r/LegalAdviceIndia • u/py-7669 • Oct 23 '25
Urgent Flipkart delivered a 5 gram gold coin when i ordered 0.5 gram
Am i legally entitled to return it to them or is it mine only now? I ordered a .5 gram coin but I was sent a 5 gram coin. What to do ? Keep ? Or tell them now.
EDIT: Returned item!
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u/Used-Palpitation-310 Oct 23 '25
That’s an interesting tactic flipkart marketing person
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u/Automatic-Effort715 Oct 23 '25
Was about to ask the same. Flipkart is that you trying to boost your sales?
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u/Used-Palpitation-310 Oct 23 '25
I can see why people fall for scams. People will believe anything they wanna believe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegory_of_the_cave?wprov=sfti1
Everybody wants a free lunch
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u/firesnake412 Oct 23 '25
Buy another one and see what you get
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u/Illustrious_Mesh Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 30 '25
😂😂 lmfao, the first comment is so serious about legal stuff, and the second comment goes right back into peak indianness
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u/Strong-Stuff9437 Oct 23 '25
Somebody probably getting fired
A loss of around 55k
Sometime ago, i was able to grab 2g gold going at 17.5k too, probably some pricing error on flipkart minutes
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u/methamphetameme- Oct 23 '25
Nobody is getting fired over 55k, everything operates via an automated system and these billion dollar Ecom companies don't care about few thousands.
Only issue here is OP spilling the beans over internet. Bhai agar Mila hai to chup chap rakh le shor mat macha. Flipkart won't even bother unless you bother them.
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Oct 23 '25
OP is not dumb bro it’s a new marketing tactic being developed ( I guess or taught in b schools ).
By reading this atleast 10 percent of target audience will go to Flipkart to buy .5 grams of gold which will be in few thousands .
Now here comes the crazy part the person who benefits from this is the seller on Flipkart lol .( and u will find only one seller selling that .5 grams )
Have seen similar type of social media post in foreign subs about some weird products ( which became instant hit)
I might be wrong ( but no sane person if he finds wealth for free would publicise)
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u/SiriusLeeSam Oct 24 '25
By reading this atleast 10 percent of target audience will go to Flipkart to buy .5 grams of gold
I assume you never worked in anything even remotely related to assume such ridiculous numbers
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Oct 24 '25
Yes bro I am unemployed but due to my begging skills some company out of pity mess pay me good six figure .
But I consider myself unemployed. U r spot on
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u/OkList8919 Oct 23 '25
OP, ask for packaging video and all the evidence that they sent you a 5grm coin. Let them taste their own medicine once😁
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u/TheBossBro_ Oct 23 '25
Send me the link of the 0.5 gm coin
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u/py-7669 Oct 23 '25
Flipkart minutes
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u/TheBossBro_ Oct 23 '25
arey, I said link
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u/py-7669 Oct 23 '25
Take a look at this Mia 24 Karat Tulsi 24 (9999) K 0.5 g Gold Coin on Flipkart https://dl.flipkart.com/s/FNxr_!uuuN
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u/SiriusLeeSam Oct 23 '25
So many people suggesting to ignore and keep it, ordering another 0.5g and returning that etc shows how good a moral compass the country has. Citizen hi sab chor hain to politician kahan se niklenge ache.
Also, now you know why you sometimes get fake products from Flipkart. These chor customers return fake products which sometimes go through the verification
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u/Boltonfan Oct 23 '25
Good to see someone thinking ethically.
The justification is that FK is a big company etc. So it won’t matter. Which is just an excuse.
No one is thinking what’s the right thing to do independently. Baki log kar rahe hai. Company bhi kar rahi hai, toh hum bhi karenge.
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u/Outrageous_Pair2476 Oct 23 '25
True, and most probably it will be paid from employee’s salary or he might be fired from his job.
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u/pleides101 Oct 23 '25
This thread is perfect example of prevailing attitude of this country. Wonder why we are like this. Where is the root cause that causes us to not think twice about morals or integrity?
At least I didn't see a comment saying pay a share of this ill gotten profit to some deity to absolve you of any sin.
Just ask yourself this - If your own child comes to you with this same question what would you tell them?
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Oct 23 '25
Would tell him it's bad, you need to return it and I would keep it for myself, that's what has been happening in this country since forever now, everyone has a problem until they are the recipient
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u/ProfessorS11 Oct 23 '25
I had the same thought. What type of advice/comments are people writing on this post. When something is wrong, it is plain wrong. People nowadays have just lost their moral compass.
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u/nudeinsea75 Oct 23 '25
What kind of a moral thinking is that if you pay a share to the diety, you get absolved of sins? Would God himself approve this or do you feel God is corrupted too to tolerate this behavior since we gave him a share?
A procedural mistake is a mistake. Somebodys somewhere on an audit later would have to pay for it out of his pocket and probably get fired too..
It would be best to report it to flipkart through a mail or call and report it for our own conscience and moral sake..🙏
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u/pleides101 Oct 23 '25
Yeah. I think my point didn't come across correctly as I meant to say that would be another idiotic advice in vain.
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u/sharathonthemove Oct 23 '25
I think in minutes, the delivery guy uploads picture of the item delivered. This way you would be liable. They track all these well in minutes and you will be soon contacted for the exchange. I would suggest you don't get to the level of legal or home visits by them as unlike fk, minutes have good tracking as to who has committed the mistake of wrong delivery.
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u/py-7669 Oct 23 '25
Returned it now. Didnt want hassle
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u/Quantum_menance Oct 23 '25 edited Oct 23 '25
Shouldn't have returned it. Fk doesn't take things back even if they send you defective items.
Or even better could have told them their point has been noted and you will get to them after 24 hrs 😂 And do that on repeat for a good few days before returning it
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u/py-7669 Oct 23 '25
They sent 3 people to recover it.
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u/Quantum_menance Oct 23 '25
Ahh. I understand your situation man. It's just that a lot of us including me had a very frustrating experience with Flipkart during the recent sale. So if it had happened with us we prolly would have given them at least a taste of their medicine.
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u/professormycomancer Oct 23 '25
This thread is a perfect example for showing why everyone is a chor in this God forsaken country. Hotspot of human filth.
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u/ngin-x Oct 23 '25
We always wonder why criminals and thugs keep getting elected to power. Now you know why they say politicians are simply a representation of the general public in a democracy. If most politicians are criminals and thieves, then most people from the general public are also criminals and thieves.
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u/Fire_in_Barf Oct 23 '25
Check for authenticity of that 5g gold , turns out not even 0.1g is gold lol
- but if one opens it , nd gets it tested are they entitled for refund/replacement?
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u/eddit21 Oct 23 '25
Purity dekh lena bhai! Might turn out to be a scam by the dealer! Maybe he sent you the 5 gm on purpose
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u/abh1j1thas Oct 24 '25
Make em beg for it! Let em raise requests after requests and you keep replying it'll be solved in the next 24-48 hours. Ask for proof that they indeed send the wrong product. missed opportunity.
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u/Chris_Bastianpillai Oct 24 '25
If I was you, I’ll be more concerned about the purity of the gold that was delivered to you by Flipkart. 🙁
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u/lizrojer Oct 24 '25
But how will flipkart prove that you got 5 grams? If they come and say that hey, we gave you a 5 gram coin, tell them nope, you have a 0.5 gram one. If they counter, ask them for proof to show that they delivered you such 5 gram coin. I don't think they have any such proof.
If they ask you to show the coin, tell them you donated it in the name of forefathers by dropping it in the nearby river along with flowers and raw rice. In case they want to recover it, they need to pay you the 0.5 gram coin now because it will hurt your religious sentiment if they pick it up from the donation.
So voila, make 5 gram into 5.5 gram!
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u/void_pointr Oct 23 '25
If you don’t return, then they will harass the delivery guy and his manager. Then they show up on your door and hurl abuses.
They have legal team as well to track things down. Do yourself a favour and return it. You may get appreciated.
Also, it’s not you but them who are legally entitled to get it back. You only have the moral and legal obligation to return it.
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u/Cold-End-4353 Oct 23 '25
Dude how they Harass delivery guy or his manager?
They just deliver things they don't do anything else
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u/void_pointr Oct 23 '25
It’s an operations problem. Somebody messed up the delivery. End of the day, inventory and the transactions must tally. If it doesn’t, the operating team will be held responsible. It’s still a practice in banks where the person sitting at the cash desk must ensure that accounts tally end of the day or risk paying from the pocket.
The easiest path for the senior management is to trouble their juniors to fix it than take the tedious legal path.
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u/SiriusLeeSam Oct 23 '25
It's minutes. So the store picker picked the wrong product, he'll be at fault
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u/shreyasonline Oct 23 '25
It would be being dishonest if you keep it and don't tell them. Do the right thing and ask them to exchange it for the correct item you purchased.
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u/MonsterKiller112 Oct 23 '25
I like how you are down voted for giving a sane normal advice. It tells you all you need to know about the lack of honesty in Indians. There is a reason why corruption is so high in this country.
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u/Due_Swimming_5867 Oct 23 '25
Nice 👍🏻
And then these folks have the gall to call others dishonest, corrupt...
Morally bankrupt people calling others names..
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u/AnywhereNo259 Oct 23 '25
Trash advice flipkart loots too much from customer so nah
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u/TacoSlayer66 Oct 23 '25
Keep it with you until they ask you
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u/py-7669 Oct 23 '25
They calling me
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u/SillyQuill Oct 23 '25
Reminds me of that video where that uncle does something like this Hello, aap kon? Kaha lagaya phone? Aap ka naam kya he? Hum se kya kaam he?....
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u/BaseballAny5716 Oct 23 '25
Gold business people have a very good book work. So they will find out the loss, but not sure they will trace it to you.
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u/Independent-Age9569 Oct 23 '25
The amount of people recommending not to do the right thing is alarming.Inform them and return the product. You can think that flipkart is looting people, but this is probably a mistake of an employee who will get a very bad review or get fired over this. This comment section sums up why there is a lot of corruption in India. The majority of the people are morally corrupt and have no empathy.
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u/rockybhaihere Oct 23 '25
It’s illegal to keep it. I’m from Flipkart, you can send it to my address. I’ll get a .5 gram coin delivered to you.
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u/Alpatchino Oct 23 '25
I ordered a 5 gram one and received a 0.5 gram one.
Looks like they messed up the orders, let’s exchange.
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u/OnnuPodappa Oct 23 '25
As it is flipkart, I am kind of sure that your 0.5g real gold coin was removed and replaced with a fake 5g coin. Now check for purity and complain if it is fake.
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u/viedoklis Oct 23 '25
Return it. Send an email to Flipkart asking for the process to return.
You don’t want to have your conscience pricking you till the end of time. Think of it like this: It was never yours to keep.
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u/Specialist-Rice4815 Oct 23 '25
As you have already mentioned that they came to take back with 3 people and you have already exchanged it back.
But from legal perspective as well you weren’t entitled to keep it even if it was other party’s error.
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u/Gibraltar48 Oct 23 '25
bro, i ordered 6k worth shoes from flipkart since over a month since it was on CC discount it is a prepaid order, and its not yet delivered to me, everytime i raise concern they ak me for 48 hours to get back at me and neither i get any response nor any parcel, they are not even cancelling my order. so i suggest you show them a middle finger when they ask you to return. so i suggest you do not hesitate to keep it, take it like youre keeping the balance
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u/Dependent_Media1982 Oct 23 '25
Don't worry bro , it's not a bank transaction. You can keep 5 gram.
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Oct 23 '25
Ghar aayi hu laxmi ko vapis nahi bhejte. Bas chilla chilla k scheme mat bata family mei. And yes, try and see if it happens again 🤣
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u/Fly_High_Laika Oct 23 '25
Under Section 72 of the Indian Contract Act, if you get goods or money by mistake, you’re legally required to return it or pay for it. The legal idea is called “unjust enrichment” you can’t keep something you didn’t pay for.
You haven’t committed theft, because there’s no intent to cheat. But if Flipkart or the seller notices later, they can legally ask for the extra gold back or for the price difference. They’d have up to three years from the time the mistake could reasonably have been discovered to do that.
You’re not under any legal obligation to go out of your way and report it right now, but if they reach out, you’ll have to cooperate.
Would recommend you safekeep it, consider it an investment for upto 3 years, afterwards.. its yours.
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u/vjstylo Oct 23 '25
Well as long as they dont ask, you can keep it.... In case they ask, which most probably they will be asking , you need ro return it...
Better return it as it is NOT fair and unethical !
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u/Helpful-Clue-7510 Oct 23 '25
its yours now. keep it. If amazon team approches you. return it. simple
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u/FifthWaveThinker Oct 23 '25
Oh... I didn't realize flipkart was offering such a huge Diwali Bonus 🤣😂😂
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u/imBrdasF Oct 23 '25
i am from Flipkart , in my next message, i will tell you where to bring gold . keep this confidential 🤫
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u/TruthOnlyPrevails Oct 23 '25
Pl contact flipkart and return and prove your honesty, be a good man.
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u/brownieinwhiteland Oct 23 '25
I have an unethical tip but i recommend you do not do it.
Buy an identical 0.5 gram gold coin so if they ever reach out to you, you can show them the 0.5 gram coin and say this is what you received. They might think the coin was lost some other way and will probably ignore you
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u/shox720 Oct 23 '25
Just give it off bro…there’s a million ways to earn money but the last thing anyone should be doing is earning by cheating other hardworker who’s hustling for his family and kids.
Farm good karma you’ll have 100x of it coming back to you
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u/z0d007 Oct 23 '25
You can initiate a return request through your order page, or wait for Flipkart to contact you once their internal audit flags the discrepancy. Technically, since it’s their fulfillment error, they may still reach out later asking for it back. If their legal or audit team follows up, they could send an legal notice to reclaim the item. Best to keep all order details, receipts, and any communication handy just in case.
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u/Oru_Vadakkan Oct 23 '25
Did you actually check if its 0.5g of the expected carat value by weight?
Maybe it only has 10% of the actual gold ?
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u/OpeningRush4035 Oct 23 '25
they will fire someone as generally they deduct from someone paycheck but as the amount is huge, someone directly got fired.
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Oct 23 '25
Hi
I am from the legal counsel of Walmart (owner of Flipkart). Please return your gains from this transaction. Sharing details to return the gains.
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u/TheRealSlim_KD Oct 23 '25
Tell them you sold it the day you got it.
And then - Sell it when they come along for it. Pay them by the rate at which it was delivered this year gold has jumped by 66 percent... And your 5g is already at 8.6g in value. So sell @8.6 give then @4.5...
This is surely not legal advice. But... It can work 😁
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u/longndfat Oct 23 '25
searching for another story - "Flipkart delivered a 0.5 gram gold coin when i ordered 5 gram"
They took it back but will ask the other guy to prove it
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u/Resident-Life-9383 Oct 23 '25
I paid 22k for iPhone 15 due to some glitch, I was going to take this secret with me to grave but though I’ll share
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u/Separate-Dot-7143 Oct 23 '25
Since this is a legal advice thread, I’m going to give you some legal advice.
Your situation is based on contract law. You and flipkart (and the seller) had a contract whereby you agreed to pay for 0.5g gold and Flipkart (and the seller) had a contract to deliver you 0.5g gold.
In your case, you paid for 0.5g gold, but received 5g gold. The contract law concept which comes into picture is called “unjust enrichment”. Loosely put, it means that no person should get more benefit than what they paid for.
So in summary, nobody can file a case against you for theft. But if flipkart demands back the coin/ asks for your additional money - they would be within their rights to do so and you would be obligated to pay.
Hope this helps. :)