Feel like im possibly being unreasonable but also still feel upset. So would like to know if it's irrational or not? And who else to ask than the brutally honest friends of Mumsnet!
I have 2 very close friends, we will go with A and B. B's birthday was in November. A& I ordered a £100 present and when it arrived, we had put A's address as she is working from home and I'm not. The present had been put by delivery drivers into a bin that had been left outside for the bin men. It had been left on her porch by her bin men because they'd seen it. She text me to tell me and I said that was outrageous and she needed to tell the company. She told them and they offered her a full refund or a replacement(even though we had the parcel). She said she wanted a full refund. We got our refund. Anyway, a few days later a replacement also showed up. We were gobsmacked and obviously as her house was the delivery house, she was going to be the one who kept it! It was annoying as it was both of our order, but it's not something that could've been shared so I got over it!
A month later, another one has shown it. Originally, we ordered a design and had an email saying if we still wanted that design, we would need to wait a month. We said no and changed the design. She now has 2 free of these £100 items. Friend B said oh amazing, give it to utterlybaffled and then we all have one! But she said no because her dog likes to sleep on it. I essentially said oh come off it it was both of our order! And she called me a spoilt little brat.
Further down the line, it turns out my sister had bought me one for Christmas. But she said A had said nothing to her about this free one and that she felt that she should've. So in my opinion, firstly, if A was trying to save my sisters Christmas present, why would she be bragging on the group chat about how she had 2 free ones now from our order that we both paid for, and secondly, why would she not text my sister to tell her and see if she wanted me to know about it or not? My sister has said she would've loved it and would've spent her money on something else.
While I know a freebie is a freebie, and nobody is entitled to anything, I also think it's completely unfair that a joint order has resulted in my friend earning £250 in goods and money, while I got £50 back, purely because she is easier to deliver to. And I'm more upset that I've been called a spoilt little brat for daring to argue this.