Real Life MMD: Should we keep the wine?

spursliz

No, of course you shouldn't keep the wine. It is not yours, but was delivered to you by mistake. It isn't that difficult to contact customer services - send them an email. I know it's tempting but if you do take this you will be stealing: sorry, no other word to use. And how bad would you feel drinking it? Someone else has paid for it, and is not getting it.:A

justme

No of course you shouldn't keep it.
You should send it to me.lol
Seriously, one of the best things about online supermarket shopping are the freebies they give you.

toontron

I wouldn't consider giving it back, not in a million years.

Rowan564

Chech the "Unsolicited Goods and Services Act"
If you inform the supplier of his error he has three months to collect it.
If you do not tell him, he has six months to collect it.

After the specified period the goods ae yours to keep.

Cheers!

Penny_Farthing_2

My way of dealing with this kind of 'problem' is to think "What kind of world do I want my kids growing up in?" I then do what is the right thing. I don't care that lots of other people think it's ok to keep the wine - morally for me it's plain stealing. I have had things like mobile phones (2) and my purse returned to me by good people. I like to keep the Karma going. I would be concerned about the possible consequences for the delivery driver. Also, I like it when people do kind/honest/generous things and that's the world I want to live in so I'd send an email.

cjb02

email them and ask when they can collect. if no response then keep it. but I would contact them and tell them.

VIBondGirl_2

Reality123 wrote: »

It is very odd that the relative wealth of a victim of crime seems to change people's judgement of whether it is indeed a crime or not. It is often said "Tesco can afford it", etc. Would you feel different if you found out that the delivery driver had it deducted from his wages? I bet you would!

I find it almost laughable that one person posting claims he/she spots 20p errors in the supermarket bill. That sounds like a complete exaggeration to me and devalues their opinion to worthlessness.

Well, you might find it laughable, but Sir Stuart Rose, Chairman of M&S certainly did not when I wrote to him having been overcharged in M&S food hall for marked down items. I worked out, based on the same situation, that the company would gain in excess of £1m a year but doing what they did to me to x number of people in all their stores. People who are on tight budgets DO scruitinise their receipts and count every penny, you're on the wrong site if you think that's funny.

In response to OP, I'd send an email and await response. Same thing happened to me, got an extra bag of shopping and was just told to keep it, the drivers don't get penalised for one off things, only if there are a certain amount of 'happenings' in their run.
Happy Drinking!

airheadgreg

Morally, you should return it. But in reality I would keep it...

taxing

Sorry
You can't keep it just cause you want to, sad as that is as that would be theft.

Knowing Tesco, they will probably tell you to keep it but you need to get properly on record somehow that you reported the 'extra' item and, more importantly, the reply and decision on what to do about it that you (need to) receive from Tesco.

What about the driver - he/she may have had it held against him/her (or noted on their personnel file): or the packer might - now, you wouldn't want that on your conscience would you?

Do unto others as you would have done unto you......also, don't you find that if you do something that is (or could end up being) an unkindness to someone; it comes back at you disproportionately in bad happenings to you?? :eek:

Sylvan

Reality123 wrote: »

I find it almost laughable that one person posting claims he/she spots 20p errors in the supermarket bill. That sounds like a complete exaggeration to me and devalues their opinion to worthlessness.

There speaks someone who has never had to watch the pennies!

Though I don't understand why you would feel someone's opinion is worthless just because they have to stick to a budget.

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