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Aqueous on Jan 18, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon Wants to Ship Your Package Before You Buy I...

So if you ship something you thought I was going to buy but don't, do I still have to pay for it when it arrives? Because I'm fucking keeping it.

alistairjcbrown on Jan 18, 2014 [–]

In the UK at least, no - they would be unsolicited goods and you have no obligation to send them back or pay for them.

http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/consumer_e/consumer_co...

Edit: In the US it looks like it's illegal to send you something you didn't order unless it's a sample or from a charity.

https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/investigations/MailFraud/...

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