A U.K. college student received over $5,000 dollars in items from Amazon due to a computer glitch. When contacted about the error, Amazon told him he could keep all the goods, giving him an early Christmas.
Everybody dreams of winning a sweepstakes or hitting the lottery, but one U.K. college student didn't even have to enter when earlier this month he began receiving a ton of prizes.
Robert Quinn, 22, began receiving a slew of packages containing items including a tablet, a 3D TV, a chest of drawers and a baby buggy, none of which he ordered. Though he was studying at The University of Liverpool, the packages went to his parent's home in London where he lives when not away at college.
It turns out that the packages were sent to Quinn as a result of a glitch at Amazon U.K., which accidentally sent return labels to customers that routed their unwanted items to Quinn's house instead of to their processing depot.
"At first I phoned up Amazon and they said that people must be 'gifting' them to me, but there's no way that's happening because I don't know any of these people," said Quinn. "I was worried that people were losing out on their stuff so I phone Amazon again and said I'm happy to accept these gifts if they are footing the cost, but I'm not happy if these people are going to lose out. But Amazon said 'it's on us'."
The most expensive item of the haul was a 55-inch Samsung 3D HDTV, worth almost $1,500, followed by the high-end Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro Tablet. Other assorted items included a baby buggy, a single bed, an electric shaver, and a book on neurological physiotherapy. He plans on gifting some of the items to his family and donating some others to charity, but wants to sell the rest to fund an invention he is working on -- an electrical cannabis grinder.
"This matter has now been resolved and I can confirm that on this occasion the customer has been informed that he can keep the items that were delivered," stated an Amazon spokesperson
