Item delivered in husband's name that he did not order

Poppie68

Maybe you have a Apple store nearby, this could be the safest route for return? Ask Apple but make sure you get proof of drop off.
Your husband may also want to check his experian file etc for any anomalies as someone could be using his details for more than the above.

Marktheshark

You have to keep the goods safe for six months and allow any reasonable (that fits with you) attempts for the retailer to claim the goods by collecting.
After six months you may keep the goods.

It is not your job to post anything back, they must collect it.

Dropping it off at an Apple store or posting it makes you liable for the goods in law if it goes missing.
Stick to the law on unsolicited goods to stay protected.

dj1471

Marktheshark wrote: »

Stick to the law on unsolicited goods to stay protected.

These aren't unsolicited goods, they are almost certainly fraudulently purchased and therefore stolen. Handling stolen goods is a crime.

Marktheshark

dj1471 wrote: »

These aren't unsolicited goods, they are almost certainly fraudulently purchased and therefore stolen. Handling stolen goods is a crime.

Absolute rubbish, sorry but it is.
The law is very clear on unsolicited goods (unsolicited goods act 1971)
The OP has a strict protocol to follow to avoid becoming responsible for the goods.
They must allow reasonable attempts for the retailer to collect the goods and or keep the goods safe for six months.
Do anything else and they risk stepping in to a legal mess, this includes, posting them back, taking them to a shop.
They must make the retailer collect them.
Then they are legally free of any adverse responsibility.

If the goods are obtained by fraud, that is not the OP's problem, it is the retailers, they know where the goods are and are free to collect them.

We have laws, following them offers you certain protections, making random judgements and actions removes them.

The retailer must collect the goods in 6 months or they then belong to the OP.
Post nothing, drop nothing off, collected only, by the retailer or an authorised agent with paperwork that legally hands the goods to the courier left with the OP, or they go away empty handed until they can leave some signed paper work.

Poppie68

dj1471 wrote: »

These aren't unsolicited goods, they are almost certainly fraudulently purchased and therefore stolen. Handling stolen goods is a crime.

That's why I suggested the OP drop off at an Apple store things could get messy for the OP. A receipt from an Apple store should suffice to get the husband out of a potential mess. As long as all parties agree to it this should be the end of the matter for the op.

marleyboy

I won a computer console once. There was no warnings, no congratulations and nothing to say the package I got was due. It just turned up out of the blue with nothing but my name and address on it.

I only found out later that I had won a competition prize I had completely forgotten I entered into.

Poppie68

Marktheshark wrote: »

Absolute rubbish, sorry but it is.
The law is very clear on unsolicited goods (unsolicited goods act 1971)
The OP has a strict protocol to follow to avoid becoming responsible for the goods.
They must allow reasonable attempts for the retailer to collect the goods and or keep the goods safe for six months.
Do anything else and they risk stepping in to a legal mess, this includes, posting them back, taking them to a shop.
They must make the retailer collect them.
Then they are legally free of any adverse responsibility.

If the goods are obtained by fraud, that is not the OP's problem, it is the retailers, they know where the goods are and are free to collect them.

We have laws, following them offers you certain protections, making random judgements and actions removes them.

The retailer must collect the goods in 6 months or they then belong to the OP.
Post nothing, drop nothing off, collected only, by the retailer or an authorised agent with paperwork that legally hands the goods to the courier left with the OP, or they go away empty handed until they can leave some signed paper work.

Someone has used her husband's details including their address, while it's not the husband's fault neither is it the retailers. Holding onto it for any length of time could cause problems for the husband, I would rather have the inconvenience of taking it in store than holding onto it because the 'law' says so....Who knows the boys in blue could turn up at the door....maybe a long shot but a possibility nevertheless.
Being implicated in fraud guilty or not could have repercussions for the husband, not a chance I would take but then I like a nice easy life!

Marktheshark

Poppie68 wrote: »

That's why I suggested the OP drop off at an Apple store things could get messy for the OP. A receipt from an Apple store should suffice to get the husband out of a potential mess. As long as all parties agree to it this should be the end of the matter for the op.

The law is sufficient and clearly written here to deal with any potential mess.
Not following the law is know as "breaking the law" which is a sure fire way to a potential mess.

stevemLS

Marktheshark wrote: »

Absolute rubbish, sorry but it is.
The law is very clear on unsolicited goods (unsolicited goods act 1971)
The OP has a strict protocol to follow to avoid becoming responsible for the goods.
They must allow reasonable attempts for the retailer to collect the goods and or keep the goods safe for six months.
Do anything else and they risk stepping in to a legal mess, this includes, posting them back, taking them to a shop.
They must make the retailer collect them.
Then they are legally free of any adverse responsibility.

If the goods are obtained by fraud, that is not the OP's problem, it is the retailers, they know where the goods are and are free to collect them.

We have laws, following them offers you certain protections, making random judgements and actions removes them.

The retailer must collect the goods in 6 months or they then belong to the OP.
Post nothing, drop nothing off, collected only, by the retailer or an authorised agent with paperwork that legally hands the goods to the courier left with the OP, or they go away empty handed until they can leave some signed paper work.

That is the process and rights contained in s1 of the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 - which unfortunately was repealed on 30 October 2000.

boo_star

stevemLS wrote: »

That is the process and rights contained in s1 of the Unsolicited Goods and Services Act 1971 - which unfortunately was repealed on 30 October 2000.

But it has been replaced by the CCRs so it's not like the principle vanished, it was just made defunct by newer regulations.