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    Let's say a large tech company sends you a three 3-packs of something instead of just 3 of those things as ordered, what do you do? These are expensive things.

    Keep?

    Email them about the error?

    Email them and gloat from an anonymous address?

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    I'm a cheap bastard, so my first inclination would be to keep and sell. But....... That's probably not the right move.
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    You realize you are talking to the guy who made his own furniture out of salad bowls right?

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    I’m all for being honest, but it’s well documented that by sending it back you aren’t doing the company any favours and they will likely landfill them rather than assess for resale.
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    If you think I have been trying to present myself as intellectually superior, then you truly are a dimwit.
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    guessing who I might be, psychologizing me with your non existent degree.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster View Post
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    Let's say a large tech company sends you a three 3-packs of something instead of just 3 of those things as ordered, what do you do? These are expensive things.

    Keep?

    Email them about the error?

    Email them and gloat from an anonymous address?
    You are a right wing bastard. Therefore you will return 3, use 3, resell the rest in 6 months after the heat is off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster View Post
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    Let's say a large tech company sends you a three 3-packs of something instead of just 3 of those things as ordered, what do you do? These are expensive things.

    Keep?

    Email them about the error?

    Email them and gloat from an anonymous address?
    I'd contact them and ask them what they want to do. They might say fuck it and let it go. Worst case is you have to package it back up and send it back.

    It's easier to do that if you can connect the error to a human. If it was a faceless monstrosity like Microsoft I'd have a harder time working up the ambition to do it. On the other hand, if they find out about the error they might more aggressively ask you to either return it or pay for it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Rural_Juror View Post
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    You are a right wing bastard.
    flattery will get you no where.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster View Post
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    flattery will get you no where.
    Tell your accountant to put me on your payroll.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Rural_Juror View Post
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    Tell your accountant to put me on your payroll.
    That’s gonna affect your CERB
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    If you think I have been trying to present myself as intellectually superior, then you truly are a dimwit.
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    guessing who I might be, psychologizing me with your non existent degree.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Rural_Juror View Post
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    Tell your accountant to put me on your payroll.
    do you have any actual...you know...skills?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster View Post
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    do you have any actual...you know...skills?
    A special set of skills that makes him a nightmare for people like you.
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    You realize you are talking to the guy who made his own furniture out of salad bowls right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Buster View Post
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    do you have any actual...you know...skills?
    So many skills. What skills do you need for tax evasion?
    ...I mean avoidance
    ...I mean deferral.

    I can be your Rudy.
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    I would email them. Maybe as a token of appreciation they will give you something back like a gift card? And if not then whatever, at least you know you did the ethical thing in the end.

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    The Buster we know would have never spent his valuable 2 minutes making this thread.

    Now we all want to know what sort of high end technological marital aide you've purchased.

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    Is this why Bell still has my pro 12 as “processing”??? ...did you get all the iPhones?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by rx7boi View Post
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    The Buster we know would have never spent his valuable 2 minutes making this thread.

    Now we all want to know what sort of high end technological marital aide you've purchased.
    I've done other "what would you do" threads...doesn't mean I'm wondering WHAT I'll do, just interested in what others will do.

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    I’d let them know and go from there.

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    Keep the whole deposit and sell the car to someone else, profit.
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    You realize you are talking to the guy who made his own furniture out of salad bowls right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ExtraSlow View Post
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    Keep the whole deposit and sell the car to someone else, profit.
    i should make a series.

    THAT guy was being a dork. These people just made a mistake.

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    Monopoly is never wrong.
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    I have gone above and beyond what I should rightfully have to do to protect my good name

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    Probably email, but wind up keeping/selling. It's somewhat contingent on what "expensive" is.

    $100? $1000? $10000? (per widget)

    The higher the number is, the more effort I would expend on rectifying it.

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