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  • M Michael P Butler

    What happened to good old fashioned honesty? Why didn't the guy return what he hadn't paid for? What was he going to do with the other memory chips? Sell them? - that surely would have broken a law somewhere. Don't people have any morals today? Michael The avalanche has started, it's too late for the pebbles to vote.

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    tidge
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    Michael P Butler wrote: Don't people have any morals today? No they don't. That's part of the big problem I see with our society today. I wonder though, if people were any more moral 50 or 60 years ago, or that it just seems that way (not that I would personally know). the older I get, the better I was....

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    • N Nick Parker

      Read this image[^], you will wish it was you. [EDIT] I was only kidding, this is only a joke about this happening to you. [/EDIT]


      Nick Parker

      The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. - Theodore Roosevelt

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      Ranjan Banerji
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      The last time something like this happened to me, I did not realize the error till I got home. Then I went back to the store and told them of their error, and returned the unpaid for stuff. What I found strange about the process was that nearly everyone I told this to thought I was weird. Worst part was that the staff at the store were also looking at me funny. Oh well!!!!!

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      • N Nick Parker

        Read this image[^], you will wish it was you. [EDIT] I was only kidding, this is only a joke about this happening to you. [/EDIT]


        Nick Parker

        The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. - Theodore Roosevelt

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        Lost User
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        I can honestly say I would tell the sales guy. But only at the last minute of course :laugh: Elaine The tigress is here :-D

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        • R Ranjan Banerji

          The last time something like this happened to me, I did not realize the error till I got home. Then I went back to the store and told them of their error, and returned the unpaid for stuff. What I found strange about the process was that nearly everyone I told this to thought I was weird. Worst part was that the staff at the store were also looking at me funny. Oh well!!!!!

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          l a u r e n
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          my moral judgement doesnt depend on how it is received by those affected but simply by my own beliefs i would have pointed out the error immediately


          "even if my world is weird its my world"
          biz stuff   about me

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          • N Nick Parker

            Read this image[^], you will wish it was you. [EDIT] I was only kidding, this is only a joke about this happening to you. [/EDIT]


            Nick Parker

            The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. - Theodore Roosevelt

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            Joao Vaz
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            The guy was lucky ,but the new salesman ... Every salesman that make a mistake with me, I'always had the honesty to correct him , and boy that happened to me a ton of times !!! BTW , I worked on a computer store during 2 months, so perphaps this is a good reason to explain why I never toke advantage of this kind of normal and human errors :-) Cheers,Joao Vaz And if your dream is to care for your family, to put food on the table, to provide them with an education and a good home, then maybe suffering through an endless, pointless, boring job will seem to have purpose. And you will realize how even a rock can change the world, simply by remaining obstinately stationary.-Shog9 Remember just because a good thing comes to an end, doesn't mean that the next one can't be better.-Chris Meech

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            • T Tim Smith

              It is very hard to say. But I am nearly positive I would have told the guy. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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              Jorgen Sigvardsson
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              I would have kept 4... no wait 8 of those modules and returned the rest. ;P -- Ignorant people upsets me.

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                my moral judgement doesnt depend on how it is received by those affected but simply by my own beliefs i would have pointed out the error immediately


                "even if my world is weird its my world"
                biz stuff   about me

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                Ranjan Banerji
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                I didnt particularly care about the reactions of others. But definitely thought it was interesting.

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                • N Nick Parker

                  Read this image[^], you will wish it was you. [EDIT] I was only kidding, this is only a joke about this happening to you. [/EDIT]


                  Nick Parker

                  The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. - Theodore Roosevelt

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                  Brad Jennings
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                  Holy crap! Though it is pretty cool, I know that I would have told him about his mistake. I always try to be honest in every situation, honesty is much more important to me than 66 extra chips of RAM (OMG that's a lot of RAM). Brad Jennings "if the golden arches shut shop, where else are the VB people going to get work." - Colin Davies

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                  • D David Wulff

                    You probably know I would have said something at the time (just what would you want with 67 of them?), but still... :laugh:


                    David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk

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                    Paul M Watt
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                    He said he was able to sell them on eBay and get hardware that he actually wanted.


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                    • N Nick Parker

                      Read this image[^], you will wish it was you. [EDIT] I was only kidding, this is only a joke about this happening to you. [/EDIT]


                      Nick Parker

                      The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. - Theodore Roosevelt

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                      Jon Sagara
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                      :wtf: How appalling! I hope they catch his ass and throw him in jail. And if they can't do that, I hope that same day he gets what's coming to him. Jon Sagara Hi! I'm Melanoma, Moley Russell's wart. -- Uncle Buck

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                      • N Nick Parker

                        Read this image[^], you will wish it was you. [EDIT] I was only kidding, this is only a joke about this happening to you. [/EDIT]


                        Nick Parker

                        The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. - Theodore Roosevelt

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                        Paul M Watt
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                        That is a 6500 dollar mistake. The article also said that he used eBay to ditch the memory and get some hardware that he really wanted. Maybe karma will catch up to him and all of his new hardware will be defective :suss:


                        Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day
                        Light a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life!

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                        • N Nick Parker

                          Read this image[^], you will wish it was you. [EDIT] I was only kidding, this is only a joke about this happening to you. [/EDIT]


                          Nick Parker

                          The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. - Theodore Roosevelt

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                          Anna Jayne Metcalfe
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                          Sometimes incompetance can be so entertaining. :laugh: I'd still have given it all back though...I'm sure of it, honest (guv). ;) Anna :rose: www.annasplace.me.uk

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                          • T Tim Smith

                            It is very hard to say. But I am nearly positive I would have told the guy. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.

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                            Marc Clifton
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                            It is very hard to say. But I am nearly positive I would have told the guy. I realized after posting my message that a person with an inherent moral code would without thinking tell the guy. I guess I'm not one of those people, seeing as how I have to think about most of my decisions when they have a moral/ethical nature to them. Oh well. Doomed to hell, I suppose (or maybe just limbo!) Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
                            Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus
                            Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka

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