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Story of the two thousand stolen Playdate handhelds

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173 points textadventure | 1 comments | 22 Nov 24 06:53 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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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agos ◴[22 Nov 24 10:24 UTC] No.42212618[source]▶
I wonder if this tunes changes once lawyers are involved
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1. 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.