So the strangest thing happened to my friend

[opd897]

Re: So the strangest thing happened to my friend

They still have it on file somewhere that two extra machines were sent to his house, so they know he has them. Just because something is mistakenly mailed to you does not legally make it yours. Just like if a bank accidentally deposits more money into your account that it is supposed to, it is not legally yours. If this person chose to sell them and Microsoft found out the consoles were mistakenly shipped to him and refused to pay for them, he could be arrested.

I believe there is a Federal law that states if someone recieves something in the mail they did not order then it's theirs to keep. Agreed though, the right thing to do would be to notify MS. By law though I don't believe he is obligated to do that. Check this site.

http://missourifamilies.org/quick/consumerqa/qaca34.htm

[jdros13]

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I believe there is a Federal law that states if someone recieves something in the mail they did not order then it's theirs to keep. Agreed though, the right thing to do would be to notify MS. By law though I don't believe he is obligated to do that. Check this site.

http://missourifamilies.org/quick/consumerqa/qaca34.htm

I wouldn't be surprised if this is truly the case...reason being that unscrupulous companies could just ship things out and then send you a bill.

I know that there are companies that call around and try to get people to order seemingly mundane supplies (like lightbulbs or printer cartridges) and then bill your company for an insane amount of money. This probably protects people from just being "drop shipped" and then leaving the customer responsible for the bill.

[RoyalBoyle78]

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That's very odd though I wouldn't want to be him if they find out they're mistake and he's sold them off.

to bad for MS, it's not his fault, I would sell them too, and
MS is going to do what.

[CochranBud]

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I have to say that I'm a little surprised at the number of people that would keep or sell the extra systems. I was brought up to believe you don't keep things that don't belong to you and I'm trying to instill this value into my children as well. I'm not sure if this is purely an anti-MicroSoft sentiment or just a sign of the times.

Not trying to judge what anyone else thinks or does, because everybody has to do what they believe is the right thing. I'm just saying that there's no way that I could keep or sell something that I didn't rightfully pay for.

[CaptainZombie]

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Nice, I would just wait a month or two before doing anything just incase they come back for their systems.

[Klocker]

Re: So the strangest thing happened to my friend

karma man.

return that stuff.

agreed

[LionsFan20]

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lets say he calls MS and tells them and they say just keep them, is it alright to sell or give one away then? By the way good point opd897, if you had to pay for something that got shipped to you even if you did not order it, companies would ship junk out on purpose all the time and you would have to pay for it. It makes no sense

[WTF]

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What I would do, is sell one of them to me for unbelievably cheap, especially if they are new and not refurbs...

ask him what he thinks about that

[RockinDaMike]

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Its all good, i would give them as gifts. I always gave my systems that I don't use to poor families in the US and the Philippines.

[the_future420]

Re: So the strangest thing happened to my friend

I wouldn't be surprised if this is truly the case...reason being that unscrupulous companies could just ship things out and then send you a bill.

I know that there are companies that call around and try to get people to order seemingly mundane supplies (like lightbulbs or printer cartridges) and then bill your company for an insane amount of money. This probably protects people from just being "drop shipped" and then leaving the customer responsible for the bill.

Yup. If somebody sends you something in the mail that you did not request, its yours. Now if you receive something in the mail by accident,(say it goes to your address but was intended for another) then you could be responsible. But if it had your buddies name on the box, its all his and he should have a damn nice x-mas.