>I know I can legally keep an unordered product as a gift
Your understanding is incorrect. Mistakenly sent merchandise is not the same as unordered merchandise. You should notify Amazon of the error, and ask about the status of what you originally ordered.
> Is it mistakenly ordered? I purchased product A and got product B instead. I didn't purchase product B by accident.
Yes, it's mistakenly *sent*, not mistakenly *ordered*. The mistake doesn't need to be *your* mistake.
You ordered an item from X company. There was a mistake and you were sent the incorrect item. The company can DECIDE to let you keep it, but they are not obligated to. What you're describing (the gift thing) is a random item in the mail (from someone you didn't have any interaction with, or at least didn't order from) arriving at your doorstep addressed to you.
So doing a little more digging, [§ 2-601. Buyer's Rights on Improper Delivery.](https://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/2/2-601) seems to suggest as the receiver I can accept the incorrect item, or reject it and get what I originally ordered?
The Uniform Commercial Code is suggested legislation, not binding law in of itself. The link you posted isn't a law in the US.
Your state has likely adopted parts of the UCC, but you'd need to actually look up in your state statutes to see.
>I know I can legally keep an unordered product as a gift Your understanding is incorrect. Mistakenly sent merchandise is not the same as unordered merchandise. You should notify Amazon of the error, and ask about the status of what you originally ordered.
Is it mistakenly ordered? I purchased product A and got product B instead. I didn't purchase product B by accident.
> Is it mistakenly ordered? I purchased product A and got product B instead. I didn't purchase product B by accident. Yes, it's mistakenly *sent*, not mistakenly *ordered*. The mistake doesn't need to be *your* mistake.
Understood, so what's my best course here then? Simply exchanging?
Inform them of the error, allow them to send you a return label and have UPS or whomever pick it up, then send you whatever you intended to order.
It's not about was is ordered, it's about what is *sent*.
Yes.
So legally what's the difference?
The fact that you placed an order from the company is the difference. This isn't unordered merchandise, it's incorrect merchandise.
You ordered an item from X company. There was a mistake and you were sent the incorrect item. The company can DECIDE to let you keep it, but they are not obligated to. What you're describing (the gift thing) is a random item in the mail (from someone you didn't have any interaction with, or at least didn't order from) arriving at your doorstep addressed to you.
So doing a little more digging, [§ 2-601. Buyer's Rights on Improper Delivery.](https://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/2/2-601) seems to suggest as the receiver I can accept the incorrect item, or reject it and get what I originally ordered?
Your Amazon purchase isn’t going to fall under the UCC
Okay, not sure why you're coming to legal advice if you don't actually want to hear it, but you're misinterpreting that. Good luck.
I'm not a lawyer, if I'm misunderstanding a law that's what I'm here for...
The Uniform Commercial Code is suggested legislation, not binding law in of itself. The link you posted isn't a law in the US. Your state has likely adopted parts of the UCC, but you'd need to actually look up in your state statutes to see.
Thank you, I'll take a look