Did I just get a free Treadmill?

ha.

do i have to be all ethical? because I'm not feeling ethically inclined today.

boooo*throwing shoes*

X2

With all due respect -- and I am NOT casting judgment here -- but not informing the company and/or returning the treadmill is stealing, regardless of who's to blame for the mistake.  If you inform the company after it's been delivered and they still don't do anything about it, well, then it's their problem, IMHO.

But you've got to take the first step. 

^^  What she said.

Karma will come back and bite you in the azz if you don't .........

C'mon, at least make it challenging .......

Austin Powers.

i had that movie on the tip of my fingers and just forgot.

Dagnabit.

 I'm torn. Well, i'm going to see if they actually TRY to deliver the darn thing first. No sense in getting worked up if a notice never shows up.

I'm stalling on deciding whether to refuse or go ahead and except the machine knowing I'll be charged.

I'm just going to refuse the thing. damn karma

 i'm kinda refusing it by defualt i mean since no one is home. duh.

if there's a note when i get home I'll call.

I would let them know that you received the treadmill, but in person.  Hopefully the good karma will allow them to give you a huge discount.  I doubt it, but it is worth a try.

What will you do if the set it up for you (after opening your unlocked front door) put the treadmill mat down that came free with your free treadmill, have a cold water bottle sitting in the holder when you get home from work, and the radio tuned into your favorite station blaring so you don't feel the burn of doing intervals on the dreadmill?

jump on it. run my easy 3 miler today.

then return it.

DUH

and i can't return it in person. I mean, a. i don't know where norditrack headquarters is. b. I don't think walking to their corporate office would do me much good. ESPECIALLY if I'm towing a treadmill.

 My wife bought Lifecycle around the time we started dating. She called them after she had it for a month or so and told them she did not want it. There was a 90 day money back guarantee. They credited her account with a refund and told her they would arrange for a shipping box and pick from UPS. Box and UPS never showed. She called them back and they said they would just call it a draw and to keep the machine. I had the pleasure of moving the da**ed thing for the next 15 years until we gave it to a friend.

 You might get just as lucky, who knows. But you really should at least call them so as not to have it come back at you when you might least be able to afford it.

I'm another vote for making some good faith effort to let sears or norditrack (whoever sent you the email about the treadmill being shipped) what happened.  Keep it or return it, it's up to you.  But if you want to keep it and also not lose your self respect, at least try to get things cleared up. Karma will get you if you don't. Maybe the next time you screw something up on the job, no one bothers to help correct it and you get canned.  Or the next time you order something, you get charged and never get the product (even though their records say otherwise) and you lose a chunk of change.

But if you have tried several times, with no result, it's all yours.