What is a business’s reponsibility if a customer ordered the wrong item and then opened it?
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What is a business’s reponsibility if a customer ordered the wrong item and then opened it?
I worked as online business owner. There’s a customer placed wrong order. She gave us the wrong product code so we send the wrong product for her. She removed the product seal but ask for compensate. How should I deal with this? We have proof of everything but she is finding a lawyer and insists on sueing us.
Asked on October 6, 2012 under Business Law, New York
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
The customer is liable for the order she placced: if she indicated the "wrong" product code it was NOT wrong: rather you performed your obligations and sent her exactly what she ordered. (It's the customer's responsibility to check her order before submitting it.) Legally, she should pay for what she ordered and you would not owe her compensation. Practically, if she's determined to fight, it is likely cheaper to send her the correct product while either letting her keep the wrong one or else having it call-tagged and returned (and you'd be entitled to charge her in that case); it's also better customer relations. (In the past, I owed a small publishing business, and that is what I did in similar cases.)
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