Dell Gave Me A Present

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coolvaughan

16-04-2007 22:31:38

Ok so I bought this lap top about a month ago from Dell Outlet using my PayPal Debit Card for $909. I just saw this on my recent account activity tonight.

[b4d0b49dcfa]Debit Card Credit Received[/b4d0b49dcfa]
From
[b4d0b49dcfa]Merchant[/b4d0b49dcfa]
DELL CATALOG SALES L.P 800-624-9897 TX
[b4d0b49dcfa]Purchase Date[/b4d0b49dcfa]
Apr. 16, 2007
[b4d0b49dcfa]Net Amount[/b4d0b49dcfa]
$909.00 USD
[b4d0b49dcfa]Status[/b4d0b49dcfa]
Completed

Now the dilemma, do I call the 1-800 number and tell them they accidentally gave me back $909 or just wait to see if they catch it?

btw, would it be illegal to keep it? I know banks legally have one year to catch mistakes they make but what about online?

theysayjump

16-04-2007 23:24:33

This happened to me with Cingular.

I purchased a mobile phone plan and three phones, they charged me, shipped the phones and the day they arrived, they refunded the almost $300 that I initially spent on the phones and plan.

I left the money in my account for about three weeks, called them and asked them what was going on. They weren't sure so I asked them if they could just charge me again so it would come out of my account, but they said they had their money so they couldn't.

Then, as money came in from freebie sites I started to use it and my eventual balance wen't to below what Cingular had given me back. Then about two weeks after I called them, they took the money back and my account was then $90 in debt.

So, spend it if you like, but you'll just owe it back to them and your Paypal account will be in debt and unusable until you do so.

FreeOffersNow

17-04-2007 01:13:36

The internets are amazing.

Bentley

17-04-2007 01:45:30

[quote78be113759="coolvaughan"]Ok so I bought this lap top about a month ago from Dell Outlet using my PayPal Debit Card for $909. I just saw this on my recent account activity tonight.

[b78be113759]Debit Card Credit Received[/b78be113759]
From
[b78be113759]Merchant[/b78be113759]
DELL CATALOG SALES L.P 800-624-9897 TX
[b78be113759]Purchase Date[/b78be113759]
Apr. 16, 2007
[b78be113759]Net Amount[/b78be113759]
$909.00 USD
[b78be113759]Status[/b78be113759]
Completed

Now the dilemma, do I call the 1-800 number and tell them they accidentally gave me back $909 or just wait to see if they catch it?

btw, would it be illegal to keep it? I know banks legally have one year to catch mistakes they make but what about online?[/quote78be113759]

This only happens with paypal and it happens quite often. You are or will be charged no matter what.

tinman5

17-04-2007 12:24:14

They'll probably figure it out at some point. As to whether or not it would be illegal to keep it, I don't know. Unethical? Definitely yes.

zwarrior99

17-04-2007 14:17:19

take it and run!

manOFice

17-04-2007 14:20:28

I wouldn't tell them but I wouldn't spend it for at least a month.

GCY

17-04-2007 14:31:03

it happened to me too. They'll take the money back in like 2 days.

manOFice

17-04-2007 14:39:25

[quote197d8fae81="GCY"]it happened to me too. They'll take the money back in like 2 days.[/quote197d8fae81]

thief's!! lol lol

Tsmith10803

17-04-2007 17:44:05

or you could switch all the money to your bank account and delete your paypal account...

Then become a women, and move to alabama, and work as a bartender until your 43 birthday, when you can become a man again and move back home. I've done it

samz465

17-04-2007 18:45:56

[quote35e657eae5="Tsmith10803"]or you could switch all the money to your bank account and delete your paypal account...

Then become a women, and move to alabama, and work as a bartender until your 43 birthday, when you can become a man again and move back home. I've done it[/quote35e657eae5]
Me too...I have $9 left...I spent $900 in moving fee's plus sex change fee's =\

thikidflyss

17-04-2007 19:33:59

im sure its an error.

It'd be nice if dell just felt like giving random people refunds )

EatChex89

17-04-2007 19:38:11

It's not an error. This happens all the time, don't use the money it will come out of your account at a later date.

Tsmith10803

17-04-2007 20:49:25

[quote8705feac8a="samz465"][quote8705feac8a="Tsmith10803"]or you could switch all the money to your bank account and delete your paypal account...

Then become a women, and move to alabama, and work as a bartender until your 43 birthday, when you can become a man again and move back home. I've done it[/quote8705feac8a]
Me too...I have $9 left...I spent $900 in moving fee's plus sex change fee's =\[/quote8705feac8a]

Mine was awesome, I just married some chick named bobbit, took like 5 dollars for the wedding papers to get filed, I don't know why but everyone kept on laughing at me...

When the honeymoon began, well, That was how I became a women

tjwor

17-04-2007 21:11:51

[quotee7b0a53ee2="samz465"][quotee7b0a53ee2="Tsmith10803"]or you could switch all the money to your bank account and delete your paypal account...

Then become a women, and move to alabama, and work as a bartender until your 43 birthday, when you can become a man again and move back home. I've done it[/quotee7b0a53ee2]
Me too...I have $9 left...I spent $900 in moving fee's plus sex change fee's =\[/quotee7b0a53ee2]

You should have custom ordered the sex change from YGF shrug