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UPS Sends Me $90,000 in iPod Nanos

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This was a package going from China to Canada, and somehow in Alaska, it decided to go to Kentucky, where it got my name on the box...somehow. lol There are 101 boxes with 6 iPod Nano 7th generations inside, for 606 iPods, at $150 each is... a lot of money. I first called Amazon to tell them they screwed up, but turns out, it was UPS.

 

For those wondering, I am contacting people to get it straightened out and no, I'm not "keeping" any of them, I'm giving it back to them as it was given to me, with the box slightly opened, because I thought it was for me.

 

Edit: I'm aware my address is visible in one of the pictures. I'm moving to a different part of the same town, so it's not a concern. :)

 

Edit again: Went ahead and removed the address.

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I mean... In the states you're legally allowed to keep those... 

 

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LOL. you should have done a LTT giveaway with them

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Holy hell! Someone is getting fired over this one! At least it showed up at your door and not someone on the less honest side of things. Something like that happened to me once, The company the package was meant for was so grateful they gave me an item off the pallet as a thank you. It was about $300,000 in gaming laptops. Made a sick birthday present for my buddy thats a little less fortunate on the pc side of things then myself xD

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You should've sold 'em

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I find it hard to believe this,

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This was a package going from China to Canada, and somehow in Alaska, it decided to go to Kentucky, where it got my name on the box...somehow. lol There are 101 boxes with 6 iPod Nano 7th generations inside, for 606 iPods, at $150 each is... a lot of money. I first called Amazon to tell them they screwed up, but turns out, it was UPS.

 

For those wondering, I am contacting people to get it straightened out and no, I'm not "keeping" any of them, I'm giving it back to them as it was given to me, with the box slightly opened, because I thought it was for me.

You're in Texas. You're legally entitled to keep them

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Holy hell! Someone is getting fired over this one! At least it showed up at your door and not someone on the less honest side of things. Something like that happened to me once, The company the package was meant for was so grateful they gave me an item off the pallet as a thank you. It was about $300,000 in gaming laptops. Made a sick birthday present for my buddy thats a little less fortunate on the pc side of things then myself xD

 

Amazon put $50 on my account for my honesty when we thought it was theirs, but I have a feeling UPS and Apple won't say anything, but I'm okay with that. I feel good doing the right thing here. I could have kept them, no one would have ever known, but in the end, they weren't mine.

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Amazon put $50 on my account for my honesty when we thought it was theirs, but I have a feeling UPS and Apple won't say anything, but I'm okay with that. I feel good doing the right thing here. I could have kept them, no one would have ever known, but in the end, they weren't mine.

Glad it all worked out smoothly for ya

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Amazon put $50 on my account for my honesty when we thought it was theirs, but I have a feeling UPS and Apple won't say anything, but I'm okay with that. I feel good doing the right thing here. I could have kept them, no one would have ever known, but in the end, they weren't mine.

I agree, I doubt apple or ups will say much if anything. Ive always had a distaste for apple (as i type this from an ipad air 2...) Being the greedy company they are. Either kudos to you for doing the right thing! Just remember, What goes around comes around. That $50 amazon credit may not be the only present you get. Even if the rest are far more indirect.

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To the OP, I commend your honesty!  Not many good people like you left in this world.

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Amazon put $50 on my account for my honesty when we thought it was theirs, but I have a feeling UPS and Apple won't say anything, but I'm okay with that. I feel good doing the right thing here. I could have kept them, no one would have ever known, but in the end, they weren't mine.

Good call, karma is definitely a thing!

I'd probably do the same. Though, to be perfectly honest...knowing the kind of hand over fist money Apple makes, and the fact I dislike their business practices most of the time, I'd be awfully tempted to just keep it.

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Dude. $90,000. I would have kept that. But that's just me.

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its legal in his state.

 

I did a bit of research on it, and it's still not very clear to me. I believe I could have kept them if they intentionally sent it to me unsolicited, but if it's just an mistaken shipment, I couldn't. Though, again, I'm not entirely sure. Anyway, Apple would have gotten their money anyway (I'm sure these are insured), so it would have been UPS losing out and I kinda like UPS.

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You are entitled to keep those... But I guess your morals might make you feel like shit for the rest of your life for doing it....

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Here is a tracking number for one of the boxes inside of the bigger box: http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/track?track=yes&trackNums=1ZV524826663468289&loc=en_us

 

And here is the tracking number on the box (Which is the same tracking number that was on a mattress I ordered, delivered at the same time): http://wwwapps.ups.com/WebTracking/track?track=yes&trackNums=1Z1Y70511364351160&loc=en_us

 

My mind is totally boggled at how this could have happened. There is nothing on the bigger box, except for two labels with my name and the tracking number on it and two labels that say "Pink Red #14", which I'm guessing is some kind of code name for what's in the box, but there's no other label to any other location, or any other name. The boxes inside say they are going to different Apple Stores in Canada, so how they ended up in Kentucky, where my mattress was is just so weird to me.

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I did a bit of research on it, and it's still not very clear to me. I believe I could have kept them if they intentionally sent it to me unsolicited, but if it's just an mistaken shipment, I couldn't. Though, again, I'm not entirely sure. Anyway, Apple would have gotten their money anyway (I'm sure these are insured), so it would have been UPS losing out and I kinda like UPS.

Keep like 5 for a giveaway then  :P

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