Long story short, my mom gave me a gift card to Rack Room Shoes for Christmas, I went to the store and picked out a pair of shoes but they didn't have any in my size. So they offer a free "ship to home" feature that has them send the shoes directly to my house in my size. The shoes got here today, but they sent TWO identical pairs of shoes (I only paid for one pair) and I don't really need two pairs of the same shoes so do I :

A) bring the shoes to the store, tell them about their error and give them back the extra pair of shoes since I didn't pay for them. IE the "right thing to do"
B) keep the extra pair of shoes and wear them when the first pair gets old
C) bring the extra pair of shoes to the store, claim they are not the style I wanted and trade them in for another pair of shoes
D) attempt to sell the extra pair of shoes
E) find a homeless person on the side of the road and give them away (as long as they wear my size)

2/6/2014 9:19:50 PM

E

2/6/2014 9:21:07 PM

I don't know why you have so many options.

Morally: E>=A>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>B=C=D

2/6/2014 9:21:49 PM

I would do C, personally


if you sold the shoes, you'd be getting less of a value

[Edited on February 6, 2014 at 9:23 PM. Reason : .]

2/6/2014 9:22:30 PM

B or C

every once in a while things swing your way. might as well take advantage of those rare instances.

2/6/2014 9:22:53 PM

^^^I have a very indecisive, active brain?

If I bring them into the store to trade for another style, I wonder what the chances are that they figure out the error in their computer system

[Edited on February 6, 2014 at 9:25 PM. Reason : Sack]

2/6/2014 9:22:55 PM

F) Blackmail the shipping manager into sending you even more shoes so you won't expose his egregious error

2/6/2014 9:24:55 PM

AE - Give the second pair back to rack room, that's who that pair belongs to. Then give the first pair to a homeless person.

2/6/2014 9:25:50 PM

Then what the hell am I gonna wear?

I'm open to other options too

2/6/2014 9:27:28 PM

any option but A, fuck some corporation

C is best value if the store isn't out of the way, otherwise B or E, if that whole "morality" thing bothers you

2/6/2014 9:29:54 PM

Is that the only two pairs of shoes you own?

2/6/2014 9:30:18 PM

The answer is pretty clear. Do you want to spend your eternity in hell?

2/6/2014 9:30:33 PM

Corporations wouldn't look out for you. You shouldn't look out for them.

[Edited on February 6, 2014 at 9:32 PM. Reason : Stt]

2/6/2014 9:32:24 PM

^^^obviously not, but I don't go out of my way to buy shoes just to give them away.

[Edited on February 6, 2014 at 9:33 PM. Reason : Cvb]

2/6/2014 9:33:18 PM

I'd do B, mainly because I'm too lazy to do A

2/6/2014 9:34:14 PM

Either A or E is what I'd do. In fact...I probably wouldn't do A since it seems like more trouble than I'd like to go to return some shoes.

^ yeah that's how I am with option A. I'm not on any kind of anti corporation kick...I'm just lazy as shit.

[Edited on February 6, 2014 at 9:36 PM. Reason : Jj]

2/6/2014 9:35:29 PM

Quote :

"If I bring them into the store to trade for another style, I wonder what the chances are that they figure out the error in their computer system "

0

Quote :

"obviously not, but I don't go out of my way to [get a free pair of] shoes just to give them away."

ftfy

Give them to a shelter or an actual non-profit then [unlike Goodwill]


[Edited on February 6, 2014 at 9:36 PM. Reason : ^^ yeah that's probably what I'd end up doing.]

2/6/2014 9:35:39 PM

Call the store and explain the situation. Then ask "if I bring the shoes in, will you reimburse me for gas money?"

Of course they will say "no", and then you won't have to feel bad about not returning their shoes to them. Then give the shoes to a homeless person.

2/6/2014 9:35:47 PM

the homeless will just have sex with them/eat them/trade them for drugs

2/6/2014 9:37:17 PM

You could donate them to charity, and then use it as a tax write off

I'd rather fuck over the federal government than some John Fox shoe store

2/6/2014 9:41:54 PM

To end the whole laziness thing, my wife goes to target probably once a week, rack room is right next door, so it's not really going to be an extra trip for me since she drags me along to target anyways

^^^^he was talking about me giving the first pair of shoes back to the store! and the second pair to a homeless person. Me = zero shoes

We're talking about a $70 pair of shoes here, I don't even think that would register in my taxes as an actual write off. I've donated a car to charity before and didn't end up getting shit in my taxes because of it

[Edited on February 6, 2014 at 9:45 PM. Reason : Fjgh]

2/6/2014 9:42:59 PM

just keep the damn things

2/6/2014 9:48:00 PM

Trade them both in, buy a different pair of (reasonably priced) shoes.

Give the difference in $$ to a homeless person.

2/6/2014 9:52:40 PM

homeless people don't need new shoes

they're just going to get them dirty pretty quickly

2/6/2014 9:56:16 PM

Alright, stop!
Now before you walk in the door of this liquor store
and try to get money out the drawer
You better think of the consequence (But who are you?)
I'm your motherfuckin conscience

2/6/2014 10:02:17 PM

Quote :

"I've donated a car to charity before"

then keep the shoes. you've done enough good deeds and already gotten screwed.

you can sell a total piece of shit car for at least $500

well maybe not a total piece of shit, but still, something that runs and isn't 30 years old

[Edited on February 6, 2014 at 10:07 PM. Reason : .]

2/6/2014 10:07:18 PM

I don't understand why anyone would do anything other than A, but apparently that is just me. You might even get some kind of perk for being honest.

Also, I haven't seen or heard of Rack Room since high school. Didn't realize it was still around.

2/6/2014 10:09:41 PM

^yeah same here, the wife told my mom that I wanted new shoes and to get me a gift card to foot locker, champs, etc. but in typical mom fashion she got me a $50 gift card to fucking rack room. Luckily there was one nearby my house or I don't know if I'd ever use the card.

Also fwiw my vote going in to the creation of this thread was A or C, but I'm so indecisive I figured tww would be a great place to hash this out

[Edited on February 6, 2014 at 10:15 PM. Reason : Fjjg]

2/6/2014 10:13:00 PM

If you do A, someone gonn get fired

2/6/2014 10:13:46 PM

Bank error in your favor...C

2/6/2014 10:26:15 PM

I like F: Have your wife take your receipt with one of the pairs of shoes to Rack Room, get that cash monies, do something charitable with it.

[Edited on February 6, 2014 at 10:28 PM. Reason : ^ hahahaha]

[Edited on February 6, 2014 at 10:34 PM. Reason : V fuck i missed that part]

2/6/2014 10:27:56 PM

He used a gift card though so no cash monies, just merchandise credit to Rack Room.

2/6/2014 10:33:16 PM

Quote :

"If you do A, someone gonn get fired"

that's right son, you gonna get someone in the shipping department straight fired. how's that for morality?

2/6/2014 10:33:43 PM

A is the only correct choice

2/6/2014 10:33:56 PM

If you don't do A, we will cut your head off

2/6/2014 10:34:55 PM

if you do A, opie will let you sniff your boxers

2/6/2014 10:38:49 PM

All valid points

2/6/2014 10:41:23 PM

bttt for the morning crowd

2/7/2014 7:38:23 AM

morally, i don't think there's any option but A...it's clearly the "right" choice

that said, E is the best "don't give it back to rack room" option, but a PITA unless you give them to goodwill or something

C is the "smart" choice because unless they're the greatest shoes in the whole wide world, you'll probably want a different style by the time the first ones wear out, so you might as well get that now

there is a 0% chance they'll realize the mistake in the store unless you point it out to them, so there's no risk

[Edited on February 7, 2014 at 7:46 AM. Reason : .]

2/7/2014 7:44:45 AM

...someone fucked up the shipment of a pair of shoes that probably cost the store less than half of what you paid. Imagine the extra cost associated with the personnel in the retail store to fiddle with the return, only after they FINALLY understand why you are trying to 'do the right thing'. I bet it would 'cost' the store more money if you return them.


in short, keep the damn shoes.

P.S. - or the guy behind the counter catches what happened, has the same shoe size as you, and tucks them off to the side.... and takes his new, free pair of shoes home at the end of the shift.

[Edited on February 7, 2014 at 7:53 AM. Reason : -]

2/7/2014 7:52:00 AM

B

2/7/2014 8:39:53 AM

If you choose B. Why can't you wear the extra shoes before told first pair wear out?

2/7/2014 8:50:46 AM

Wear them on your hands.

2/7/2014 9:14:49 AM

Quote :

"that said, E is the best "don't give it back to rack room" option, but a PITA unless you give them to goodwill or something"

Yeah, great idea. Donate them to goodwill so that they can sell them and profit off your stolen shoes.

2/7/2014 9:46:46 AM

^ You forgot about the part where some developmentally delayed person making $1.15 an hour has to sort through said pair of shoes.

[Edited on February 7, 2014 at 9:51 AM. Reason : The CEO's response was "hey that person is lucky to have a job"]

2/7/2014 9:50:22 AM

Quote :

" Imagine the extra cost associated with the personnel in the retail store to fiddle with the return"

That's not how minimum-wage hourly personnel costs work. They're getting paid the same whether you go back or not.

2/7/2014 9:53:09 AM

Quote :

"If you choose B. Why can't you wear the extra shoes before told first pair wear out?"

I could, its just weird to have two pairs of the same shoe in the rotation. I'm really torn between A and C

2/7/2014 10:04:12 AM

you should return either both right shoes or both left shoes just to fuck with them, and fuck with yourself

2/7/2014 10:09:07 AM

good luck finding a homeless man who wears a size 6

2/7/2014 10:12:28 AM

if these is J's, you keep them shits, ya dig?

2/7/2014 10:43:16 AM