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I think Apple Gave Me A New 2011 MacBook Pro !!
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Yeah.. having 50 billion dollars is broke!
Is someones sarcasm detector broken?
Another thing worth considering
When you sign up for an account with Apple there's a mile of fine-print that you agree to (but never read), right? I wonder if there's anything in there which says goods do not become your property until paid for in full. If that is the case, you may well be taking possession of someone else's property (Apple's) the moment you open up the package and start using it as if it were your own.
No I'm pretty sure when a company mails you something, and you accept it, it becomes yours. Regardless weather you paid for it or not.
Are you 12 years old? Some of you people are advocating stealing from a major corporation, do you realize you are breaking the law? Again, you signed a binding contract when you AGREED to pay for the product. Nothing is "free".
The kid posting here advocating it is free, could end up in jail, so I'd not recommend encouraging it, unless you want to end up in court.
Like I said, when a company mails you something through the mail - and you accept it; sign for it, or take it inside your house, etc., it becomes your property, regardless if you paid for it or not.
Obviously, Apple will charge the OP for his computer - just because they haven't done it yet, does not mean that they won't.
Let's behave like adults.
First of all, my reply originated from the FTC.
Now this obviously was ordered so it's completely different. However, the above situation was in mind when I replied to receiving an item and ownership. Law not opinion.
Anyway, I agree stealing is wrong and never suggested nor would I suggest that.
I once ordered a wallet online... I was at work and we are still on Win XP and IE5, with maximum security - No active X, flash etc.
So I go to the checkout on this website and it takes me to paypal. Stupid work IE5 stalls and doesnt let me go any further. I quit out of IE, and give up, coming to the conclusion that I dont need a new wallet anyway.
A week later I get a wallet in the mail AND a free pen, that had been a promotion at the time of purchase.
Double win!
So I go to the checkout on this website and it takes me to paypal. Stupid work IE5 stalls and doesnt let me go any further. I quit out of IE, and give up, coming to the conclusion that I dont need a new wallet anyway.
A week later I get a wallet in the mail AND a free pen, that had been a promotion at the time of purchase.
Double win!
You make it sound like he walked into an Apple store and swiped it. He ordered it online and provided a credit card for payment. The money is still sitting in his account waiting for Apple to charge him and Apple willingly shipped him the computer... explain to me how that is stealing?
I think OP is trolling. He joined this month just to post this, disappears for 5-6 days, and comes back just to say they still didn't charge his card.
Pretty sure he's been charged by now.
Pretty sure he's been charged by now.
YEA! You really showed Big Wallet who is boss. Screw the giant corporate machines.
Wrong. There there isn't a conveyance of ownership until the sale is completed in it's entirety. A retail sale is essentially a simple contractual agreement. You agree to supply money, they agree to supply goods. If it was sent without ordering? It's free. Key phrase... without ordering.
It just absolves you of receiving stolen goods.
As to the OP anyway, the bank hold is only tied to the authorization number. That authorization allows the merchant to process the charge any time in a 90 day period. The bank just holds the funds for a preset # of days, usually 3-7. If the OP clears the account, the bank has to pay the authorized charge per the fact there's a valid authorization # even if it leaves the account overlimit or at a negative balance. That's when their fees kick in and collection timer starts ticking.
Something like this happened to me when making a purchase. Took them a whole month until the money was taken from my account. Don't celebrate too soon.
Yeah. just wait until it hits reconciliation in their payment system. They'll get their $.
when i order apps through the app store, i don't get billed right away. When I ordered my MBP online a few years ago, I went into the Apple Store and bought a giftcard in the amount the computer was going to cost. Then i utilized the giftcard to pay for the computer, that way there was no delays. Apple took the money out of my account immediately as it was a debit purchase.
This thread is EPIC 
Keep it like a gift
Or they will fire a poor guy who forgot to click a button.
Keep it like a gift
Or they will fire a poor guy who forgot to click a button.
When the market allows them to charge $4.99 for Xcode in the first place, they will do so anyway.
Every member that belongs to this website could form an opinion and voice it, that does not appear to be what the OP was searching for. It appears he was seeking justification for keeping it. I only believe that because he was asking for opinion, and when he didn't get what he was looking for and lashed back in anger, he knew what he was going to do all along if Apple DIDN'T charge his account, and he wanted to be amongst as many minds that would had done the same thing. He obviously didn't expect what he got.....and too bad.
Ultimately, had it happened to me, I would feel that hint of guilt everytime I went to use it . I don't like having those hints of anything negative on a personal item I use regularly, it dosen't sit well with me. Then I would get the constant wandering thought that if at some point I required service, or purchased something else, the error would be found and corrected at the most in-opportune time. But the biggest thing that would bother me is that knowing.....
You know something though? I have had it happen when I was at a store where they gave me too much change. I have the choice of keeping it and having the employee get docked that money, or returning that change and doing the right thing....not for any other reward but doing the right thing. If I brought it up later to one friend, they would say I was nuts for returning it, what they heck, it was a billion dollar company. That person would usually carry on a but about the fact that they would keep it....is that guilt? justification? what would make someone so angry at another who seeks higher ground in life?
To summarize, it doesn't matter WHAT anyones opinion is because ultimately, you have to live with yourself and your thoughts, decisions, motives, and conscience. If you don't want to hear what other people have to say about it......don't ask
Ultimately, had it happened to me, I would feel that hint of guilt everytime I went to use it . I don't like having those hints of anything negative on a personal item I use regularly, it dosen't sit well with me. Then I would get the constant wandering thought that if at some point I required service, or purchased something else, the error would be found and corrected at the most in-opportune time. But the biggest thing that would bother me is that knowing.....
You know something though? I have had it happen when I was at a store where they gave me too much change. I have the choice of keeping it and having the employee get docked that money, or returning that change and doing the right thing....not for any other reward but doing the right thing. If I brought it up later to one friend, they would say I was nuts for returning it, what they heck, it was a billion dollar company. That person would usually carry on a but about the fact that they would keep it....is that guilt? justification? what would make someone so angry at another who seeks higher ground in life?
To summarize, it doesn't matter WHAT anyones opinion is because ultimately, you have to live with yourself and your thoughts, decisions, motives, and conscience. If you don't want to hear what other people have to say about it......don't ask
Every member that belongs to this website could form an opinion and voice it, that does not appear to be what the OP was searching for. It appears he was seeking justification for keeping it. I only believe that because he was asking for opinion, and when he didn't get what he was looking for and lashed back in anger, he knew what he was going to do all along if Apple DIDN'T charge his account, and he wanted to be amongst as many minds that would had done the same thing. He obviously didn't expect what he got.....and too bad.
Ultimately, had it happened to me, I would feel that hint of guilt everytime I went to use it . I don't like having those hints of anything negative on a personal item I use regularly, it dosen't sit well with me. Then I would get the constant wandering thought that if at some point I required service, or purchased something else, the error would be found and corrected at the most in-opportune time. But the biggest thing that would bother me is that knowing.....
You know something though? I have had it happen when I was at a store where they gave me too much change. I have the choice of keeping it and having the employee get docked that money, or returning that change and doing the right thing....not for any other reward but doing the right thing. If I brought it up later to one friend, they would say I was nuts for returning it, what they heck, it was a billion dollar company. That person would usually carry on a but about the fact that they would keep it....is that guilt? justification? what would make someone so angry at another who seeks higher ground in life?
To summarize, it doesn't matter WHAT anyones opinion is because ultimately, you have to live with yourself and your thoughts, decisions, motives, and conscience. If you don't want to hear what other people have to say about it......don't ask
It's illegal for employers to take money from employees if tills come up short. just sayin....