walmart sighting

[BroomJockey]

Doesn't matter how you choose to justify it - the basic question still remains the same. (Not, "If I can think of a good way to pretend that I'm an honourable person"). After all, if it was the other way around - a 4G in an 8G box - would people be so 'honest' to not bother telling anyone??

Actually, I can justify it thusly. Either way, it's a manufacturer's defect. A mistake was made during the item's creation. It is thus up to the consumer as to decide if that defect is one they are prepared to live with. If the 4G and the 8G were the same price normally, and I received a 4G in an 8G box, I'd probably still keep it unless I had a compelling reason to require 8G.

It just so happens, in this case, a manufacturer's defect improved operation from the consumer's point of view.

[Caveat Emptor]

You didn't do anything wrong, you just happened to luck out and like it was said, no one lost anything. I remember looking at software when I was 12, and seeing a game that was supposed to be $21.99 labeled as $12.99. Somebody with a price gun had screwed up, but I knew that they had to charge me the labeled price. In that case, did I feel guilty? A little, but I was doing nothing illegal and it was the *store* that had messed up to my benefit.

[fireheart17]

I can see where lovelybones is coming from, but all the same...like everyone else has said, it's a manufacturers defect, not a store defect. In this case, it just benefited you. It's like someone putting a 16GB iPod in an 8GB box. (referring primarily to the nano in this case) Unless there was some reason why you wanted an 8GB iPod, then there shouldn't be any problem why. iPods are damn near impossible to tamper with, size-wise, so that would be a manufacturing defect.

[PepperElf]

I agree flamewars are bad, but I'm spurred to ask, powerboy, why do you hold the opinion that this would create an actual flamewar rather than just disagreement?

that's cos i stated it first that it might start one

and yes, i see where lovely was coming from.
no i didn't switch tags around... it was factory-sealed, so only the factory took the loss. if it had been re-packaged i'd probably have said something, but i can't be sure (being honest).

and... to be honest i've looked for more mistakes, but haven't found any since then.

[BroomJockey]

that's cos i stated it first that it might start one

He just seemed much more certain than you did.

As for not finding any more, now you're just getting greedy

[PepperElf]

rofl. true.
tho if i did find a second it would go to my boyfriend... but for the most part i haven't looked there in a while... i've been busy with classes lately