# Legal/Ethical: What to do if a merchant sends you a more expensive version of a product than you ordered?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 18, 2025, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-ethical-what-to-do-if-a-merchant-sends-you-a-more-expensive-version-of-a-product-than-you-ordered/1019787 "2025-06-18T02:53:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-ethical-what-to-do-if-a-merchant-sends-you-a-more-expensive-version-of-a-product-than-you-ordered/1019787/15 "2025-06-18T15:14:42Z")

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**Whack-a-Mole** , was this inspired [by this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-the-best-accidental-freebie-you-ve-ever-gotten/1019731), I wonder?

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