I got a letter today where the stamp looks good as new. Would it be wrong to reuse it, or is it just good luck?
2007-01-26 21:50:15 · 11 answers · asked by crazydavythe1st 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Yes, it would be morally wrong. If the window clerk had given you a dollar extra in change my mistake and you noticed it, would it morally right to keep it? Does it matter if these mistakes come from an individual or a company? Only you can ascertain your moral standards.
From a practical perspective, how much is your time worth to try to remove the stamp and find some glue to stick it on? Tape is not allowed. If you don't do it precisely, you risk that it will be detected and the bill you send use it on will arrive postage due and cost you a late fee.
If you ever lose your wallet and it turns up in a mailbox, like many do, will the karma be with you?
2007-01-28 17:46:07 · answer #1 · answered by ditsyquoin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Save it for when you run out, that is what I do!
It's not disloyal. what is "disloyalty" is using email all the time and never writing letters anymore.
All of the letters that get mailed in the US everyday, USPS makes so much money, that is why the employees make good money and have great benefits from the very first day they work.
It all evens out in the long run anyway, because, you know how stamps I have bought and paid for and never got to use? My daughter has wasted many stamps thinking they were stickers, I have misplaced countless books over the years and have put way more postage that was needed many times in the past, just to avoid making a trip to the PO.
Besides, the PO hardly makes mistakes like that, it is quite amazing!
2007-01-26 22:02:13 · answer #2 · answered by Mt ~^^~~^^~ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd say its good luck, for its quite scarce to find a stamp like that.
I wouldn't think its morally wrong, for its like finding a quarter or dollar bill on the street.
2007-01-29 10:53:00 · answer #3 · answered by Nin10dude 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is morally wrong is the price you have to pay for a stamp. Go ahead and reuse it...I would.
2007-01-26 22:33:05 · answer #4 · answered by Saphira 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
One should reuse it. It is the punishment to postal Dept who has neglected their job of cancellation of postage stamp.
2007-01-26 22:09:14 · answer #5 · answered by drashoktarwani 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's unpatriotic. it's disloyal to your post office, who has brought you so much wonderful mail. through rain and stuff. it's probably illegal. should our morals include following law? (except when jaywalking to perform C.P.R) I personally wouldn't do it.
Here's what you do: take it off carefully, and get some tacky spray and put some stick on it. Then go to the post office with it, and see if you can pay them a reactivation fee so you can use it again. That way, we save the rainforest a little. Every little bit counts with things like that.
2007-01-26 22:00:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don`t use them. Gift them to a stamp collector.
2007-01-26 22:00:05 · answer #7 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having babies out of wedlock: appropriate Premarital intercourse: appropriate Adultery: No* ** Divorce: appropriate Pornography: appropriate Polygamy: appropriate gay relatives: appropriate Abortion: appropriate death penalty: No* playing: appropriate *that is unacceptable with the aid of fact that is unethical, no longer with the aid of fact that is "morally incorrect", meaning no longer something. **except of direction that is an open marriage.
2016-11-01 09:58:00 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no-if it did not get any ink on it use it-but becarefull to not tear it-use steam to lift the stamp off the letter...lol..
2007-01-26 21:54:54 · answer #9 · answered by zzevilonezz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's wrong but I'd do it anyway cause it's not illegal and nobody's really suffering because of it.
2007-01-26 21:59:16 · answer #10 · answered by politicsforthefuture 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋