Readers respond to an article by Polly Hudson on whether they would keep goods delivered by accident
Re your article (What would you do if a supermarket accidentally gave you £300 of groceries you hadn’t paid for?, 28 September), it may be one thing accepting £300 worth of goods from Tesco, but a charity shop? A few weeks ago, I paid £255 to the British Heart Foundation on eBay for a coffee table. I went to collect it, but the shop had mistakenly given it to another customer, who had bought a similar nest of tables. The other customer had paid for two tables, but taken three, and ignored requests to return one. They were happy to steal £255 from a charity.
This shop apparently suffers losses from shoplifting too, but feels that involving the police discourages donors. I disagree. We should be shouting loudly about disgraceful thefts from charities.
Susan Wood
Sheffield
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