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Subject: Honesty

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So my mother explained to me the story about a box of Legos that was shipped to our house for one of my nephews. At first she initially thought it had not been shipped and contacted Amazon about it, they returned the charge as if it never happened.

Guess what we have? That box of Legos was found later and my mother contacted them saying that she found it, still waiting for a response. I'm trying to rationalize the thought of don't even bother contacting them, because it's almost pointless to re-charge for the same box when you have it already.

Then I was told that it was stealing, just as if my brother in-law walked into my room and started taking my Blu-Rays because I have a few of them. Their main argument was the principle of honesty no matter what, while I am trying to rationalize everything based on circumstance.

I'd obviously never take the wallet of a person who dropped it within my eye sight, but if I found $100 in the parking lot of a store I wouldn't be knocking on windows looking for who's it is.

In regards to "taking what is and isn't your's", how would you have dealt with the box of Legos after you discovered you had them all along? Remember, you already contacted Amazon and they gave you a refund.

  • 12.26.2012 8:55 AM PDT

Gave them to someone else.

  • 12.26.2012 8:56 AM PDT

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I agree with what your mother did, but I am in general an honest person.

  • 12.26.2012 8:57 AM PDT

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I once ordered mass effect from amazon and had to ask for a new one twice. Then the original two arrived in the post, probably having been given to the wrong address. I sent one back to amazon and canceled the third delivery.

Moral: Honesty is good, no matter how hurtful it can be.

[Edited on 12.26.2012 8:59 AM PST]

  • 12.26.2012 8:58 AM PDT

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It's not comparable to the wallet scenario, since you don't exactly have to go knocking on random doors to tell Amazon that they mistakenly refunded you. However, I doubt they'll care, especially if it wasn't very expensive.

  • 12.26.2012 8:59 AM PDT

Give Amazon their money back? Duh.

  • 12.26.2012 8:59 AM PDT

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How charged with punishments the scroll.
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I would've just kept them.

Similar situation (kind of) happened to me once. We bought a tablet using visa points, and within a month the thing just stopped working. We called in, so they sent us a new one in what we assumed would be the return packaging for the other one. We never did. The original tablet started working again so now we have two.

  • 12.26.2012 9:01 AM PDT

Posted by: AngryBrute1
Oh yeah, since somebody does not believe what YOU believe; that makes us vapid...
I cannot grasp that what you call "Something happened to nothing, and that nothing became something, and it was smaller than than a period."

I would pay them the money I owed them for the box of Legos.

  • 12.26.2012 9:01 AM PDT

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I wouldn't contact them.

*shrugs*

  • 12.26.2012 9:05 AM PDT

I would pay for them its stealing duh, its not the same as finding a $100. BTW your mother is smart to do the right thing to many people let to many things slide.

[Edited on 12.26.2012 9:14 AM PST]

  • 12.26.2012 9:11 AM PDT

Found a fifty laying in the isle of walmart two days ago.

Didn't pick it up.

The way I see it, it's not mine. Sure, someone else will follow behind me and grab it. And that person will certainly not be the original owner. But I know that it's not mine. So I didn't grab it.

  • 12.26.2012 9:18 AM PDT

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I'd never steal, and I'd usually make an effort to find the owner of lost items before keeping it or giving it away. I would never hold it against someone if they were to keep lost money they found on the street for themselves.

Provided of course that it wasn't a HUGE sum of money.

  • 12.26.2012 9:27 AM PDT
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Posted by: Dr TimothyLeary
Found a fifty laying in the isle of walmart two days ago.

Didn't pick it up.

The way I see it, it's not mine. Sure, someone else will follow behind me and grab it. And that person will certainly not be the original owner. But I know that it's not mine. So I didn't grab it.

Why not take it to customer service to hold rather than letting nasty Wal-Mart customers following you get it?

  • 12.26.2012 9:29 AM PDT


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Posted by: Dr TimothyLeary
Found a fifty laying in the isle of walmart two days ago.

Didn't pick it up.

The way I see it, it's not mine. Sure, someone else will follow behind me and grab it. And that person will certainly not be the original owner. But I know that it's not mine. So I didn't grab it.

Why not take it to customer service to hold rather than letting nasty Wal-Mart customers following you get it?
Because it's also not my problem or concern.

I'm not a good samaritan. I wasn't on a crusade to do a good deed. But I also realize when something isn't mine.

I don't blame anyone who would have picked it up. I'm just not that guy.

  • 12.26.2012 9:37 AM PDT

I wouldn't have told them. Honest mistake and dishonest continuation of the mistake. It balances out.

  • 12.26.2012 9:39 AM PDT

If a man is not willing to die for something then he is unfit to live.

If they dont reply give the money to charity.

  • 12.26.2012 10:14 AM PDT