Knowingly stealing - food shop delivery

Perhaps because it’s blindingly obvious to anyone whose worked for a business that aims to make money?

And you know this how?

How many times does someone have to say that losses (due to theft, breakage, spoilage etc) in the supermarkets do NOT come out of their profits - the cost of them is built into the price that you and I are paying, @Griff1963! Are you as happy about theft if you are paying the thieves' bill?

Not naughty at all.. just plain theft..
Exactly the same as shoplifting.
You are a thief.

Good on ya! Have you seen the profits these supermarkets make? Don't blame you in the slightest!

Chill out guys 🤣🤣🤣

Majority wouldn't. It's stealing and most people aren't thieves. You posting on here hoping that everyone is a scummy as you didn't go to plan did it? Would you tell your kids what you did?

I think if you had phrased that differently you'd have got a different response
If i had cancelled an order and it turned up, I'd have assumed that I'd left cancelling too late and would expect to be charged
If i sent it back I'd expect a refund.
If I took it in expecting to pay then got refunded, I'd say that's on them. They're taking the piss with so many price increases making the cheap range inaccessible to online shoppers blah blah blah....
But you took it in only because you wanted a freebie. That doesn't make you sound very decent. Sorry

You know it's dishonest, it's obviously wrong. But you can cover your soul by telling them their error I'm pretty sure they'll still refund you and they don't want their groceries back at this point. Remember delivery in the groceries was their error, just say you weren't expecting them when you were caught off guard and you accepted them, all of which is probably true

Asking for a friend?

I hope karma bites you where it hurts. You need to take a long hard look at your moral compass!! Your an absolute shame to society, lowest of the low.

You are stealing.

So, you did what you did to get away with it and not because of something out of your control.

Disgusting. You and your friend are a large part of why prices keep going up. The store is not going to eat/absorb the losses from people like you who thieve. When their bottom line is too low, prices on everything will go up to make up that loss and other losses they assume they will have because of cheats and thieves.

Maybe your friend can figure out a way to steal from neighbors and friends. I'm sure she'll teach you.

I found myself in a similar situation when I was a single mum except the value was much higher (about £350), it was cash, and it was their big mistake.

Oh yes of course it was tempting but what stop me was telling myself that if I was going to be dishonest, how could I expect my kids not to be. I was their main role model and it was very important to show a good example. So I didn't cash the cheque.

I have no regrets at all. Ultimately, the cash was long forgotten but being able to tell my kids, this I still remember.

Correct DD has recently looked at that study as part of her Psychology course and it was about obeying authority rather than stealing as well as how people are gradually persuaded to do bad things by a gradual process

You have completely misunderstood the purpose of that study which was so show that people obey authority even when they are being told to do something they think is wrong. It wasn't about people's basic honesty.

@WinterFaye2 - these losses do not come out of the supermarkets' profits. A percentage of every price shops charge is to cover shrinkage - losses due to theft/shoplifting, breakage, spoilage etc - so the cost comes out of ordinary shoppers' purses.

Do you mean Stanley Milgrams experiment on how far people will go.in obeying perceived authority ?
I don't think anyone was ordering OP to steal .

Trying to equate OP’s actions with the unfair practices of the big supermarkets is a bit of a jump.

Of course support farmers markets, local businesses etc where you can and if you feel so strongly about the big chains don’t give them your business.

But please stop the nonsense about redistribution of wealth in this way. It’s still theft.

@periodiclabel She certainly succeeded. I wonder what people get out of this.

If it had been the other way round - you'd paid for stuff and it never showed up - would you be happy for the supermarket to say, "You know what - she might never notice. Let's just keep her money and see what happens..."?

I don’t think it would even occur to me, if the delivery turned up I’d just be like errrr I cancelled this?!

OP isn't coming back because she invented this to get a rise

I don't have much like thieves but I really hate ones who brag about it, try to justify it and then claim that everyone would have done the same.
Do whatever you do to make yourself feel better OP but you stole those groceries, at least own it.

Yes really.

I wish everyone would channel this passion into supporting our farmers from these big supermarkets. Big supermarket chains are stealing from our farmers knowingly on a BIG scale KNOWINGLY.

Don I think OP should do this again? Absolutely not.

Do I think OP should pass this saving on to people who it would BENEFIT absolutely.

I’d call it the redistribution of profits from those who steal contractually to a family it would really benefit (via the OP sadly).