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Would you take too much change?

19 September 2011

You buy something in a shop for £17 and pay with a £20 note, but the shopkeeper gives you £13 change instead of £3. What would you do?

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You buy something in a shop for £17 and pay with a £20 note, but the shopkeeper gives you £13 change instead of £3.

What would you do?

Results

I'd always keep schtum 1,522 votes (24 %)
I'd always tell them and give the extra change back 2,452 votes (39 %)
I'd tell them if it was a small store, keep it if it was a chain 2,370 votes (37 %)

                   6,344 votes received.

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