moral dilemma

*new*mummy*

Hello just want peoples thoughts about this ...

I have been living in my house since april and today I got a letter for the previous occupier but I opened it. The letter was from tesco including £54 worth of clubcard vouchers ... What would other people do???

Queenriderbrekke

*new*mummy* wrote: »

Hello just want peoples thoughts about this ...

I have been living in my house since april and today I got a letter for the previous occupier but I opened it. The letter was from tesco including £54 worth of clubcard vouchers ... What would other people do???

If you have a forwarding address send them on, if not return them to Tesco's "Not Known at This address!"

You know they aren't yours!:)

Just found on another thread that you should need the clubcard for the person who the vouchers were issued to before you can spend them, so it could be potentially very embarrassing for you if challenged in store trying to spend them:)

shellsuit

Don't you need a card to accompany using the points??

I wouldn't spend them, especially as they have someone elses name on them!

If you do use them, and because you opened the letter when you knew it wasn't for you, you could get done for fraud. Is it really worth it?

arbroath_lass

Hardly a moral dilemma is it? You know full well they're not yours. If you know where the previous occupiers moved to pass them on or, if not, return them to Tesco. I can't believe someone would even contemplate keeping/using them.

katskorner

They are not yours so therefore you should send them on / back to tesco. Don't consider anything else. It isn't right.

clemmatis

It's a bit cheeky to call this a moral dilemma. When I lost my Boots Advantage card and the finder used up all my points, I called it theft, even though they did not steal the card, so, I should have called it fraud.

Send them to the rightful recipient or to Tesco.

*new*mummy*

clemmatis wrote: »

It's a bit cheeky to call this a moral dilemma. When I lost my Boots Advantage card and the finder used up all my points, I called it theft, even though they did not steal the card, so, I should have called it fraud.

Send them to the rightful recipient or to Tesco.

Did you get anything back from boots?

*new*mummy*

Sorry if the title of the thread annoyed people did know what else to call it.

I opened it by mistake and was not contemplating using them already posted it with 'return to sender' as no forwarding address left.

I was just interested in peoples thoughts of what they would do or if they have experienced this before!

clemmatis

*new*mummy* wrote: »

Did you get anything back from boots?

no. It wasn't their fault.

cherryblossoms

Can I just ask, why did you open the letter in the first place when it wasn't addressed to you?

tootiefrooties

I've lived in my current house for over a year and still get post for previous tenants - have never once opened it by accident. You simply look at the name on the front! If you opened it deliberately then you have already broken the law.

I would be *fuming* if I saved those points and someone else spent my vouchers! Loyalty cards are often a low priority to notify when you have a change of address - the stress of moving then notifying banks etc. comes first, so this person is likely to remember soon and update their address. Having said that, we've had things that look like payslips, chequebooks etc. addressed to previous tenants, and it always makes me glad that we live here and send it back, rather than some dishonest sort.