Sorry for the throw away.  So I was in this PhD program for a couple of year and the university paid for a desktop computer that I purchased. They told me back then that, when I leave, they will keep the computer, which is perfectly fine by me. 

Anyway, I decided to withdraw a few weeks ago, and submitted my forms, and everything went through just fine. But, this morning I received this email from our secretary about the computer, basically saying that I can either bring it back, or email someone at computing to buy it for a fair market price. 

**The think is the email is just a little strange. First, it is not sent to my email address but BCCed to me! The sender and receiver of the email are the secretary, and the university's IT guy is also CCed. Also, the email does not address my name personally at all, and the opening is a generic "Good morning,". Also, it does not directly say that I did not return the computer, but that "we were unsure if you returned the computer that they purchased for you". This has made me a little curious, is there any [legal] reason for this, or are they just being nice? If they are being nice, why wouldn't they put my email in the TO field, where it is supposed to be. Why BCC? Strange!
user
University paid for computer. They want it back now, but the email looks really strange. Any legal
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Sorry for the throw away.  So I was in this PhD program for a couple of year and the university paid for a desktop computer that I purchased. They told me back then that, when I leave, they will keep the computer, which is perfectly fine by me. 

Anyway, I decided to withdraw a few weeks ago, and submitted my forms, and everything went through just fine. But, this morning I received this email from our secretary about the computer, basically saying that I can either bring it back, or email someone at computing to buy it for a fair market price. 

**The think is the email is just a little strange. First, it is not sent to my email address but BCCed to me! The sender and receiver of the email are the secretary, and the university's IT guy is also CCed. Also, the email does not address my name personally at all, and the opening is a generic "Good morning,". Also, it does not directly say that I did not return the computer, but that "we were unsure if you returned the computer that they purchased for you". This has made me a little curious, is there any [legal] reason for this, or are they just being nice? If they are being nice, why wouldn't they put my email in the TO field, where it is supposed to be. Why BCC? Strange!
user
University bought me computer. When I withdraw, they want it back, but instead of saying directly they
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