First a bit of background:
I recently ordered an item from a Major on-line retailer. I made no attempts to defraud the company or try to hide my address, name, or anything else. On Monday my wife calls me at work and states that the U.P.S. man left 2 boxes at the doorstep. By the time she got to the door, Brown was on his way back to the truck. He said to my wife: "Both those boxes have the same order and shipping number. I don't know what that means" and then he kept walking. My wife never signed for the packages and Brown just left.
Now my wife was expecting this rather expensive delivery. Without going into to much detail, the product retails for between $800 - $900. My wife who, as part of her routine job duties, regularly ships through U.P.S. aslo found it odd that two separate and identical packages had the same shipping, order, and tracking numbers. After calling our credit Card company, it was verified that I was only charged for the one item.
Now morally I know the correct thing to do. But I am curious as to what type of legal implications could occur down the road if I don't alert the company to the error. I would assume that paperwork wise the retailer could only find they shipped me one item, the package contents are individually serial numbered. If this was a pair of socks I wouldn't sweat it, but with the value in excess of $800, I am fearful of some sort of possible felony.
Mail Fraud?
Reciept of Known "Stolen" Property?
I was thinking of emailing the retailer a message indicating what had happened. I wonder if emailing the company with a "cc" to one of my hotmail accounts would hold up in court as making them aware of their error. Any thoughts? Should I chalk it up to good Karma?
I recently ordered an item from a Major on-line retailer. I made no attempts to defraud the company or try to hide my address, name, or anything else. On Monday my wife calls me at work and states that the U.P.S. man left 2 boxes at the doorstep. By the time she got to the door, Brown was on his way back to the truck. He said to my wife: "Both those boxes have the same order and shipping number. I don't know what that means" and then he kept walking. My wife never signed for the packages and Brown just left.
Now my wife was expecting this rather expensive delivery. Without going into to much detail, the product retails for between $800 - $900. My wife who, as part of her routine job duties, regularly ships through U.P.S. aslo found it odd that two separate and identical packages had the same shipping, order, and tracking numbers. After calling our credit Card company, it was verified that I was only charged for the one item.
Now morally I know the correct thing to do. But I am curious as to what type of legal implications could occur down the road if I don't alert the company to the error. I would assume that paperwork wise the retailer could only find they shipped me one item, the package contents are individually serial numbered. If this was a pair of socks I wouldn't sweat it, but with the value in excess of $800, I am fearful of some sort of possible felony.
Mail Fraud?
Reciept of Known "Stolen" Property?
I was thinking of emailing the retailer a message indicating what had happened. I wonder if emailing the company with a "cc" to one of my hotmail accounts would hold up in court as making them aware of their error. Any thoughts? Should I chalk it up to good Karma?
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