that it's now their money and spend it. It never ends well for those people. |