Originally posted by: kranky
Originally posted by: broon
If you receive something in the mail that you did not ask for it is yours to keep.
I see this quoted ALL THE TIME when it does not apply.
The law says that you do not have to return or pay for items that someone sends you unsolicited. For example, a company you've never had contact with sends you a set of encyclopedias and says you can either pay for them or return them. In that case you can keep the stuff and tell them to take a hike.
It does NOT apply to errors such as this case, when you've ordered something from a company and an error was made in the delivery.