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FedEx lost my vintage games
- Thread starter Cheesemeister
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Dr. Zoidberg
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I love my NES collection and would never sell it off but if something like this happened or I was robbed, I probably wouldn't replace them. It would take too long and be a PITA. The only reason I ended up with such a large collection in the first place was that I just picked them up here and there at flea markets and such over time.
Digital-Hero
Member
later said:
Way to contribute.
For anyone who knows the value of Atari 5200 games, this is the only trace I have found of a post I remembered from USENET back in the 1990s (just looked, 1996). Keita, one of the guys behind Atari HQ (atarihq.com, not sure it's still there) and the Jaguar Interactive message board had moved and the movers apparently took a box which had some of his rarer games.
The Last Starfighter, as you may know, was an unreleased prototype. I think Keita lost more than that, but I can't find the full post. Seems like he had something like an NTSC Motorodeo (Atari 2600) in there. (That's really crazy rare crap, fwiw.)
permutated
Banned
I used to work for Fedex, and let me tell you: you screwed yourself by not insuring your package.
Sorry, it's kind of your fault.
Sure things happen and that sucks, and it really sucks you lost your games (I feel for you), but damn dude: why didn't you insure it?!?!?!?!?!
Sorry, it's kind of your fault.
Sure things happen and that sucks, and it really sucks you lost your games (I feel for you), but damn dude: why didn't you insure it?!?!?!?!?!
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Himuro said:
Since he didn't declare value over a $100, he can't do anything.
Really, really lame.
phez said:
I'm wondering that too...
Did you pack it yourself OP? Because at over $500 they have to check your package and sometimes you have to pay them to re-pack it with their materials, kind of stupid.
Also, depending on what it is, there are caps to declared value so he may not have actually been able to go that high, plus if he was moving across countries, the customs values would have been astronomically high.
Though I'm still very concerned that you would trust customs with an undeclared value package with such rare and wonderful items inside.
Hope it all works out for you
I just jumped in here so it may have been said....
Did you cash the check? If you did....you're fucked.
If you didn't, well, you could take them to small claims court. Not sure about Fed ex, but Kinko's possibly. Tell it to the judge. Hopefully you have an inventory of what was in the boxes and bring numerous receipts from different shops to replace those items.
Not the same, but, I broke up with a girl and she grabbed a whole bunch of my shit when she moved out of my house. I took her to small claims and had nothing but receipts. I was awarded about 3 grand for my missing shit.
Give it a shot....IF YOU DIDN'T CASH THE CHECK.
Did you cash the check? If you did....you're fucked.
If you didn't, well, you could take them to small claims court. Not sure about Fed ex, but Kinko's possibly. Tell it to the judge. Hopefully you have an inventory of what was in the boxes and bring numerous receipts from different shops to replace those items.
Not the same, but, I broke up with a girl and she grabbed a whole bunch of my shit when she moved out of my house. I took her to small claims and had nothing but receipts. I was awarded about 3 grand for my missing shit.
Give it a shot....IF YOU DIDN'T CASH THE CHECK.
Cheesemeister
Member
dogbowl said:
Madsucktion said:
These guys are awesome for helping a guy out. FaithInHumanity++;
Just to clarify, I didn't ship stuff to Japan, just across country to my dad's house. Moving things over here will require filling luggage on several trips. If, for example, I have to go back to wait on visa paperwork, I'll bring my desktop and PS3 back with me then. I'll probably have my family bring stuff when they come to visit next summer.
akachan ningen
Member
if it had been UPS, they may have delivered it, but with half the games missing and the box smashed and peed on.
Red Scarlet
Member
Oh man, that would, aww .
Oh, you already moved and are in Japan. I doubt you'd want anything shipped to you right now.
.Oh, you already moved and are in Japan. I doubt you'd want anything shipped to you right now.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Cheesemeister said:
Uh, are you retarded? Seriously, shit like what happened to you is WHY THEY OFFER INSURANCE.
Darwin Award candidate?
later said:
Harsh, but true. It's your own fault and FedEx owes you zip, zero nada.
Next time insure your shit for what it is worth. I'm sure the extra $2.50 it would have cost to do so is far less than what it is going to cost you to replace all that stuff.
It sucks that your shit vanished, but it's on you for not insuring it for what it was really worth. I hope you learn from this.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
kazuo said:
Unless he needs his vintage games to breathe or breed, no? Duh?
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fanboi said:
Compared to losing over a grand?
Actually to be honest international insurance, or "declared value" (Fucking FEDEX terms are so lame), anyhow, international "value" can jump a 2 pound package from 100$ to $600, I've seen it happen far too often.
It's no surprise that people don't insure, it's just their own fault if something happens.
To be honest, if that was my shit, considering how many rare games OP had (FF3, Super Metroid, etc), I would have taken that as a carry on.
Robert-GCA
Member
Just to be clear, FedEx does NOT offer insurance. Insurance you have to get from an outside company. There is a big difference between insurance and declared value.kazuo said:
Also, you can try to sue FedEx, but it won't get you anywhere. And FedEx Office (used to be called Kinkos) is named that way because it is owned by FedEx. You want to sue one division, you get the whole company.
Robert-GCA
Member
It doesn't even have anything to do with customs and international shipping. Even if you are shipping something domestically it is there in case something like this happens. If you are shipping one package for $300, you will pay a few dollars more (since up to $100 in declard value is free), but you will get the full retail value back.fanboi said:
Unfortunately even if you put a value of say $3000 on a package because of being a collectible or something similar, but the retail value is only $1000, you would only get back the $1k provided you could show proof of paying that much. This is where insurance from an outside company comes in.
Robert-GCA
Member
Ya. At my FedEx Office location, we get a bunch of manufacturers/resellers that ship stuff from electronic parts, scales, boots, and fake movie blood. For them, the declared value would be what their resell cost is. And of course there are plenty of people who ship gifts as such as well, and those are pretty easy to put a declared value on.
There were a bunch of people who were shipping out Wii's that they had sold on ebay back when it came out. I saw many times that the seller would put a value of like $500 because that is what the buyer paid for it. Unfortunately for them, if something happened during shipping, they would only get their $250 back.
There were a bunch of people who were shipping out Wii's that they had sold on ebay back when it came out. I saw many times that the seller would put a value of like $500 because that is what the buyer paid for it. Unfortunately for them, if something happened during shipping, they would only get their $250 back.
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fanboi said:
I had different experiences shipping international when working under Fedex, are you sure you're not talking about domestic?
Iced_Eagle
Member
I guess that's why you tell FedEx the real value of things, even if you do have to pay more.
When I moved from Wisconsin to Seattle, sure I paid a bit extra, but at least I knew all of my 360 games and collection of DVD's would be covered if they became lost.
But still, man that's a huge loss... :-(
When I moved from Wisconsin to Seattle, sure I paid a bit extra, but at least I knew all of my 360 games and collection of DVD's would be covered if they became lost.
But still, man that's a huge loss... :-(
Teknopathetic
Member
Sucks.
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Aselith said:
Not sure how I derived that from his OP, kinda sounded like he was moving his shit internationally to Japan, not just "around".
Regardless, this just confirms that the OP could have spent an extra 30$ to insure it, but now...oh well.
Sucks.
JetSetRadio
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I bet you'll declare real value next time.
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kitch9 said:
I was expecting "Junior Member" status :lol