So I order a single 1550-G from Mouser...

Pauleo1214 said:
I hate that I'm having this moral quandary in real time on this forum....I google Mouser's customer service number. The listing shows it's owned by Berkshire Hathaway and you know Warren Buffett's not hurting for missing electronics enclosures.

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Warren would keep them, sell them for as much as possible and then only spend the money on mcmuffins. Smaug ass mf.
 
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Trust me, the devil in me definitely wanted to keep these and knows a giant entity like Mouser is not missing $437 worth of inventory.,
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I would have called Mouser too, the good karma will come back around.

But it made me remember this video, The Oracle carries that in his wallet everyday:

 
Dan M said:
I would have called Mouser too, the good karma will come back around.

But it made me remember this video, The Oracle carries that in his wallet everyday:

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So my karmic worth for honesty is less than Warren Buffett's walkin' around money?
 
You will never regret returning the errored shipment. But, if you would have kept them, you would have consistently been reminded of the guilt.

There are people who wouldn’t feel any guilt, and they could have kept the box with no worries. But the second you questioned it you knew what you had to do.

It would be interesting if there was a way to determine the percentage of these situations that do get returned vs kept. And what the breaking point is for guilt. If they sent two instead of one would you even flinch? Most likely they would say just keep it anyway based on shipping costs. But what about 5 or 6….

Kudos dude. What ever you build in that enclosure is going to kick ass.
 
I used to go to Board of Directors meetings. You wouldn't believe the obscene amount of money spent on meals. Junkets for "management orientation" where everyone stays at seaside resorts for a 'week of work'. Yeah, right. Week of partying on the companies dime. Perhaps I sound a bit jaded, but you would too if you saw the $275,000 tag on a week of "work", and $10,000 for a months meals.....

Every evening there'd be planned entertainment, like "in theater dining".....
 
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Dan0h said:
You will never regret returning the errored shipment. But, if you would have kept them, you would have consistently been reminded of the guilt.

There are people who wouldn’t feel any guilt, and they could have kept the box with no worries. But the second you questioned it you knew what you had to do.

It would be interesting if there was a way to determine the percentage of these situations that do get returned vs kept. And what the breaking point is for guilt. If they sent two instead of one would you even flinch? Most likely they would say just keep it anyway based on shipping costs. But what about 5 or 6….

Kudos dude. What ever you build in that enclosure is going to kick ass.
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Thank you. For me, returning the enclosures is more about not wanting to benefit off a mistake I guess. I tend to feel bad easily and say sorry a lot too, lol.

If this was Torts 101, I would be badgering Mouser to pay me for an your's worth of my time plus mileage to the nearest UPS to make me "whole" for their mistake.

It is interesting that this is getting conflated in the larger political discussion of wealth inequity that exists in this country. I am in agreement with what everyone has posted..
 
What if you say: "Hey Mouser, you made a mistake" and go out of your way to ship it back to them, at their expense...

and Mouser says: "Hey, thanks for the heads-up, [OPTIONAL]we fired the disgruntled/idiot employee[/OPTIONAL] and the shipping cost and headaches involved in re-entering that inventory into the system isn't worth the hassle, just keep the boxes."...

If that's the case, I'll take two of them. How much do you want?
 
Feral Feline said:
What if you say: "Hey Mouser, you made a mistake" and go out of your way to ship it back to them, at their expense...

and Mouser says: "Hey, thanks for the heads-up, [OPTIONAL]we fired the disgruntled/idiot employee[/OPTIONAL] and the shipping cost and headaches involved in re-entering that inventory into the system isn't worth the hassle, just keep the boxes."...

If that's the case, I'll take two of them. How much do you want?
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Except they didn't. I spoke to a Jasmine on the customer service line and she thanked me for my honesty. In all honesty, someone working the customer rep job over a phone probably could not care less about this.

I was told to expect a return label to my inbox. That said, it's been hours and it still has not shown up.

For the record, if this were an order from Stewmac, I would not feel guilty at all. They might as well bump up their 3PDTs to the price I paid for this enclosure.

3PDT Stomp Switch - StewMac

A special replacement footswitch for pedals and effects boxes. Modify your effects for true bypass and even wire a status indicator LED.
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You did the right thing Pauleo, good on ya. Karma etc.

I worked at a bike company a long time ago and two bikes went out via Loomis one day when only one should've. The Loomis driver took his freebie and, not understanding how to assemble a bike let alone left-handed threads for pedals, took it to one of our dealers, serial number, and... and...

Long story short, he was charged with theft — the "freebie"-bike cost him his job, and he didn't even get to keep it.
 
Feral Feline said:
You did the right thing Pauleo, good on ya. Karma etc.

I worked at a bike company a long time ago and two bikes went out via Loomis one day when only one should've. The Loomis driver took his freebie and, not understanding how to assemble a bike let alone left-handed threads for pedals, took it to one of our dealers, serial number, and... and...

Long story short, he was charged with theft — the "freebie"-bike cost him his job, and he didn't even get to keep it.
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May I ask when and where you worked? Currently, it would be quite legal for me to keep the extra merchandise as a gift from Mouser.
 
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