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apple sent me an extra 17 mbp. What should i do?
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Call em up, send it back.
When you tell the story later it will always be better to say you sent it back than kept it. Plus they'll probably figure it out sooner or later.
When you tell the story later it will always be better to say you sent it back than kept it. Plus they'll probably figure it out sooner or later.
Technically I believe this may not be true, at least in some countries. In fact failure to tell them may well be theft...
I believe you are legally allowed to keep any mailed, unsolicited goods not intended for another person. Obviously, you should check on that.
However, what might happen is they'll just charge your credit card for the second computer.
However, what might happen is they'll just charge your credit card for the second computer.
That's correct (at least in the UK), but you have to give the "seller" the opportunity to retrieve his goods. For example, by writing to the company and stating you have received the unwanted goods and asking them to be picked up with 10 days. If the company doesn't, AFAIK you have the right to keep them.
i would keep it, (but never register it as they may have a list of ones that arent accounted for, if you see what i mean)
See and now you might get to keep it... good conscience, free laptop... double bonus!
They sent me an another one by mistakeI dont want anyone from apple to get fired. Should I call them? I wonder if I could get a reward.
I would suggest doing SOMETHING in the realm of getting it back to them. Don't pay for it (in terms of shipping it back yourself) as it is someone else's mistake, but that doesn't mean it's your to profit from. I would not be surprised at all if they realize their mistake in a months time and Apple or the carrier (fedex, whatever) call to retreive the package. Once they do realize, I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up charging your credit card as well.
If you signed for it, then they have proof that you have it. Maybe not Apple, but the carrier for sure. While they may not realize it now, chances are they will. If that situation happens, and you don't have it anymore (or try to keep it), they will expect proof (like a shipping reciept or whatever).
If they were both intended for you, then the above should apply. If the package was intended for someone else and has another's name on it, then in the U.S.:
There is some kind of right here in the UK, that if a company sends you a product by a mistake, and they don't collect it for 6 months, you're free to keep it. It was in the Daily Mail a while back. If I were you, I'd check to make sure you haven't been charged twice, and just phone them up making sure.
Or you can sell it to the up and coming filmmaker who desperately needs a Macbook Pro before college *points to self*.
