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Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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lugnet.trains
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Fri, 22 Mar 2002 15:19:10 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Todd Thuma writes:
<snipped long and well-written post>
United States postal regulations say that if someone sends you something
that you don't order, they cannot ask you to pay for, or return, that item.
This makes a lot of sense if you think about it. I can't mail you
something, then charge you for it. What if I sent you a postcard, then sent
you a bill for $1000 for it? Would you pay? Of course not!!
If LEGO used the post office to deliver this package, the three extra 10020s
are theirs for the keeping. If they were delivered UPS or some other
method, LEGO *might* have a case to ask for their return or payment.
I still believe the three extra sets were a result of an error on LEGO's
part, not due to any sort of cheating/lying/misrepresenting on the part of
the customer. LEGO messed up - hey, they're not *perfect* - they shouldn't
expect the extra sets back.
Now if the customer decided to pay LEGO for them, or return them - then I
would salute them.
Full discloser: I originally ordered 5 Super Chiefs, which I opened. I
later ordered 1 more, which I received last week. And this week I ordered 2
more -- I haven't heard anything from Shop@Home, so I'm expecting to receive
them soon. Am I "cheating the system"? I don't think so - I'm buying a set
that I think is pretty cool, and that *might* be worth something someday,
although I doubt I'll sell them! :-)
JohnG, GMLTC
(and no, I am not a laywer...)
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| (...) Here's one link I've found so far: (URL) If LEGO used the post office to deliver this package, the three extra 10020s (...) Here's another link which indicates that if the package is delivered by any means other than the USPS then you must (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.market.shipping)
| | | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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| (...) Ok...Ok...let's take a step back and re-hash the issue at hand (btw, I'm no lawyer either) he received 3 trains in the mail, trying to buck the system, which in itself has already been done by numberous people... ...ok. he used his father's (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
| | | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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| (...) Entirely true! In the vein of consumer protection the Congress of the United States enacted legislation that protects the consumer from this kind of mail fraud. Anything from Reader's Digest Books to CD's cannot be shipped to a recipient (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: The Free Super Chiefs
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| (...) Dear Mr. Gloats-A-Lot (A.K.A. Jeremy Scott), I hope you realize the difficult position that you have placed yourself, your father and your grandmother. Strict interpretation of the law will reveal that you are in possession of stolen property. (...) (23 years ago, 22-Mar-02, to lugnet.trains)
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