Too Honest??

[losgigs]

Just had a box of wine wrongly delivered to us from Laithwaites. There was no name on it, just address. (Our road,Tonbridge). Quickly realised that we hadn't ordered any wine, so looked at label which said'Love from Heather & Mark'. We don't know any couple by that name, and managed to catch delivery driver to call him back. On checking address label, we saw that it should have been delivered a few houses away. Driver said that he'd already tried that house and it wasn't them either. He took it away and drove off. For a fraction of a second, I thought 'should have kept that - 12 free bottles of plonk - very Happy Christmas!' Then thought - NO! Heather & Mark would be most upset, as would the rightful recipients. Maybe Heather or Mark are ABers - if so, please check address of people you sent the box of wine to, and make sure they received it. I'm guessing the majority of other ABers would have done the same?

[Bluestone]

But you probably would have had to sign for it, and then when Heather and Mark contacted the courier company, they would have come back round for it! :-)

[aelmpvw]

Are you saying you signed for a case of wine that you haven't got? ... oh dear

[Baldric]

Hope you didn't sign for it, if you did, the driver could have' a very happy Xmas' on it, and your signature says you've got it!

[losgigs]

No, I wasn't asked to sign for it, actually. He just plonked it down in the porch and ran back to the van.( It was pouring with rain! Maybe Laithwaites should implement a policy of getting people to sign for their wine cases. This wasn't Royal Mail, but they often don't get signatures when they are meant to.

[Bluestone]

That surprises me, that no signature was required.

More fool you then! :P

[losgigs]

No, as I said, my conscience wouldn't allow it! I would have felt guilty with every mouthful.(well, with the first few bottles, anyway). I really hope that Heather & Mark, or someone who knows them, reads this. Too much to hope for, I suppose.

[ChuckFickens]

Hmm... being fairly optimistic and saying that AB has 2000 regular users... you have about a 0.003% chance that Heather or Mark are AB users.

[pdust]

my ex used to buy wine from laithwaites all the time.... we never signed for it..... sometimes they just dumped it at side of bin if we werent in :s

[Bluestone]

If I hadn't signed for it, no. I wouldn't give it a second thought. In fact, I'd probably have poured a glass by now... :P

Can you imagine though, if you had kept it, and posted on here about it... and then... that 0.003% chance happened, and Heather and Mark were on here!

[Bazile]

Thank you

Love

Heather & Mark

[daffy654]

I wouldn't have kept it because nobody I know would send me wine, they all know I hate it.

[Georgiesmum]

I love wine but i would have done the same as you did, give it back, hoping to find the rightful owners.

[Baldric]

Would be in the Wine rack by now,
Unsolicited goods, want it back, you have to ask for it and collect it at a time convenient to me.

[Baldric]

A long time ago I had a largish amount of money transferred into my account from somewhere on the Continent, I withdrew it, put it in a Building Society account, it's still there 20+yrs later and has done quite nicely thank you!

[ChillDoubt]

I'd have kept it and waited to see if anyone was going to claim it in a '5 second rule' kind of way. No claimants by Xmas Eve?

Cheers!

[losgigs]

Ok, now I'm wishing I'd kept it. Could have invited all you friendly ABers round for a pre -Christmas drink. How far would people be prepared to travel though? Am in rainy Kent.

[Brinjal]

well doe you.. it would have given you heart burn im sure,

[AlwaysConfused]

I would love to think that I would be honest, but I probably wouldn't. My conscientious would get to me, but the guilt would lessen the more wine I drank. By the twelfth bottle, I'd undoubtedly forget that I had neighbours

[losgigs]

Thanks Brinjal, Georsiesmum and others who think I did the right thing. I'd have been on a huge guilt trip if I'd kept it. Hopefully the driver took it back and Laithwaites can trace the person who sent it. I definitely won't ever order through them though!

[Baldric]

Losgigs I'm on top of the White Cliffs,I'd have popped round for a glass or three;o)