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england-and-wales This is theft. Theft is defined at Section 1 of the Theft Act 1968: A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of ...

united-states Legally, you can treat unsolicited goods as a gift. The relevant law is 39 U.S. Code § 3009 - Mailing of unordered merchandise . The FTC provides a summary: By law, companies can’t ...

germany tl;dr: You must return goods sent by mistake when asked. You probably do not need to actively inform the sender. General consensus According to the article Welche Rechte bestehen, wenn zu ...

england-and-wales If Bob took possession of the item, there's nothing wrong with the item and Bob just changes his mind about wanting it, he doesn't have the right to return it to private seller Alice....

england-and-wales No - if Alice is selling in the course of business. If Alice is not acting in the course of business, if she's a private seller, then Bob the buyer doesn't have the same statutory ...

How can he compel the seller to cancel the new auction and sell him the item as they contracted to do? Expectation damages are the typical remedy for breach of contract The general measure of damages ...

germany They cannot. Not in your case of a private person selling their private purchase to another private person. It would be a big pandoras box otherwise. What if you gift the item to your friend ...

You subpoena eBay You file your claim against username. You then subpoena eBay to provide all relevant information about username (name, address etc.). You then update your filing. Of course, you have ...

australia Blanket “no returns” clauses are illegal See ACCC v Valve. Under the Australian Consumer Law (ACL), purchasers of goods have a statutory right to a refund in the event of a major fault with ...

france Preliminary: "ordre public" A fundamental concept in French civil law is ordre public, codified in article 6 of the civil code: On ne peut déroger, par des conventions particulières, ...

Does the fact that the email recipient added something to cart and filled their email in the form (but did not check out) create sufficient ground to not consider such emails unsolicited communication?...

No australia Refunds are a statutory right under the Australian Consumer Law for any major defect. It applies to any supply (broadly defined to include many B2B transactions) for consideration and, in ...

canada Common-law remedy: expectation damages The general measure of damages for breach of contract is expectation damages: "the plaintiff will be entitled to the value of the promised ...