Amazon mistakenly sends London man $5,600 worth of stuff, says 'keep it'

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Amazon.com Inc. mistakenly sent a London man $5,600 worth of merchandise, and told him to keep the stuff after he let the company know about the error.

The Daily Mail in London reported that 22-year-old Robert Quinn started getting 51 packages beginning last week, including a $1,390 TV set and a $528 Samsung tablet.

Quinn said he called Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) to report the packages, and was told by the company to keep them, "it's on us."

He said he believes a computer glitch sent the packages to his parents' home, and he said he'll keep some of the gifts, give others to charity and sell some back to Amazon.