So I never received my iphone 5 on launch day (9.21). My UPS tracking status kept showing it was "out for delivery". The following Monday came and gone and I still have yet received my iphone from UPS. I called apple and asked them to investigate this and the next day, a replacement iphone 5 was shipped out to me. Apple have since opened up a case with UPS trying to locate my missing iphone delivery. A few days later, just out of curiousity, I checked the original tracking again and strangely, UPS have updated the status to "delivered" and signed by my last name followed by a "- CAR". I've never seen a delivered message like that before so I decided to call UPS and ask them why the item was shown as delivered and what did the "- CAR" meant? I've been also home everyday for the last couple of weeks so there was no way I could have missed the UPS delivery.
So UPS was not able to give me any straight answer other than to tell me it was signed by someone. I kept asking what the "- CAR" meant but they didn't know either. I also asked if someone did sign for this, I would like to see the proof of signature on their handheld device. Of course, UPS wasn't able to provide me with that information. So since I've already received my replacement iphone 5, i decided to not pursue this any further and let apple deal with UPS.
Fast forward to today (10/11/2012), some stranger called me up this afternoon asking for my zipcode so he can activate a brand new iphone 5 that he had a friend purchased from someone on craigslist. He told me he thought I was the seller of the phone. At first I was confuse about the whole situation but I suddenly realized that this was my stolen iphone that this guy had bought from someone! I told him that this was a stolen iphone and that it's probably useless to him. I tried to find out the number of the guy who sold it to him but he said it was through a friend and he wasn't able to get that information.
So I called apple and AT&T to inform them about the situation, but unfortunately, they are unable to block the IMEI on that stolen phone since it hasn't been activated yet. I am so angry at this whole situation with UPS. I am 100% positive that the UPS driver stole my iphone and sold it on craigslist. I tried using the find my phone feature on iphone but it can't locate that phone since it hasn't been activated yet.
I'm wondering what else I can do to mess with this guy or to prevent him from activating this stolen iphone.
So UPS was not able to give me any straight answer other than to tell me it was signed by someone. I kept asking what the "- CAR" meant but they didn't know either. I also asked if someone did sign for this, I would like to see the proof of signature on their handheld device. Of course, UPS wasn't able to provide me with that information. So since I've already received my replacement iphone 5, i decided to not pursue this any further and let apple deal with UPS.
Fast forward to today (10/11/2012), some stranger called me up this afternoon asking for my zipcode so he can activate a brand new iphone 5 that he had a friend purchased from someone on craigslist. He told me he thought I was the seller of the phone. At first I was confuse about the whole situation but I suddenly realized that this was my stolen iphone that this guy had bought from someone! I told him that this was a stolen iphone and that it's probably useless to him. I tried to find out the number of the guy who sold it to him but he said it was through a friend and he wasn't able to get that information.
So I called apple and AT&T to inform them about the situation, but unfortunately, they are unable to block the IMEI on that stolen phone since it hasn't been activated yet. I am so angry at this whole situation with UPS. I am 100% positive that the UPS driver stole my iphone and sold it on craigslist. I tried using the find my phone feature on iphone but it can't locate that phone since it hasn't been activated yet.
I'm wondering what else I can do to mess with this guy or to prevent him from activating this stolen iphone.