I called them. I talked to them. They told me I could either "refuse" the package and send it back, or pay for it.
I didn't really want to do either of those things. I decided to hang on to them anyway to save me the hassle of ordering them later.
She said because of my honesty I'd get a discount and they'd not charge me shipping and handling.
The price I paid is $20.98 less than what I would have if I'd ordered them regularly.
Of course, it's also $67.98 more than if I hadn't said anything at all.
Is the assurance of having done the right thing worth $67.98 to me?
I still don't know where I stand with this. Would it have been a sin to say nothing and keep them? I'm looking for enlightenment.
I'm in no way happy or unhappy about the outcome. I'm rather indifferent. I'm still just trying to shed some light on the moral implications of both sides of this.
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You did the right thing, Greg. You had ordered one package from them and keeping two for the price of one is not the right thing to do. If anyone else was getting two packages, they would have paid the money to get two packages. I think the discount you got was a blessing that God gave you for doing the right thing.
I want proof that what I did was the "right thing"... like real scriptural proof or something. Furthermore, sure the discount was a blessing, but free would've been even more of a blessing. Saying the discount is a blessing for doing the right thing makes me wary because having done the "wrong" thing in your line of thought would've actually "blessed" me more (assuming the blessing is the saving of money.)
Where are the repercussions?
Greg, I don't necessarily think that whatever "doing the right thing" necessarily only brings you blessings. God can bless you just because you're His son and He loves you. I'm sure one could debate how the Bible talks about stealing, and how you didn't take two, they sent you two. And maybe there's not scripture to back up what you did or didn't do, which was right or wasn't right, etc. Maybe God just wants to talk to you about that one on one? Listen for Him...He's always talking even if we don't hear Him.
Sorry, I certainly did not mean to you necessarily twice in the same sentence ;-)
Well, yeah. I agree. I was just illuminating the flaw in what Christen was saying...
I have to go to work now, so that's all I can really say for now. :P
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