MONEY MORAL DILEMMA. Would you drink someone else's champagne?

shadej

Lets be real! its most likely gonna be a £20-£25 bottle of champagne.
I cant see the police arresting and charging anyone over a bottle of fairly cheap champers that was delivered to them in error. Desire will get her champagne as the delivery company will have no choice but to replace it, so no loss to her. I wont be going out of my way to chase a delivery company that hasn't bothered to do what they were payed to do. If the error is with the sender then thats their fault for sending a gift to the wrong address without checking. I hate when I am relaxing at home and the bell goes, so it would be my compensation. I would drink it without a second thought. :beer: Sorry but its that simple me.
Had it been anything bigger or of a higher value than say £50 I would do my very best to return it. Its only champagne, hardly crime of the century. oops I guess I am a thief:rolleyes:

moggylover

jh71283 wrote: »

This is not the same as money in your bank account.

Under the Distance Selling Regulations, you legally own anything that is sent to you unsolicited. That is: - You did not ask for it.

In this case, the Distance Selling Regulations override the Theft act.

But it wasn't "sent" to you - it was sent to Deirdre - and mistakenly "delivered" to you

Taffybiker

adouglasmhor wrote: »

And I manage the receipt office of a large corporation; we always mark items as unchecked and do not open them till they get to the internal addresse, in fact us doing so invalidates the guarantee on many high end goods and spares. Obviously you weren't at our end of the market as that's not what happens with our deliveries.

I quite agree with what you're saying, but my point is that I would definately check the contents of any mysterious package that suddenly arrives out of the blue. Assuming the courier refuses to hand it over without a signature and won't allow me to check it first I would let him/her return it to the depot/sender.
If I were expecting it, as is true in most cases, then I would sign without issues..

chalky_75

That is WHy I spend soooooooooooo much time on here cos you are all such lovely people.

Ebenezer_Screwj

The correct thing to do is request (if possible) that the sender collects the champagne. If this hasn't been done within twelve months dispose of it, personally I would pour it down the drain.

inmypocketnottheirs

Ebenezer_Screwj wrote: »

The correct thing to do is request (if possible) that the sender collects the champagne. If this hasn't been done within twelve months dispose of it, personally I would pour it down the drain.

If you ever get a bottle of champers, please give me a call!

brightonman123

dont waste money calling- send an email, giving a week (fair enough time for them to collect?), or say it will be giving to a good cause... you!:beer:

worbikeman

I'd change my name to Deirdre.

tara747

I would call and let them know. If they told me to keep it (which they probably would unless it's v.v.v. expensive) I'd give it away as a pressie to someone... trying to be gift neutral this year!

BlueAngelCV

Well I don't like Champagne so I wouldn't. I expect my OH would though.
I'd probably keep it for a week or so to see if anyone contacted me but otherwise I'd let him drink it.