Is it ethical..?

then you shit in both boxes on the Crocs and send them both back. there is no place for those terrible shoes in this confusing world

shits on crocs

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Gina, let them know.

@Charlotte re the Tesco change. What if Tesco deducted the mistake from the person's salary? Or accuse them of stealing the money etc...

That would be illegal.

Pukes on flaming Croc(s).

What I ordered was some Tees, a jumper and scarf nothing too exciting... Worth about £ 50 from a big retailer's online store. Not sure if they'll even care.
My first thought was to send it back as it is and make them pay the postage. Then I thought that they might think I want to return it and give me a refund. So I initially didn't want to fool them...
It would be their fault again but I also could call and let them know. I know I'm gonna feel bad about it so I better just let them know!

I've gone for both options in the past. If I'm in Tescos and they give me change for a twenty when I gave them a ten, I'll keep schtumm. If it was my local corner shop, I wouldn't.

Similarly, if I'd been sent two expensive doohickies from Wiggle, I'd probably STFU about it, but if it was someone like Charlie the Bikemonger, of course I'd send one back.

Does that make me bad?

Having been a checkout girl, this actually happened to me, except it was a scam, and I got in trouble. The checkout person isn't Tesco, they're just somebody working there who is liable for your not returning the money. Eh, just trying to point that out.

That would be illegal.

Not sure about the legality of it but I know that it is done every day by a number of companies.

£50 for a Tshirt, jumper and scarf... you getting yourself done up now Peter Andre is back on the market ;)

Having been a checkout girl, this actually happened to me, except it was a scam, and I got in trouble. The checkout person isn't Tesco, they're just somebody working there who is liable for your not returning the money. Eh, just trying to point that out.

+1. Your not just shitting on Tesco.

£50 for a Tshirt, jumper and scarf... you getting yourself done up now Peter Andre is back on the market ;)

not a t-shirt, I said SOME...

just keep it.

a company about 4 years ago sent me an exercise machine worth £200... was a nice freebie.

What I ordered was some Tees, a jumper and scarf nothing too exciting...

undibs

Some t-shirts, a jumper and a scarf - for £50. Good sale shopping or CHILD LABOUR!

and if it's in the sale they probably won't be arsed about getting it back I don't think. It'll be written off as shrinkage.

Give the duplicate items to a charity shop then you will solve world peace.

What I ordered was some Tees, a jumper and scarf nothing too exciting... Worth about £ 50 from a big retailer's online store. Not sure if they'll even care.
My first thought was to send it back as it is and make them pay the postage. Then I thought that they might think I want to return it and give me a refund. So I initially didn't want to fool them...
It would be their fault again but I also could call and let them know. I know I'm gonna feel bad about it so I better just let them know!

Legally there would be a reasonable expectation of behaviour. Any attempt to use or profit from those goods would breach that expectation. Reasonable expectation would also imply a fair time frame in which an effort to return the items, or at least notifiy the legal owner of receipt, should be made. A grey area, but once you are outside of the bounds of reasonable your defense diminishes significantly.

There you go. That said, what La Bendix said about intending to send them back and never getting round to it and feeling guilty for years sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

Serves them right for working at Tescos

next..

ha! But soon we will all be working at Tescos and we will be paid in points.

Wiki can be wrong.. I think you should hand yourself in Gina, get some ink done, cut your hair in a more manly fashion and get ready for a stretch at Holloway

why stop there?
take it to the nxt level

My first thought was to send it back as it is and make them pay the postage. Then I thought that they might think I want to return it and give me a refund. So I initially didn't want to fool them...

That wouldn't be fooling them, that would be letting them fuck up all by themselves. As a sidenote, if they did give you a refund (direct to a bank account) then keeping the overpayment it is legally a lot easier. Due to an absence of physical presence you could easily deny knowledge of having received the money (still have to pay it back if they ask). Provided you don't present the return as a request for a refund, you're pretty much in the clear.

For gods sake! Whats in the box?

This isn't deal or no deal!

forum people take each other's chips without asking. is that ethical? well, mashton, is it?

A unilateral deduction from wages, absent any agreement from the employee, is contrary to Section 13 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, and is unlawful.

That's a tricky one- I suppose it's about the agreement, although if you work on a checkout, and are asked to count your till before you start work and agree the float, then it is checked after your shift and missing money deducted from your wages, then I would presume that signals agreement.

The issue there being you have to agree to work on the checkout, if you do not then I guess you would be sent home?

ha! But soon we will all be working at Tescos and we will be paid in points.

i am already saving hard for a hedge trimmer and 10% off battenburg

forum people take each other's chips without asking. is that ethical? well, mashton, is it?

It was an act of loving-kindness, helping you not getting fat.

not a t-shirt, I said SOME...

your coat fits me so they would - what colour? would they go with my eyes? can i have them?

forum people take each other's chips without asking. is that ethical? well, mashton, is it?

did he wash his hands? catch it and bin it.. thats all i am saying...