Monday, April 4, 2011

The Free MacBook Dilemma

So recently a friend of a friend of mine (I literally do not know who this person is as I write this) supposedly ordered a MacBook from Apple and was sent two. They were only charged for one. Seeking the infinite wisdom of the internet, they decided to poll friends on what to do in this ethical dilemma.

My answer is keep both. If you send one back, then the one you keep WILL end up having horrible problems and you'll have a whole hassle and the company will just end up replacing the one you kept, and probably with the one you sent back.

Getting two should be considered a gift from Providence/God, who knows best what the future holds. He thought you needed two. Who are YOU to question His infinite wisdom?

BUT my final answer? Return the extra MacBook. The fact that you are asking "What should I do" shows that you would feel guilty about keeping both. If you keep both you'll always feel guilty about the second and never be able to enjoy your fortuitous free MacBook. Just send it back. Or, you could try calling Apple and see what they say. Maybe they'll say, "Um... nope just checked our inventory, we didn't send you anything extra. So whatever you got it's yours." At this point you can argue with them that you most certainly DID receive something extra in your shipment, but if you do that then just send both MacBooks back because you clearly don't deserve either of them.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Any choice that does not result in this person selling one for cash and walking away feeling guilt-free is the wrong choice. Apple is worth $235 billion.

Joe said...

Ben sometimes the wrong things just happen.

Speaking of wrong things, have you seen the hilarious new movie "Gun" starring 50 Cent? It's a laugh riot. This is how the script-writing went: 50 Cent: "So, like, man, just write a lot of really COOL stuff in there, and here's my list of what's "cool."

Anonymous said...

Oh, that sounds like a great 11:30pm Saturday beer movie.