A package comes to your home , it's come to the wrong home , if it was valuable and there was no chance of it being found out , would you keep an item

[Spinneret]

Yes or no

 

[Disneychick13]

No

 

[mrodgers]

Of course not. I wouldn't look to see what it is so wouldn't know if it was valuable or not. I am constantly getting packages at my place. Getting kind of tired of it since I've ordered something to be delivered maybe 4 times the past 7 years. I don't consume, but yet I am seen as the neighborhood Amazon hub. Got to the point I was just going to let them pile up on the porch after 3 calls by me, 2 calls by the neighbor, and stopping 4 drivers who after the first one entered info, the other 3 said, "Yeah, I see a notation on the app..." Well, then why were you in the process of placing it on my porch if your damn app noted this is the wrong property?

 

[TCRAIG]

No - not temped to keep it - however - if it was a bazillion dollars in cash or jewels - can’t say I wouldn’t be tempted to at least ‘five finger discount’ a bit

 

[Moliphino]

I wouldn't even open it, I'd try to contact the person it was addressed to and/or whatever shipping company delivered it to get it to the right person.

 

[tvguy]

I certainly would make an effort to find the right person or contact the shipper to correct the situation. My daughter had a package misdelivered, not even the right street, and the person there brought the package by. That was nice, but not necessary. But remember, the law says you have a right to keep mis-delivered items.

 

[TwoMisfits]

No. And I've called businesses to try to work it out. Most recently, I've dealt with mail and someone's 401K listing my address and it being a "address change", and spent an hour on the phone so the national trading company knew this was either a mistake or fraud for the poor guy on the envelope (and it was a pain getting that far, b/c I had no account with that company, so trying to get a person was like pulling teeth). But since I had the letter, I was able to give them the info to track it back - no idea if it was a fraud or a fat finger which is good b/c they shouldn't tell me.

And at Christmas, Amazon gave me an 80's orange track suit ($100 on the tag). No idea who would order it, but it came here and I called Amazon to ask what to do since this person obviously didn't get their present (and Amazon, of course, put no info like a receipt in the box). Amazon told me to keep it, so it's becoming a Clue murder mystery party outfit this summer.

 

[georgina]

Of course not.

 

[SheSingsAlong]

This actually happened to me. Husband and I lived in an apartment near an air force base, so lots of resident turn-over from military members. We had been in our place a few months and received a box of 6 bars of silver. Not the most valuable thing in the word, but we were poor college kids, so it was a big deal to us. I went well out of my way to find contact information for the name on the package through the air force force base and got the silver bars reunited with their owner. The guy wasn't even that concerned or thankful. Weird.

 

[OhhBother]

We once received a shipment of four identical wireless speakers from Best Buy - each one worth about $200 at the time. It was addressed to us, but we didn't order them. We weren't charged for them. I called and tried to return them. They said to keep them. So we did. We kept one, and the rest were given as Christmas gifts.

 

[goofyernmost]

As long as I could find a way to get it to the right place or get whomever delivered to pick it up again, the answer is NO.

Years ago when budgets were completely stretched while visiting MK, I found a wallet on Main Street USA. The wallet had no ID and $50 in cash. I will admit that I was very tempted. I'm no angel but I couldn't help thinking that it belonged to some kid that either saved up their allowance or did chores to have money to spend in WDW. My conscience could not deal with that so I gave it to a CM. Now there is a good chance that the CM might have kept it, but that was their conscience not mine. It was a real difficult decision because frankly I could have used the money at that time. Also, frankly, I am no angel, but I had two young children that I didn't want to give the wrong example too and even if they weren't there, I don't think I could live with myself had I kept it.

 

[Carol_]

Yes or no

It’s a trap!

 

[Carol_]

I certainly would make an effort to find the right person or contact the shipper to correct the situation. My daughter had a package misdelivered, not even the right street, and the person there brought the package by. That was nice, but not necessary. But remember, the law says you have a right to keep mis-delivered items.

The law will also arrest you for “receiving stolen goods”… and you don’t know if it’s stolen or not. I’d be wary. (I’d rip it open with shifty eyes.)

 

[CmdrThor]

We once received a shipment of four identical wireless speakers from Best Buy - each one worth about $200 at the time. It was addressed to us, but we didn't order them. We weren't charged for them. I called and tried to return them. They said to keep them. So we did. We kept one, and the rest were given as Christmas gifts.

That's legal and reasonable. You aren't even required to offer to send them back, although it was nice of you to do so. I definitely see a distinction between a package addressed to someone else and delivered to my house and a company sending a package addressed to me with unordered merchandise. For the wrong address I'd get it to the right person if that's easy enough or contact them if it's not convenient for me to hand deliver. For unordered merchandise I would either keep it, give as a present, or donate to charity.

 

[tvguy]

The law will also arrest you for “receiving stolen goods”… and you don’t know if it’s stolen or not. I’d be wary. (I’d rip it open with shifty eyes.)

Not stolen if the delivery company left it on your front step. So no problem.

 

[Meriweather]

no....I wouldn't even open it to see what was inside. I would take it to the right address if close, or put it in on of the package doors where our boxes are located (if usps). If another carrier, call them

 

[barkley]

if it's addressed to someone in my household i would make an attempt to resolve with sender (though as others have said-amazon generally says keep/toss/donate if it's an error on their part) and keep documentation/watch my credit cards. if not addressed to me-kind of depends on the neighbor as to how i handle it. if it's one i have cordial contact with i would call/text and let them know, ask how they want to handle it b/c we have MAJOR issues with usps that keep getting reported to no avail so they may want to have me help with the continued reports to vendors/usps and go through the process to make usps pick up/correctly deliver. if it's someone i don't know OR the one of a handful of psycho neighbors then i'm writing 'delivered to the wrong address' on the package and calling whomever dropped it off for pickup.

 

[mjkacmom]

Nope, huge believer in karma. I had a package delivered here that was addressed to someone several blocks away. First I called Amazon, they told me what it was (calligraphy markers), told me they would ship a new one out and just keep it. But what if they needed the markers asap? Put a note on it letting the recipients know what happened, that another package would be coming as well, and dropped it off on their porch.

 

[loves to dive]

Nope, wouldn't even open it. If it was for someone in our neighborhood I would just take it to them. If it was for someone else, I would just call the delivery service and tell them they delivered it to the wrong address. Heck I even write wrong address on mail that gets delivered in our mailbox for random people and put it back in the box to be picked up the next day. I don't even open the packages that come for hubby.

 

[Disney_David]

No. Never!