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Story of the two thousand stolen Playdate handhelds

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173 points textadventure | 2 comments | 22 Nov 24 06:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.457s | source
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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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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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1. 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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2. 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.