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  • FinntheHumanFinntheHuman member
    golfingdarwinfish said:


    FinntheHuman said:

    I work in corporate retail and I would keep the car seat. I wouldn't even feel bad about it. I believe it's good karma that you were sent a very nice car seat, and I also believe not feeling bad about it has its fair chance of bringing on some karma that's not so lucky haha.

    I hate these karma arguments.  When some real serious shit happens in your life the last thing you want to think is it's karma coming back and biting you in the ass because you deserve it (and the last think anyone would want someone else to say about them is, "she had it coming, all that bad karma.", but when something like this happens, "yay, good karma!".  I don't get it.  
    Ummm exactly my point if you read my post. I'm saying either way it can be seen as good or bad karma if you believe in that sort of thing. I'm not the one arguing I'm stating my opinion. Whether it exists or not is completely irrelevant because I would feel lucky that it happened to me and feel bad about not feeling bad. It's true that it doesn't matter why or how it happened; it happened. I believe the response we take to it (literally and figuratively) determines the true ending or reasoning behind it.
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  • bumpuser10309732bumpuser10309732 member
    I wouldn't keep it because I would feel too guilty about it. If it were a $5 book or something yeah, but not a car seat. Someone else may be getting screwed because your things were switched in the order process. I've called companies about mistakes before and been told to just keep the thing and sorry for the mix up and they'd send me what I actually ordered. So it could work out for you in the end. I've also been the person who gets screwed because of said mix up and wished that person had been more honest....
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  • BreandMikeweddingBreandMikewedding member
    I don't think it's right to think it doesn't hurt anyone because it's a big corporation or that they mark things up so they can take a loss. They mark things up because they have employees to pay and buildings to pay for.

    I worked in banking for many years and I would hear all the time how people thought they should get fees waived and free stuff because banks make money. The truth was that we didn't get raises and risked our location closing and all of us being out of jobs if we didn't charge those fees. There were also times the teller gave a customer too much money and the customer never called to tell us or lied if we called them. Those tellers sometimes didn't get a yearly raise or were even fired for that. It sounds like many of you would not return the money if a teller gave you too much. I just want you to be aware that it's not only the bank who is being affected. I'm sure this also goes for most businesses.
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  • bitsybubbles7bitsybubbles7 member
    I got an extra can of hairspray with my order of household stuff a couple days ago, I considered it a win since they were out of stock of my tampons and weren't gonna tell me.  I caught it when I checked my paypal and called to verify.  Something as big as a carseat though?  I guess I'd have to sit on it a few days to decide if the guilt would eat at me or not. 
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  • ariel06ariel06 member
    We had a couple goofy/wrong shipments over the years.  My thought is contact the company. In most cases, we've gotten to keep the items because it's more of a hassle for the company trying to figure out what to do with the item.  
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  • MsMacualMsMacual member
    I'd probably keep it. 

    My family once had a very interesting ethical debate about the same thing- we ordered something from somewhere and our order included something that we didn't order.  Ultimately we decided as a family (I was like 15 or so at the time) that we would keep the item bc we had heard that this particular company judged their employees on accuracy.  We didn't want someone who likely earned minimum wage to lose their job. 
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  • kgrisham18kgrisham18 member
    I'm a bad person and would keep it.
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  • SaragoeswestSaragoeswest member
    Nicb13 said:

    There's no such thing as karma folks. You can stop debating it :) The universe isn't out to get you or reward you randomly!

    Gasp! But I thought life was fair!
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  • BreandMikeweddingBreandMikewedding member
    pnwlover12 said:

    BreandMikewedding said:

    I don't think it's right to think it doesn't hurt anyone because it's a big corporation or that they mark things up so they can take a loss. They mark things up because they have employees to pay and buildings to pay for.

    I worked in banking for many years and I would hear all the time how people thought they should get fees waived and free stuff because banks make money. The truth was that we didn't get raises and risked our location closing and all of us being out of jobs if we didn't charge those fees. There were also times the teller gave a customer too much money and the customer never called to tell us or lied if we called them. Those tellers sometimes didn't get a yearly raise or were even fired for that. It sounds like many of you would not return the money if a teller gave you too much. I just want you to be aware that it's not only the bank who is being affected. I'm sure this also goes for most businesses.


    But it is totes ok to key the hell out of someone's car?

    Interesting.
    I didn't say that it was. I in fact fully admit it was wrong and I have taken steps to make sure it doesn't happen again.

    I'm simply giving you another perspective that you might not have thought of. There are sometimes consequences for the employees who make these mistakes. You can do what you want. I'm not even judging you for your decisions. Just giving you some food for thought.
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