Should I tell Tesco I basically stole £300 from them?

When insults replace conversation and debate the world becomes a darker place.

To answer your question: law

Small business I would. Tesco I’d take the win.
Next once didn’t take payment for my sons suit and just charged me for a carrier bag. Never said a word.

What do you teach? 'Kowtowing, forelock tugging and bootlicking for dummies'?

No it doesn’t. OPs situation would not be classed as theft under the theft act, in the UK it is not illegal to keep unsolicited deliveries.

What she did is neither legally nor morally theft.

If you can't even begin to understand why this is wrong then I can't help you. Even first year's that I teach can understand these principles.

You're talking absolutely gobbledegook. Just sheer moonshine. I don't even understand what point you're trying to make, but I can assure you that none of your analogies are remotely relevant to the OP. What she did is neither legally nor morally theft.

I give up with you.

You cannot follow a train of thought clearly elucidated about how thoughts lead to deeds and how ignoring the rules for certain victims leads to some really bad consequences.

All you have done is scream troll.

Congratulations on not understanding the concept of the slippery slope.

Why the fuck are you comparing the violence which is gay bashing and racism to someone not paying for an unsolicited Tesco shop? You cannot be for real. Either you are trolling or you are incredibly stupid. I have to assume the former.
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You are intent on just ignoring the principle.

Both cash in a wallet and groceries have value. The goods (wine bottles) were not perishable though actually it doesn't matter whether they are or not - so you are trying to obfuscate.

The OP enjoyed (in the legal sense) the goods and permanently deprived Tesco of the opportunity to remedy their mistake. If they had just dumped them on the street that would be different.

Tesco are not entitled to receive their goods in perfect condition (as might be the case for a consumer refund) so it doesnt matter if they're perished or not.

The law permits people and companies to make mistakes - we are all fallible - and has rules about how those mistakes may be reversed.

So if the postman delivers you a gold chain intended for someone else - you are not allowed to just keep quiet and keep it.

Your analogy is nonsensical. How can you compare perishable groceries to a wallet!?

Theft Act 1968 disagrees with you.

I don't know what i can say if you want to ignore primary legislation.

Just checked my banking app and had around £300 more than I was expecting. Turns out that one of our shops was cancelled by dh but it still showed up for delivery. Husband wasn’t in so son accepted the order AND we got the refund. So it’s actually funny because our texts shows us getting our wires crossed. Husband thought I had unilaterally decided to reorder. He asked “so you did decide to do the shop in the end” and I answered in the affirmative as I very coincidentally happened to go into M and S for some bits my daughter wanted to try. And it was that I thought he was referring to. I thought her was being sexy cause dd went a bit overboard with the cookies, dips etc

Anyway, it’s been about three weeks. I guess this has slipped through.

Wouls you tell Tesco? I’m surprised that the idea of being sneaky flashed in my mind.

It was a pricier shop as DH ordered a few nicer bottles of wine to enjoy for a family event.

I agree about Tesco business model.
I avoid them like the plague and would encourage others to do so.

But I still find the concept of "it's ok to steal from people we don't like" to be worrying.

Isn't that the abhorrent thought process that made gay bashing and racism acceptable in the 60s?

Could that thought process, if continued, take us back to those dark times?

@CanSeeClearlyNowTheRainHasGone

It's NOT stealing!!! It literally isn't! Why are you so hell bent on doubling down on something that hasn't happened?!

But you didn't steal it, you did not go into one of their stores and stuff £300 worth of products under your coat and in your pockets and then leg it out of the door. You cancelled it, they did not update their system and the order turned up, there was no intention on your part fo defraud Tesco. Technically it is theft because you have not paid for the things but I would have no qualms abotu keeping the stuff as they should have better processeses . , They are a massive company who made £2.3 billion in profits last financial year, it is not like a small independent business who would be really affected by such a loss.

@CanSeeClearlyNowTheRainHasGone i think what the responses on this thread highlight actually is the general sentiment towards Tesco is that (generally) people see them as being greedy / undeserving of their £300 back. But most posters probably still shop there very regularly. Why? Because they don’t have another easy alternative.. well that’s what Tesco have created - little to no competition that’s as convenient to them. They’ve done that by keeping their costs as low as they can and expanding as much as they can. There’s a few big things they have / do in their business model that are dire for the rest of us:

• plastic & packaging. Can you imagine the quantities all over the UK in houses and their shops, from products just bought at Tesco?? Why- so they can transport more and more efficiently (cheaper- for them).
• pressure on farmers to sell and produc at lower and lower cost. This is having a knock on effect over time of reducing the variety of foods produced by farmers so we, as a population, are eating a less varied diet as time goes on. (Did you know to get the same nutrients from an apple in 1950, today you’d have to eat 10 of them??)
• they prioritise food that transports easily and lasts - not the food that actually keeps us all healthy.

The low pay of staff is another reason I think they generally are not really a force for good. It normalizes this and allows other similar businesses to follow suit.
Of course Tesco are not the only ones guilty of the above within their business model.
However I think at the size they are; they could be a lot more responsible and be a better force for good in the industry.
Maybe if these things weren’t so, there would be more people here (customers aswell!) saying the money should be paid back…

If you look back at my previous posts you will see why it falls under the Theft Act.

Tesco could not demand payment for goods the OP didn't want but that doesnt entitle her to retain them.

It's the analogy of someone dropping their wallet (by accident) and you pocketing it without making any attempt to remedy the situation. Once you intend to permanently deprive someone of their property without paying for it then you're in that realm whether its cash or groceries.

Personally I find it amazing that OP doesnt just talk to them. If they charge her it's what she was prepared to pay anyway, if they gift it to her than all is good.

It's just the convoluted reasoning of why "it's only fair" to steal that's done my head in tonight.