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jlrx on 18 November 2012
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ishiki said:
jlrx said:
ishiki said:

there are far important things in life than worrying about if you screwed a corporation over a 50 dollar upgrade which they will still profit from. And at worst made someone wait an extra week for next shipment of consoles.


At worst you got someone fired, failure to pay bills, feed self, rent, gas, etc. There will certainly be consequences for that employee, and all the cheering on you get from the internet does not change the fact. In answer to your own question, Yes, you are. It's not somewhat unethical, its completely so.


He won't get fired for that, and if he does it's not like gamestop clerk level jobs are hard to find.

No one knows that for sure. That is not the point, it's an answer as a worse case scenario, but let me give one even worse, you can be charged with a crime if the ATM gives you too much money and you do nothing. It's happened to people before. A mistake doesn't legitimize things like that, you got that system accidentally, you signed and paid for another, they can certainly track you down based on the systems serial number. That is just another about worse case scenario. Nothing changes the fact, to answer the question, it's not only a jerk action, it's unethical and can be viewed as theft. Sugar coating it by saying but this or but that does not change anything.