Comment on How to get a package to the right owner?
CameronDev@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
This is probably a scam:
Throw it away
If you opened it, and do not wish to keep it, you may simply dispose of it in the garbage, as long as it is safe to do so.
Keep it
If you opened it and you like it, you may keep it. By law, you may keep unsolicited merchandise and are under no obligation to pay for it.
Note that this may be correct only in Usa. Different in other countries.
Do you know of any countries that have different laws? I’m curious as to how it would work?
Here you do not own it. The owner can request it back. But you can’t be bothered to walk to the post office and pay for shipping it back. So you have to keep it available for him to (come or send someone and) pick it up. At least 3 weeks iirc, unless it is perishable goods. Then you can throw it away. If he does not request it back, then you own it after some time (I forgot how long, half a year maybe).
If I am understanding right, when you say “can’t be bothered”, you mean “can’t be compelled/forced”?
Seems pretty reasonable, albeit slightly reliant on honesty. At least for scammers, they aren’t likely to want it back, as that would deanonymise them, so if its definitely a scam, your pretty safe to keep it.
Thanks for the info :)
Those usually involve cheaper items, though.
OP may see it listed for $150-700, but who’s not to say it’s a $2 knock-off?
It may be a fake item, but also remember that the cost to make jewelry is usually far less than what they are sold for, so it probably wasn’t hundreds of dollars.
I’ll update when I find the video, but there was a woman who gave a blackhat talk about it, and she got a coffee machine, so its not without precedence to spend hundreds.
Well, theoretically they’re just paying Amazon’s cut and taxes… Which isn’t nothing, but if their markup is high enough it could still math out
I’ve heard of this scam, but I also don’t know how fast change of address works. I sometimes get the occasional package post marked over a year prior arriving at my doorstep with the address of my apartment, but for a previous tenant.
Well that’s interesting.
2ugly2live@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I didn’t think of that. The name is pretty generic.
CameronDev@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
That makes even more sense, they probably dont stand out in the crowded market place, but for a few dollars in shipping and lost product, they can get a glowing review to push them up.
Its important to realise that while the item might list for $$$$$, it probably only costs $ to manufacture.