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This almost exists already, in a slightly different form - it's the same principle as the unsolicited goods laws codified in eg. the UK's Consumer Protection Re
by brey 12y ago
This almost exists already, in a slightly different form - it's the same principle as the unsolicited goods laws codified in eg. the UK's Consumer Protection Regulations[1]; if I send stuff to someone without it being asked for, they legally own it and I can't insist on payment.
Same thing now applies to bundling unwanted extra crap in with a real order - it's just the extra stuff which may not be charged for.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Protection_(Distance_Selling)_Regulations_2000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Protection_(Distance_S...
> If goods are sent to a consumer without a contract asking for them, the "recipient may [...] use, deal with, or dispose of the goods as if they were an unconditional gift to him"
which happens to be an incorporation of a 15-year old EU directive:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:31997L0007 http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:319...
> Article 9
> Inertia selling
> Member States shall take the measures necessary to:
> - prohibit the supply of goods or services to a consumer without their being ordered by the consumer beforehand, where such supply involves a demand for payment,
> - exempt the consumer from the provision of any consideration in cases of unsolicited supply, the absence of a response not constituting consent.