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Story of the two thousand stolen Playdate handhelds

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173 points textadventure | 4 comments | 22 Nov 24 06:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.198s | 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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1. raybb ◴[22 Nov 24 10:16 UTC] No.42212582[source]▶
Would playdate be able to sue FedEx or take them to small claims court or do you sign something when you use FedEx that says you can't sue them for XYZ?
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2. sweetjuly ◴[22 Nov 24 10:38 UTC] No.42212668[source]▶
$400k is quite a bit more than they typically let you pursue in small claims court :)
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3. pbhjpbhj ◴[22 Nov 24 11:37 UTC] No.42212981[source]▶
'you cannot sue us for not doing the only thing you are paying us for (delivering your goods)' sounds like an inconscionable clause. Surely any worthwhile legal system would make such clauses illegal. Otherwise many scams (fake invoicing, for example) would be essentially legal as long the perp buried a clause in a contract.
4. johnnyanmac ◴[22 Nov 24 11:55 UTC] No.42213079[source]▶
In this economy? Don't worry just give it 20 years ;)