Heaven McGeehan awoke one morning to find an unexpected package from China delivered to her Pennsylvania home. It was a small epacket -- a special subsidized shipping option that the USPS offers ...

Believe it or not, you have a legal right to keep unordered merchandise. “By law, companies can’t send unordered merchandise to you, then demand payment,” the Federal Trade Commission (FTC ...

Unordered empty package from Kyrgyzstan. Lisa Klebba This has become a regular occurrence since I published that article nearly two years ago. People all over the United States are still receiving ...

That's because companies are prohibited from mailing unordered merchandise to customers. You have the legal right to keep it as a free gift, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

If you receive a packet of seeds in the mail that you didn't order from overseas, don't throw them out or plant them, according to the state Department of Agriculture. It's likely part of a scam ...

According to Section 3009 in the U.S. code, unordered items “may be treated as a gift by the recipient, who shall have the right to retain, use, discard, or dispose of it in any manner he sees ...