Hey guys so we have a bit of an odd situation here and I would like some advice, so here it goes.
Almost 2 months ago now my son purchased a mac mini online through my work discount website. It came directly from Apple with all the bells and whistles he added. I work from home and he works nights so it was my responsibility to sign for it as he's asleep all day. So 2 days before his expected delivery date once he wakes up in the evening he asks me for his package, I say what package. UPS tracking says his mac mini was delivered today and signed for at 11:17 am but not by me, I was on a Teams work meeting at that time. He calls Apple, they open an investigation, 2 days later they said it was delivered to the wrong address they will send him a replacement and refund him his money back. I move my work desk to face the front window and look out for UPS trucks and run outside everytime I see one. Finally it comes in but even then the UPS driver never has me sign for it. It's been 3 weeks now since he got his replacement but still no Refund back to his account.
Now here's the kicker, we just had an atmospheric river with extremely high winds come through northern California which caused a mess. Yesterday as I was clearing the gutters, downed branches and debris around the house and guess what I find in the backyard. The first mac mini in its original package unopened however the shipping box had been clearly opened. We think whomever received it may have thought oh it's an Apple product it can be tracked, maybe UPS went looking for it back and they panicked or who knows what they thought to decide to open the shipping box but not the mac mini box and then toss it in our backyard. We don't really use our backyard as it's really small and narrow and basically just runs down the side of our garage.
I gave it to my son last night before he took off to work, told him where I found it and he tells me. I already got mine, I know you wanted one, it's your birthday in a few days, if it still works you can have it since I still have not gotten my refund from them. So I said thanks son, this sure beats a funny birthday card that they don't write anything inside of anyways.
Now here's my question, if it did make it trough the storm and powers on can I even still really use it? Will it be operable? Will I be able to sign in to iTunes on it? Will all the software bells and whistles he purchased for it work for me? Or can Apple have made it into a brick and reported it stolen so it's not operable at all like they do to stolen devices?
Almost 2 months ago now my son purchased a mac mini online through my work discount website. It came directly from Apple with all the bells and whistles he added. I work from home and he works nights so it was my responsibility to sign for it as he's asleep all day. So 2 days before his expected delivery date once he wakes up in the evening he asks me for his package, I say what package. UPS tracking says his mac mini was delivered today and signed for at 11:17 am but not by me, I was on a Teams work meeting at that time. He calls Apple, they open an investigation, 2 days later they said it was delivered to the wrong address they will send him a replacement and refund him his money back. I move my work desk to face the front window and look out for UPS trucks and run outside everytime I see one. Finally it comes in but even then the UPS driver never has me sign for it. It's been 3 weeks now since he got his replacement but still no Refund back to his account.
Now here's the kicker, we just had an atmospheric river with extremely high winds come through northern California which caused a mess. Yesterday as I was clearing the gutters, downed branches and debris around the house and guess what I find in the backyard. The first mac mini in its original package unopened however the shipping box had been clearly opened. We think whomever received it may have thought oh it's an Apple product it can be tracked, maybe UPS went looking for it back and they panicked or who knows what they thought to decide to open the shipping box but not the mac mini box and then toss it in our backyard. We don't really use our backyard as it's really small and narrow and basically just runs down the side of our garage.
I gave it to my son last night before he took off to work, told him where I found it and he tells me. I already got mine, I know you wanted one, it's your birthday in a few days, if it still works you can have it since I still have not gotten my refund from them. So I said thanks son, this sure beats a funny birthday card that they don't write anything inside of anyways.
Now here's my question, if it did make it trough the storm and powers on can I even still really use it? Will it be operable? Will I be able to sign in to iTunes on it? Will all the software bells and whistles he purchased for it work for me? Or can Apple have made it into a brick and reported it stolen so it's not operable at all like they do to stolen devices?
