Blinddemonz

See now...that would be the moral and ethical crap I was hoping to not involve. Aren't you in school for law or something like that? Any prof's that might know the legal side of this?

They could "ask" all they want, but I'm pretty sure they can't just go ahead and charge his card again or take any other action for their own negligence. </font>[/QUOTE]Yah but what kinda legal advice for this particular situation are you looking for generally? It's more of a personal moral decision. If you want to be honest send it back, if you want to live with their mistake keep it lol.

They could probably charge it and "say the charge was delayed". And even in that case send it back and say here's my original receipt I only orded one shipment you sent me two. Or the fact that you could lie if you really wanted to and ask why you got charged twice IF you got charged twice.

Personally I wouldn't think they could charge it twice.

[ January 08, 2005, 01:37 PM: Message edited by: Blind ]

CasinoGreek

Dukk

be my guest, im not the one that came up with it

maltesechicken

pusnboob, why did you post this in the first place? You have your mind made up, as does your friend - the gear is yours.
Was this just a discussion starter? If so, why can't people throw around their moral ideas?

Legally, The company cannot put anything on your credit card you did not agree to. Example: I go to a carnival and buy cotton candy for $1.00. Later that night, the carny comes to my house and leaves a huge batch of cotton candy at my door. Since he left me this, and I did previous business with him, does that then give him a right to come into my house and help himself to enough cash to cover the costs? No. Likewise, the company cannot simply add such a charge to his card. I believe the company would be required to contact him about the mistake and work things out. IE, "If you do not return the gear, then we will charge it to your account," seems perfectly legit. But I know squat about specifics in the law.

Personally, I would contact the company and let them know. The company can decide then. I would not pay for any shipping, and I would carefully watch my credit card statements.

pusnboob

iTrader: (1)

Like I said, I was looking for some input as to how long he needs to wait before claiming it as his. What kind of time frame a business has legally to try to rectify the situation. I thought that I was fairly clear about that. I'm pretty sure I requested that this NOT turn into a moral discussion. It went that way, obviously, but don't blame me for it. People are very eager to push their morals on others to feel better about themselves, and if that's what makes them happy then more power to 'em.

To clear up any other doubts...the stuff really is for my friend. I used the quotations in the original post because it seemed so cliché to be asking for a friend. Anyhow, it's become a debate of morals now, and if it was me in this situation, I'm pretty sure I would be keeping the stuff.

Blinddemonz

I think in the end Pus it would be a moral decision overall... But like I said the way some look at it, its their fault their problem, if they later down the road say we sent you 2 shipments then you can lie or be honest and say yes and give it back [img]graemlins/dunno.gif[/img] They could also have sent you Double just to make up for the first inconvenience who know's really.. Is it an asian based company? (just curious, please ppl don't start going on about this as I'm asking HIM)

ZachCHartwell

Could have this..could have that....You COULD [img]tongue.gif[/img] guess what happened till you are blue in the face. Be a good citizen, let them know the mishap. Besides if you want to do future business with them, keeping parts they accidentally already sent to you isn't a good start.

Robin W.

I do shipping/receiving as my day job. we get double/triple shipments and overships all the time, our procedure is ask how much discount to keep. it shows we're honest, (though they never seem to remember that when we're missing something) there are times when we keep stuff, simply because there's no way to return it. when a case (15kg's) of gummi worms shows up with no name or address, we eat them [img]smile.gif[/img] (arrived with skid of light fixtures)

pusnboob

iTrader: (1)

I don't think so...I don't know all the details as far as who the parent company may be and such, but I'm pretty sure that they're American. Pretty large online shop. The quantities that they must move to be able to offer as many products as they do would lead me to believe that they're owned by some corporation. I don't know of any computer stores around Ottawa or Montreal that have so much stuff.

I'm in Mtl. right now, and the stuff hasn't actually shown up yet. He has three boxes of goods sitting in the UPS warehouse right now...that's two to many to be a power supply.

ZachCHartwell

This is just a wack thought, but does your friend have a common name. Maybe 2 people with the same or very similar names placed orders and maybe things got switch.. [img]graemlins/dunno.gif[/img] Just one crazy theory.

pusnboob

iTrader: (1)

Nah, in the original shipment the power supply was back ordered, and in the bill for the new shipment, he was charged for the power supply only, and all the items in the shipment are EXACTLY the same, according to the receipt. It just seems pretty odd that you would actually pick and pack an order of that size and not find it weird that the billing price is only $72.

Oh well...what happens, happens. I'm not going to concern myself with it anymore.