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RamiusRamius Joined: July 19, 2000Administrator, ClubPA admin
edited November 2008 in Social Entropy++
We moved into our house in September, 2007.

At the end of August, 2008, a package arrived at our door from TigerDirect.com, addressed to the previous owner of the house.

I was out of town when it came, and then I didn't get around to looking up their new address for a while, and then I didn't get around to delivering it to them, and long story short here we are in November and this package is still here. The previous owner never stopped by or called or sent a letter asking about it.


So, I seek the moral wisdom of the herd. Do I open it?

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Open it.

    Macro9 on
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  • redheadredhead Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I would honestly deliver it

    or at least let them know about it so they can come pick it up

    redhead on
  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    If you don't open it how can you decide on the morality of keeping it?

    Khavall on
  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited November 2008
    open it first though

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  • nevilleneville The Worst Gay (Seriously. The Worst!)Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Ramius, you're a cool dude, from our various dinners (and putting up with Patrick's jokes repeatedly)
    This authorizes you to free shit.

    :P

    neville on
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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    open it

    i'm pretty sure tigerdirect doesn't sell spiders so you're in the clear as far boxes of spiders go




    OR ARE YOU

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  • Auntie ShibbyAuntie Shibby Horrible Visalia, CARegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    Ramius is just going to do the opposite of what we say, because he knows better.

    Auntie Shibby on
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  • WallhitterWallhitter Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I would open it. It's part of the same morality that makes it acceptable to help yourself to food left in the middle of a heavily-trafficked room.

    And, well, after you open it, tape it shut and mail it to the old owners.

    EDIT: If you want.

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  • M.D.M.D. and then what happens? Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    What if it's full of anthrax.

    I would try to deliver it, but in my attempt to deliver it I would forget about it all over again.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    What if it's full of anthrax.

    POPPA GONNA GET PAIDDD

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  • WidepathWidepath Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    If it came in August it is probably long sense reported as missing and either refunded or replaced.

    Widepath on
  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

    Seriously though, open that sucker

    Grey Ghost on
  • A Dabble Of TheloniusA Dabble Of Thelonius It has been a doozy of a dayRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Look, you're going to open it. You already know that. That's why this is posted here instead of D&D, where the moral ramifications would be discussed for pages and wiki would get slung around like dollar beer at a five dollar strip club and you might overthink it.

    A Dabble Of Thelonius on
  • MeldingMelding Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I say open it. There could be a cat that's stuck between a state of life and death and only by opening it can you firmly make that cat dead. Please put that cat out of its misery of undeath.

    Melding on
  • VorusVorus Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    maybe it is drugs and if you open it you can sell them and make mad cash

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  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    I guess I really shouldn't be surprised at the rampant amoral attitudes of this forum

    still though, being one of two against sixteen is pretty disheartening

    edit: one of three out of twenty five

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    describe the package
    size
    weight
    where it came from
    any markings

    you better not say some shit like theres an invoice on the front listing a laptop or something like that

    Air on
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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Ramius i'm fairly sure the box is another puppy.


    boy that puppy's going to be starving. you should open the box and feed the puppy while videostreaming it on ustream.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    what's tigerdirect

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  • Auntie ShibbyAuntie Shibby Horrible Visalia, CARegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    I would open it, it's been a while since they lived there, and since they ordered it. I'm sure they bitched to tigerdirect.com and had another one sent to them.

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  • LednehLedneh shinesquawk Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Isn't diddling with someone else's mail a federal offense

    I mean not that you'd ever get caught on that, but I coulda swore I heard that somewhere

    (edit) I guess what I'm saying is forward it without opening, but I'm clearly going against the herd here

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Widepath wrote: »
    If it came in August it is probably long sense reported as missing and either refunded or replaced.

    Exactly. They probably forgot to change their info on tiger direct and didn't get their package. They probably realized this and lied about it getting lost and had it refunded.

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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2008
    neville wrote: »
    Ramius, you're a cool dude, from our various dinners (and putting up with Patrick's jokes repeatedly)
    This authorizes you to free shit.

    :P

    Patrick doesn't make jokes

    he bends reality until everyone is a cock, and then he converses with them in like fashion

    Larlar on
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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    step 1: cut a hole in the box
    step 2: put your junk in that box
    step 3: make her open the box

    fightinfilipino on
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  • The Lovely BastardThe Lovely Bastard Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    have you opened it yet ramius?

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  • SilvoculousSilvoculous Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Widepath wrote: »
    If it came in August it is probably long sense reported as missing and either refunded or replaced.

    This. It's win-win.

    You've spent three months looking at it. Something inside you has to be dying to know what's inside.

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    also yea if its from so long ago maybe it got lost in the mail for a year?

    but like the dude said
    you are just here to see if we will call you a bad person
    if we will talk you out of it

    no
    open it

    Air on
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  • HakuninHakunin Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    open it

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  • WidepathWidepath Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Now if it came in yesterday i would say try to return it. But that ship has sailed.

    Widepath on
  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Who the fuck is voting no.


    You probably voted to rename the forum "Shithole where all us useless faggots post" too.

    Khavall on
  • WidepathWidepath Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Is there postmark with a date? Was it shipped when they still lived there?

    Widepath on
  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    three months

    man the police dont hold lost property that long
    no one coming to claim a thing makes it up for grabs

    Air on
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  • HakuninHakunin Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    and if its a brand new computer, send it to me

    i need it

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  • Auntie ShibbyAuntie Shibby Horrible Visalia, CARegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    It could be something related to videogames or computer parts. God, it might be outdated now, regardless of what you do you're fucked.

    Auntie Shibby on
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  • LarlarLarlar consecutive normal brunches Moderator, ClubPA Mod Emeritus
    edited November 2008
    Widepath wrote: »
    If it came in August it is probably long sense reported as missing and either refunded or replaced.

    This. It's win-win.

    You've spent three months looking at it. Something inside you has to be dying to know what's inside.

    But what if what's inside is really disappointing?

    I say keep it sealed and one day pass it down as a secret box to your kids who can then pass it down to theirs. Then like five generations from now one of them won't be able to resist the lure of mystery any longer and will open it to find three pairs of tube socks and a self-help book.

    Larlar on
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  • Auntie ShibbyAuntie Shibby Horrible Visalia, CARegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    Larlar wrote: »
    Widepath wrote: »
    If it came in August it is probably long sense reported as missing and either refunded or replaced.

    This. It's win-win.

    You've spent three months looking at it. Something inside you has to be dying to know what's inside.

    But what if what's inside is really disappointing?

    I say keep it sealed and one day pass it down as a secret box to your kids who can then pass it down to theirs. Then like five generations from now one of them won't be able to resist the lure of mystery any longer and open it to find three pairs of tube socks and a self-help book.
    this, like a time capsule.

    Auntie Shibby on
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  • RamiusRamius Joined: July 19, 2000 Administrator, ClubPA admin
    edited November 2008
    Air wrote: »
    describe the package
    size
    weight
    where it came from
    any markings

    you better not say some shit like theres an invoice on the front listing a laptop or something like that

    The box is cardboard. It is 12" x 10" x 4.5". It weighs well less than a loaf of bread. It makes no descriptive noises when shooken.

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  • Auntie ShibbyAuntie Shibby Horrible Visalia, CARegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2008
    God, fucking bury it. When you move out of that house, leave a note to the new owners.

    Auntie Shibby on
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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited November 2008
    Man the fuck up and open that bitch

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited November 2008
    If you signed for it, deliver it.

    If you didn't sign for it, open that shit, decide on whether you want it, then keep it/send it on.

    #pipe on
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