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Did Apple just give me a free iPhone 6 or am I crazy?
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Be honest. Go to the store and return the free one and fix the mix up.
Ethics police are here. Better watch out.
I realize this isn't how the general population behaves any more. Integrity and honesty are mocked in this "get whatever you can" culture.
The bottom line is it's an obvious mistake. If I am trying to hand you $100 and I mistakenly hand you two $100 bills, you are stealing if you don't return one of them. Sure it was my mistake but that doesn't mean you're not stealing when you become aware of that mistake. (If you don't believe me, Google some articles about people spending millions after a bank error in their favor.)
Trying to justify keeping a ~ $800 product just because the company made a mistake is paying zero attention to what is the right thing to do IMHO and could possibly be criminal.
What comes around goes around. It's best to conduct your behavior in an ethical way, IMHO.
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Give it a rest mother Theresa. Someone hands you an $800 device and forgets to charge you for it, you don't give it back. Let's not be silly now.
Thank you, finally a person with principal. But the responses don't surprise me. You have a lot of adolencent minds in this forum and that's okay sometimes, but not in this instance. You're breaking the law.
Return the phone and make it right.
Yes "you" do. I do. If I am unjustly enriched then I will return whatever needs to be returned. I've returned $.50 at a restaurant, a product sitting in a bag that wasn't mine, larger sums of money that were handed to me in error, and so forth. I would indeed tell Apple about it. That is just me and if there is one thing I've learned about people in life, it is that they're not all the same and they're not all entirely honest. Live your life how you choose but don't bash those who would actually do what is seemingly right. I don't believe in luck or karma, but I believe in being a decent person.
There is some irony between your post and your user name.
OP: My guess is you will indeed be charged. It is not too hard to track the phone and the transaction that took place.
hmm, I thought I was pretty clear on what I said
so to make the short story shorter, I basically bought 1 iPhone 6 Plus 128GB and 1 iPhone 6 16GB on launch day.
I have some defects on BOTH iphones, so I "returned" them, not exchanged.
I then bought both the same models and size again on a NEW transaction, using the same card, but according to my transaction details, they only charged me for the iPhone 6 Plus 128GB.
It is not unusual to not see a charge on your account right away.
When I purchased my MacBook Pro, it took 10 business days to show up on my credit card account.
I've been around too long to think that a big business will "forget" to charge me something. It would need to come down to human error for that to occur, which I have seen in the past.
Some of these kids can get confused very quickly in the stores (not just Apple, but most stores) when you are buying, returning, buying, exchanging, etc. They lose track of what they need to do.
Heck, some people feed on these kids in hopes that they create an error and they get "free" stuff. Of course, as another poster said, that is stealing.
So, OP, if you haven't seen it appear, you will probably see it this week at some point.
how long does the company have to post the charge?
would they do it when they do their end of day reconciliation? maybe a week.. a month?
i wouldn't consider it stealing if the OP went into exchange/buy a new phone and the rep messed the transaction up.
but i mean come on, 1 phone out of 10 million is not going to hurt Apple
would they do it when they do their end of day reconciliation? maybe a week.. a month?
i wouldn't consider it stealing if the OP went into exchange/buy a new phone and the rep messed the transaction up.
but i mean come on, 1 phone out of 10 million is not going to hurt Apple
Before you guys start calling the OP a thief, maybe you should wait until he is positive that he wan't charged? I think the OP needs more time for the charge to go through.
Oh I see, you prescribe to the "they have enough money" ethics. Very childish. The entitlement mentality is strong on MR.
Just let them know about the mistake.
As far as I know, the iPhone will refuse to activate unless it was paid for. They just show "unauthorized device" if they're not scanned as far as I know. So I think you probably were charged, and it's just taking a while to show up for some reason
Let me ask you this, how did you pay for the iPhone 6 in-store? if it was not "exchanged" then must swiped your cc, in this case you can not escape lol 
, it took a week to charged my cc after I made payment when I was in college, didn't say pending, didn't say authorizing, didn't say initializing... just silent and fund is still available, after 1 week bummm ~ several thousand disappeared
, it took a week to charged my cc after I made payment when I was in college, didn't say pending, didn't say authorizing, didn't say initializing... just silent and fund is still available, after 1 week bummm ~ several thousand disappeared
You don't seem to understand what passing judgment means
If I said something like "you are wrong" and "he is right" that's passing judgement. I merely made an observation that you two reminded me of the cartoon angel/devil figures on your shoulder arguing over what is the right thing to do.
As for the 'god' part you want to call me thats fine, whatever floats your boat
Overly defensive person here......better watch out.
Don't even try..... some have integrity, some don't.... that one obviously doesn't so no matter what you say they will never "get" it.You don't seem to understand what passing judgment means
If I said something like "you are wrong" and "he is right" that's passing judgement. I merely made an observation that you two reminded me of the cartoon angel/devil figures on your shoulder arguing over what is the right thing to do.
As for the 'god' part you want to call me thats fine, whatever floats your boat
Overly defensive person here......better watch out.
Your post is kind of confusing, but from what I can gather they returned the phones, but forgot to scan the replacement.
It should say on your receipt if you were charged or not.
Anyways if you didn't get charged, if you try take the phone in for service odds are they will hold it and ask for proof of purchase since in their system it will show up as either stolen or still owned by Apple.
It should say on your receipt if you were charged or not.
Anyways if you didn't get charged, if you try take the phone in for service odds are they will hold it and ask for proof of purchase since in their system it will show up as either stolen or still owned by Apple.
Nah, I bet he kept it. Apple will likely figure it out. I assume they have this weird thing called checks and balances and there are people who can track down what happened if they needed to.
Ok here's the short story..
On launch day, I got an iPhone 6 Plus 128 GB and an iPhone 6 16GB. I got charged on 9/19.
Fast forward to 9/30, I found some defect on the iPhone 6 Plus that I didn't notice when I first got it. I ordered another iPhone 6 Plus 128GB online and went to pick it up at the store. They charged me for the 6 Plus.
Fast forward to 10/2, I found an issue with the camera for the iPhone 6, so I went to the Apple Store to return my iPhone 6 Plus, and also return the 6 with the camera issue.
Since I wanted to get both the 6 Plus and 6 initially, I bought (a new transaction) the 6 16GB. What should have happened is that they should have refunded me the price of the 6 Plus and 6, THEN charge me for the 6, but they didn't charge me for the 6.
Don't ask me why I didn't just exchange it.
What do you guys think?
Maybe the charge hasn't been posted to my account?
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They can legally charge you up to a year from now for it