Man scores 46 items in Amazon bungle

File photo: Reuters

File photo: Reuters

Published Dec 3, 2014

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London - A student received more than £3 600 worth of Amazon goods after an apparent computer error - and has been told he can keep them all.

Robert Quinn was sent a random selection of 46 parcels ranging from a Samsung 3D television worth £889 to an £18.98 Lego kit.

The huge haul also included a laptop, a leaf blower, a Sony games console, computer gear and a wine chiller.

A bed and a bookcase were among the bulkier items that turned up, while more obscure parcels featured a CD by blues-rock star Rory Gallagher, a pirate outfit and a book on neurological physiotherapy.

The engineering student, 22, believes a computer glitch meant the goods were mistakenly sent to his home in Bromley, south-east London, instead of a returns depot.

Every package that arrived had a returns label. Quinn said he was told three times in writing that he can keep anything that turns up.

“I told them I have a moral issue if people sending this stuff back end up losing out,” he added. “But Amazon assured me that would not happen.”

The Liverpool University student told the Sun: “I’m going to sell the vast majority of the electronics and use the money to put into a business I’m starting. Some of the other items will be given to charity.”

Amazon confirmed that Quinn can keep the products.

Daily Mail

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