When shopping delivers a moral dilemma | Letters

Readers reply to an article by Polly Hudson on whether or not they would maintain items delivered by accidentRe your article (What would you do if a grocery store unintentionally gave you £300 of groceries you hadn’t paid for?, 28 September), it could be one factor accepting £300 price of products from Tesco, however a charity store? A few weeks in the past, I paid £255 to the British Coronary heart Basis on eBay for a espresso desk. I went to gather it, however the store had mistakenly given it to a different buyer, who had purchased an identical nest of tables. The opposite buyer had paid for 2 tables, however taken three, and ignored requests to return one. They had been completely satisfied to steal £255 from a charity.This store apparently suffers losses from shoplifting too, however feels that involving the police discourages donors. I disagree. We must be shouting loudly about disgraceful thefts from charities.Susan WoodSheffield Proceed studying…