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[K' Dash]

So, I’m in the middle of building my house, it’s a two story house with thick concrete walls and floors, so I bought a pair of mesh routers to get internet all over the house and beyond.

The thing is, the package got stuck and Amazon CS offered to send another one and I said yes, to make a long story short, I now have 2 sets of mesh routers…

What say you GAF? Should I return them o should I keep them?

 

[HoodWinked]

they were considerate enough to send a replacement wouldn't an act in kind be returned?

or mega corps don't deserve your money and thus absolves you of guilt.

 

[MGHA]

Hell no keep it.

 

[bender]

Talk to CS and see if they want you to return it. You never know, you might get lucky.

 

[Kamina]

I say return it, or at least inform them about the fact that you got both.

Years ago i ordered a small Laptop. It appeared to have gotten lost in the mail, so they sent another upon request.
Eventually the first and second were delivered. I refused delivery on the second and so it was returned.
Amazon sent me a “thank you” letter.

My clean conscience and honesty is more important to me.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Remember the karma

 

[Patrick S.]

Amazon fucks over its workers and pays barely any taxes. Does that answer the question?

 

[Lasha]

Ethically you should ask customer support if they want it back. 9/10 times they will let you keep the item with a clean conscience

 

[Raven117]

Let’s them know. It’s not about Amazon. It’s about you. What type of person are you?

 

[bitbydeath]

Ethically you should ask customer support if they want it back. 9/10 times they will let you keep the item with a clean conscience

Lead with “Hypothetically speaking, if…”

 

[FunkMiller]

Interesting moral dilemma.

On the one hand, Amazon are a rapacious megacorp, so fuck them.

On the other, you can't know for sure that by keeping the extra set, you won't be getting some low level worker into trouble - which wouldn't be fair on them.

 

[Lasha]

Lead with “Hypothetically speaking, if…”

I don't follow. Explain slow.

 

[bitbydeath]

I don't follow. Explain slow.

Gives the OP back out room if they suggest he need to return it.

Just a bad joke.

 

[Lasha]

Gives the OP back out room if they suggest he need to return it.

Just a bad joke.

Ah I get you. I thought you were telling me. Apologies.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Just so you know, a lot of times you'll contact CS at Amazon if they sent you 2 of something and the CS rep will just tell you to keep it.

Amazon gets so many returned items every year and they literally don't want shit back because it's such a burden to deal with mountains of customer returned items.

What really happens to Amazon returns

Returns are at a record high as online shopping booms. Now Amazon is trying to destroy less inventory with new options to refurbish, resell and liquidate items.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

'Sir, we're short one mesh router'

'There'll be no hospital then, I'll tell the children'

 

[Rentahamster]

Yes please send me your extra Fleshlight before it gets dirty.

 

[GeekyDad]

What does your heart tell you?

Do the opposite.

Fuck Amazon!

 

[nush]

Small business, do them a solid. Corporation? Fuck them.

 

[Spaceman292]

Fuck no dude

 

[GymWolf]

Send it to me instead.

 

[Kadve]

Where do you live? If its the US they legally can't demand it back so its yours. Something about unscrupulous companies doing it as part of a common scam back in the day.

In other countries though you keeping it may be illegal and the equivalent of theft.

 

[ahtlas7]

Do not become that which you despise.

unless, you are asking if you’ll need two routers then I say 1 for each floor especially in a concrete building.

 

[The Cockatrice]

I worked for Amazon 8-9 years ago and I can tell you, 75% of people never returned duplicates. Only the nice people, so your call. Generally if you are already asking on a forum, clearly you're feeling some guilt so just return it. Maybe its from a third party seller not amazon directly and therefore you are hurting probably a smaller business.

 

[BadBurger]

You should, but I'd be a hypocrite to chastise you. I've kept items mailed to me from Amazon and other merchants that I did not pay for. It happens.

Besides, they make like a bajjiolion dollars a month and will lay people off if their stock prices dips a few cents. Fuck em.

 

[AV]

Yes, Jeff needs another boat, don't deprive him.

 

[LordCBH]

Nope. Amazon is a soulless mega corp that pushes vast numbers of smaller businesses to closure. Keep the duplicate. Fuck em.

 

[ANDS]

A delivery person (or thief) left a bag of items in the stairwell of a former apartment and Amazon's response was "You can keep it out return it to an Amazon locker." Instead I just drug it over to the actual apartment complex it was for and let them handle it.

If you're worried about karma, just ask them. They are likely to tell you to not bother, especially if it's not an expensive item.

 

[Winter John]

Nah. What you wanna do is pay it forward. Next time you see a homeless guy or a hooker throw em a few bucks. Just say here ya go, nope, no blowjob necessary your next meth hit is on me. Think about it. You keeping the router means 1 less call the Amazon guy has to take. 1 less package the driver has to hold his pee in for. 1 less order the warehouse slave has to process. 1 less blowjob the hooker has to give to get her next hit. It's a win win for everybody

 

[Kev Kev]

Lol no dude, they don’t give a shit and won’t notice whether you send it back or not.

 

[AJUMP23]

You can talk to their customer support about it if you want. I have done that before and they told me to keep the dupe they sent.

 

[Tams]

While they are a megacorp, that doesn't give you an excuse to be a greedy cunt. Ask them what they want to do.

 

[PaddyOCanager]

So, I’m in the middle of building my house, it’s a two story house with thick concrete walls and floors, so I bought a pair of mesh routers to get internet all over the house and beyond.

The thing is, the package got stuck and Amazon CS offered to send another one and I said yes, to make a long story short, I now have 2 sets of mesh routers…

What say you GAF? Should I return them o should I keep them?

They are just going to tell you to keep it. Go ahead and contact them if you need to clear your conscience.

 

[V1LÆM]

If Amazon hasn't told you to then don't. If it's their mistake you don't need to return it.

Enjoy.

 

[K' Dash]

Where do you live? If its the US they legally can't demand it back so its yours. Something about unscrupulous companies doing it as part of a common scam back in the day.

In other countries though you keeping it may be illegal and the equivalent of theft.

I live in Costa Rica.

I just received the two packages, I’m going to to contact them and see if they want the extra back.

Fun thread

 

[JayK47]

Amazon doesn't care, so why should you? It will likely end up in a dumpster with all of the other returns.

 

[Winter John]

You know there’s probably some starving little street kid whose biggest dream is to one day own a cheap as shit router. You could make that kid’s dream come true but instead you’re just gonna return it back to greedy ole Amazon. He’s gonna become a dictator dude. It’s all your fault.

 

[Kilau]

You know there’s probably some starving little street kid whose biggest dream is to one day own a cheap as shit router. You could make that kid’s dream come true but instead you’re just gonna return it back to greedy ole Amazon. He’s gonna become a dictator dude. It’s all your fault.

This is the backstory to FC6.

 

[ReBurn]

Which router did you get? Let us know how it works. I'm looking to upgrade.

 

[PSYGN]

Don't worry you'll be charged for the other one in due time.

 

[chromhound]

So, I’m in the middle of building my house, it’s a two story house with thick concrete walls and floors, so I bought a pair of mesh routers to get internet all over the house and beyond.

The thing is, the package got stuck and Amazon CS offered to send another one and I said yes, to make a long story short, I now have 2 sets of mesh routers…

What say you GAF? Should I return them o should I keep them?

 

[Synless]

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Poop in the box before you send it back. Make sure you put C/O Jeff Bezos on the return label.

 

[ahtlas7]

I live in Costa Rica.

I just received the two packages, I’m going to to contact them and see if they want the extra back.

Fun thread

What’s the verdict? Oh, and did you in the box?

 

[Locutus]

I had a similar situation once but it was an extra copy of Breath of the Wild. I decided it was the right thing to return it. I spent more than an hour on hold with various Amazon customer service agents as they tried to figure out how to process that type of return. I finally just hung up, frustrated that I had tried to give their game back.

 

[K' Dash]

What’s the verdict? Oh, and did you in the box?

Tried to return it and they told me to keep it when I said I’m from Costa Rica

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Talk to customer service and see what they want. If they say return it and they'll pay for shipping then return it. If they say keep it then keep it.

Wayfair send me a wrong shipment 10 years ago. I called them and told them it's the wrong thing (they sent me a chair instead of a small table). They sent me the correct package a week or so later. I asked what to do with the thing they sent me. They said keep it.

 

[ResilientBanana]

I bought a $12 picture frame and ended up with a $100 weed whacker / leaf blower combo.

 

[Beastclaw Raider]

Local or small store? Hell no, return it
Amazon? Fuck it, keep it

I went to play a game of warhammer at my local gaming store last week, they forgot to charge me 2 beers, I went back and kindly asked if they could charge me the 2 beers. Last month I went to costco to get my cash back check which was 300$, they handed me 400$ instead and didnt notice until I was home and used the money to buy something on facebook marketplace. Fuck it, I kept the 100$, it's costco

 

[haxan7]

Whatever you do, don’t let nush find out