For keeping an order that I’ve received a refund for?

I would say that as they cancelled the order and refunded you there is now no contract between you and them so you can keep the items. You have done nothing wrong. They gave you their decision. If they didn’t advise you of any conditions the refund was subject to, i.e. telling you to advise them if the goods turn up, you have no obligation to them

You know you haven't paid for it, it will cost someone else in the long run when people do this. They can claim on insurance but their premium will go up and they pass the cost onto the consumer. Same with all of the thefts in supermarkets in the UK right now. The supermarkets won't take a cut in profit, they'll pass on the cost to honest shoppers.

I’d call them and ask what they want to do but then I’m not a thief so it’s a no brainer really .

I would keep it and wouldn’t give a crap.

1. You haven’t signed for it and it’s been left in an open space for potentially anyone to take
2. there’s nothing they can do to get the money from you for it besides ask you to pay them

I would do this too, just to be on the safe side.

After all the trouble with customs etc, they might just tell you to keep it anyway.

It's happened to me twice - one was a very expensive duvet. I emailed them because they'd sent a feather one when I ordered the other one, and they said they'd arrange collection but never did. I kept it in the box in the garage and sold it a year later on eBay.

The other was a lamp. I let them know and they wanted me to cart it to the post office which I refused to do, so they told me to keep it (I'd have happily had it collected by courier)

If you are happy to accept the consequences of theft if you get found out, carry on. BTW - all theft has an impact - one of the reasons that prices are high.

two wrongs do not a right allow

She's overseas. There's fuck all they can do to her.

I personally would contact the company and see what they advise you to do chances are they will advise you to keep it.

If the courier marks it as delivered, the company may hold you liable. I am not sure if this falls under a CIFAS loading if the company chooses to pursue, but if it does this will affect your credit rating for 6 years, not worth it in my opinion.

Oh OP keep it. People calling you a thief are ridiculous. You’d have to be an utter wet blanket to let them know. Jesus it’s Amazon. Amazon! I can understand that it’s morally wrong to do over a small business. But bloody Amazon. I’d gleefully keep it.

I’d call and tell them it’s now turned up. As others have said they may well tell you to keep it. If they collect it you’ve lost nothing really as you never expected to have it and there is no risk someone involved in the delivery would be under suspicion of stealing goods and you’ve no concerns of a later follow up and you’ve been scrupulously honest. If they say to keep it then you’ve got a nice bonus for your troubles.

Because it's the right thing to do, but then you know that, so basically OP, if you decide to go ahead with this, then you are a THIEF, and if you do get caught, deserve everything you get! So, my advice would be, think about it, and decide whether keeping these items is worth ruining your life for.

Just leave it

Most of the time it's more hassle for them to administrate further refunds and deliveries

So you posted a question you don’t want people to answer, and now you’re annoyed people are pointing that out? Ok.

Yep, I contacted Amazon over a similar issue and said they needed to send a courier. They never did. When I chased up a second time they said it no longer needed to be returned at all.

But that’s not what you posted. Your thread title asks if you are being unreasonable to keep it so people are answering that question. That you asked. In your thread. That you posted.

edit: sorry this was meant to include a quote but it’s vanished - I quoted the OP saying they just wanted to know if they’d get caught

I think it’s luck of the draw with regards to them pursuing this down the line. Unlikely but you never know if your name gets pulled from a hat in 3 years and someone decides to follow this up properly. But if you’re 100% sure that they don’t have proof you received it then you’ll be fine. Even if they have a photo of an open garage you can just argue the parcel was lifted by a stickyfingered opportunist passer by (which actually does happen where I live for any parcel left on a doorstep so I’ve had to genuinely report parcels as not delivered many times). Unless of course you listed your open garage as a safe drop off space, then you’d be liable I imagine.

Absolute lol at the morality police out in force tonight though. I say good luck to you! I love to steal off big companies when I can! Plus I give loads of my hard earned cash to charity so I’m basically a modern day Robin Hood 🤣

I'm not up in arms about this, I couldn't do it but that's beside the point.
Two things though.
Your local postie delivered? If you denny receiving them, would he be in trouble? Suspected of theft?
Secondly, I would be seriously pissed off if my partner gave me an unpaid for gift. Its one thing to keep it for yourself, but to gift it just feels wrong.

I'd

1. cancel the Amazon order
2. tell the company that one has arrived and they can arrange collection at their expense
3. keep the second as compensation for the hassle they caused you
4. presuming the company isn't interested, sell the spare
5. depending on DH's morals, have a celebratory dinner together, or treat myself with the extra money 😂

I have zero patience for big companies that fuck about with me though, and no problems with Robin Hood style thieving.

Leaving aside the morality question (and it is clearly morally wrong rather than "ambiguous") has it not occurred to you that big retailers/insurance companies will both simply add the extra overheads incurred onto the prices they charge everyone? So we are all paying. It is also entirely possible that the courier could be sacked if they suspect that that's where the responsibility lies. I couldn't do it.