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    Story of the two thousand stolen Playdate handhelds

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    173 points textadventure | 11 comments | 22 Nov 24 06:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.76s | source | bottom
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    gambiting ◴[22 Nov 24 09:25 UTC] No.42212376[source]▶
    The thing that surprised me the most about it is that FedEx didn't just pay them the 400k for lost shipment. They had all the proof that it was lost, all that Fedex had was a signature of someone who doesn't even work at their fulfilment centre. Even after their "higher ups" got involved all that FedEx could do was "huh, sucks to be you I guess?" Does freight shipment not have insurance? What's going on here?
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    1. InsideOutSanta ◴[22 Nov 24 09:35 UTC] No.42212421[source]▶
    This reminds me of the recent story where an Uber courier stole two MacBooks, there was no signature, CCTV showing no delivery, and Apple was just like "our carrier has completed the requested investigation, and no further action will be taken by Apple."
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    2. Maxious ◴[22 Nov 24 09:44 UTC] No.42212464[source]▶
    Back in the old days Apple Security was ruthless about tracking down lost hardware https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/sep/01/apple-sta...

    These days you have to beg them to take their proprietary prototype hardware back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgeEHdAmJDg

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    3. agos ◴[22 Nov 24 10:24 UTC] No.42212618[source]▶
    I wonder if this tunes changes once lawyers are involved
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    4. yard2010 ◴[22 Nov 24 10:25 UTC] No.42212621[source]▶
    When you're the one making the rules, enforcing them and judging who breaks them, you can basically do whatever you want as long as you pay taxes :)
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    5. suprfsat ◴[22 Nov 24 10:33 UTC] No.42212647[source]▶
    And the jury's still out on that last bit.
    6. madeofpalk ◴[22 Nov 24 10:46 UTC] No.42212722[source]▶
    I mean, I'm sure Apple's still the same for their own stuff.

    But retail is a whole different beast.

    7. kawsper ◴[22 Nov 24 10:58 UTC] No.42212786[source]▶
    Wouldn't the right course of action in that case be to issue a chargeback and let Apple and Uber fight it out?
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    8. actionfromafar ◴[22 Nov 24 11:07 UTC] No.42212824[source]▶
    As long as you properly plan your taxes to 0.
    9. actionfromafar ◴[22 Nov 24 11:09 UTC] No.42212835[source]▶
    Yes, but it can be quite burdensome if your Apple account has any value to you. (Say, if you are an app developer for instance, or aren't quite sure which services you have registered with an apple email address, etc.)
    10. matwood ◴[22 Nov 24 11:46 UTC] No.42213036[source]▶
    I followed that story and something seemed off. Not that the person was lying, but something felt left out.

    Apple and Uber know driver who the order was given to and the police are involved but they also haven’t been able to do anything? Just seems odd.

    I’ve had trade ins go missing and after a short investigation Apple has always credited me.

    11. johnnyanmac ◴[22 Nov 24 11:54 UTC] No.42213074[source]▶
    given that those mac's would have been 4-5k? I sure as heck would have at least consulted a lawyer. I don't want to just lazily have my package stolen in real time.

    if no one else is seeking justice, I will at least poke the blind woman a bit.