£15,000 of goods sent to me in error?

Pink_fluff

What if you had ordered £15,000 worth of goods, and YOUR things were delivered in error, to the wrong address. How would YOU feel, if somebody tried to claim your goods. I don't think you'd be very happy. Idiot.

Fatboy

Butlers1982 wrote: »

Yes you do if your a scumbag and leech on society. Jesus what goes on in your head

I am neither. That comment was meant as a bit of fun. I have returned the goods and am pleased to have done so.

The next time I want to be insulted I'll ask for advice on here.


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"Pls be nice to all MoneySavers. There's no such thing as a stupid question, and even if you disagree courtesy helps."

Lusty

Fatboy wrote: »

I have been sent £15,000 worth of goods (wholesale price) in error. Somebody has purchsed these goods and the seller has incorrectly put my name and address on the delivery note.

My 14 year old son signed for them from UPS as they were addressed to me. now the seller is ringing me frantically to get them redirected. What are my rights?

Come on people,don't jump on the guy.Most of us have found a 10 or 20 pound note and pocketed it.This is a similar sort of thing.
Looking at it from a "Devils Advocate"point of view:A:Ethically,he should give the goods to their rightful owner,even though UPS would be liable because it is their !!!! up.
B:POSSESSION IS NINE TENTHS OF THE LAW!

bluenose1988

by law, a mistake is a mistake. Its not your property and falls under the legislation of unjust enrichment. If it went to court you would lose sorry. Its just like a bank placing £15,000 instead of £1500 into your account. It is a mistake and will be rectified as it remains the property of the owner, if not by returning the items, through a court of law.

B:POSSESSION IS NINE TENTHS OF THE LAW! - Tell that to any decent defence lawyer

Edit: sorry didnt see that you have returned the goods, was the best thing to do wouldnt have been worth the hassle tbh mate.

border_collie

Seen on another forum;



"Under the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971, (as amended) it is an offence to demand payment for goods known to be unsolicited, in other words, they were sent to a person without any prior request made by them or on their behalf.
Someone who receives goods in these circumstances may retain them as an unconditional gift, and does not have to pay for or return any unwanted goods. Anyone who receives a demand for payment for unsolicited goods should report the matter to their local Trading Standards Department.
However, in the case of unsolicited goods received before 1 November 2000, the recipient is required to give notice to the sender to collect them within 30 days, or otherwise to wait for 6 months, before being able to treat the goods as their own property."



too late now though.

bluenose1988

'the recipient is required to give notice to the sender to collect them within 30 days, or otherwise to wait for 6 months, before being able to treat the goods as their own property."

but in this case, the sender is requesting the return of the goods and so renders this void... It may be useful to know from this however, that it is up to the sender to collect the goods. There is no reason why a person receiving them as a mistake should have to pay for them to be returned.

stugib

stugib wrote: »

I'm surprised no-one's posted yet to try and tell you they're unsolicited goods and you can keep them!

border_collie wrote: »

"Under the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971, (as amended) it is an offence to demand payment for goods known to be unsolicited, in other words, they were sent to a person without any prior request made by them or on their behalf.........before being able to treat the goods as their own property."

Hooray! Right on cue!

Where did the OP say they'd been asked for payment? What you've quoted is intended to stop scam-artists intentionally sending you stuff and demanding payment. It's not a finders-keepers law! This was clearly a mistake.

Tozer

stugib wrote: »

Hooray! Right on cue!

Where did the OP say they'd been asked for payment? What you've quoted is intended to stop scam-artists intentionally sending you stuff and demanding payment. It's not a finders-keepers law! This was clearly a mistake.

Completely agree. This is not a situation of "unsolicited" goods but a situation of goods sent in error.

Ivory_Tinkler

Another point to make is that most of these laws are there to protect the consumer (ie business to consumer sales/transactions). This was clearly a business to business transaction (as the OP said it was a wholesale order) which was clearly sent in error and so the OP has done the right thing by arranging to have them collected and restored to the rightful recipient.

Lusty

Could the OP enlighten us all as to what the goods were?
There's a lot of difference between 15000 quids worth of yellow plastic ducks as opposed to 15000 quids worth of high end digital photography equipment!