Maybe it's time for the OP to take a Xanax or seek professional help... It is a misdelivered package. UPS called. End of story. They can pick it up. You can stop at a store. They can come to your job to get it... Too much sensationalizing here... Move on with life...
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UPS Delivered My iPhone's plus a Strangers Phone!!
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No, it is not 'their' job. As part of the community care taking function the police will take the found property and type a report and enter it into the property room.
Then it will become fun for the real owner to prove the phone is theirs. Hopefully they have a receipt with the serial number on it.
I have had this happen before, and of course I was working when UPS tried to pick it up. I just left the box at the door and they picked it up. Is someone going to steal it? There is always that remote possibility. It's up to UPS and their insurance company to deal with returning the funds to Apple.
We decided to do this as we both had to leave early this morning. UPS never called so we put a post it note on the box for "UPS" put it in the corner by the door. My husband emailed me from work that the tracking hasn't changed whatsoever and shouldn't the UPS guy picked up by now? We are not home so we can't physically check. He called I 800 pick-ups on his break tracking the same. Nothing different.
This probably wasn't a good idea. Ugh, we realized the gardner came today while we are gone. He comes once a month.
I have a bad feeling about this. I guess nothing we can do till we get home.
Leaving it out "in the wild" was a mistake (IMHO). You would have been better off stashing it in your closet until UPS finally gets someone over at your convenience or gives you the go-ahead to drop it off at one of their stores. If anyone from the gardener to the mailman to a random stranger picks it up, you're the last person to have signed for it. Guess who they could chose to come after?
Hopefully it works out all right, but if they didn't pick it up and it's still there, I'd just tell them that you'll drop it off at one of their locations. If they don't like that, they can pick it up between 5pm and 8 pm Monday to Friday, or whatever works for you. Anything else is their problem.
Do NOT give it to the person who's name is on it. His/her phone is likely on it's way, as you've already mentioned. And again, with you being the last person who signed for the phone in your sweaty hand, all they have to do is say they never got the phone from you. Any compensation between Apple and that customer are just that... Between Apple and that customer. Not your problem.
As far as that goes... Repeat after me... "Not my problem". Use that when you talk to UPS, and you tell them that you can't take time off from work to sit there waiting for them to pick up a phone that they delivered incorrectly.
I had Dell ship me an extra laptop a couple of years ago. They wanted to send someone to my place to pick it up, but as a contract employee, I wasn't giving up an afternoon's wages to sit there waiting for UPS to drop by. I eventually got the go-ahead to drop it off at a UPS office. It was a pain in the butt for someone else's mistake.
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Hopefully it works out all right, but if they didn't pick it up and it's still there, I'd just tell them that you'll drop it off at one of their locations. If they don't like that, they can pick it up between 5pm and 8 pm Monday to Friday, or whatever works for you. Anything else is their problem.
Do NOT give it to the person who's name is on it. His/her phone is likely on it's way, as you've already mentioned. And again, with you being the last person who signed for the phone in your sweaty hand, all they have to do is say they never got the phone from you. Any compensation between Apple and that customer are just that... Between Apple and that customer. Not your problem.
As far as that goes... Repeat after me... "Not my problem". Use that when you talk to UPS, and you tell them that you can't take time off from work to sit there waiting for them to pick up a phone that they delivered incorrectly.
I had Dell ship me an extra laptop a couple of years ago. They wanted to send someone to my place to pick it up, but as a contract employee, I wasn't giving up an afternoon's wages to sit there waiting for UPS to drop by. I eventually got the go-ahead to drop it off at a UPS office. It was a pain in the butt for someone else's mistake.
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Report it as stolen and file a police report if it's not where you left it and no tracking change by UPS.
Even if you leave it outside and someone enters your property and takes it, it is beyond your responsibility. Dumb idea as it was to leave it out, you do have that right to expect nobody to steal from you.
End. Of. Story.
Even if you leave it outside and someone enters your property and takes it, it is beyond your responsibility. Dumb idea as it was to leave it out, you do have that right to expect nobody to steal from you.
End. Of. Story.
I hope it's there. Im sure it is. I'm sick of this crap. UPS gets paid big bucks to ship. Not me. I'm not wasting my time and gas money to fix their mistake. My day off was sat the super said they were coming. I waited the whole damn day and only left to go to my nieces bday party for an hour. Neighbor said she never saw or heard the UPS truck.
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Thank for the info. I don't know if they are sending him a new one. They wouldn't tell me just they were taking care of it. I'm not going to track down someone I don't know. I'm not paid for this crap UPS is. Closest hub is 45 min away. Sorry not going into that bad area nor calling. Ups store won't take it and said they can't give ma a receipt.
Honestly you tried your best, did your part. Just keep the phone until you hear from someone. If they really want it back they will contact you and make arrangements. You aren't under any legal trouble for keeping something they delivered. It's not like you stole it from someone's house. Apple and ups aren't stressing so why are you?
I begged and pleaded, was in tears for UPS and Apple to send driver right back to get it even after I drove around 5nin at 9:00 looking for him. They would not do it kept telling me to wait for mon I said I was busy during the week. We got up sat morning waited on the phone over an hour for super to help he promised us sat morn someone was coming. Well nobody did. I wasted my day off on this. UPS gets paid good bucks for this not me!!
Busy at work. Guy who it belong to will probably call cops on me.
Busy at work. Guy who it belong to will probably call cops on me.
Yea you are way to worried about this. Not even sure if this post is even real or if it is a troll. You don't have to worry about it. Instead of an iPhone pretend it's a pair of jeans in the box. Would you be that worried about it then? It isn't worth you going into tears about.
Nobody is gonna call the cops on you. Honestly I think you can keep the phone. It isn't your fault the UPS guy gave it to you. The fact that you signed for it doesn't meant anything. Give them a chance to pick it up but stop worrying about it. These companies have millions or billions of dollars in profits and they aren't gonna come put you in jail because they gave you the wrong package.
Technically and legally I think that iPhone now belongs to you. Good karma for you getting it to the guy who ordered it I'm sure he was freakin out
I have done a little more googling on this issue myself, and despite what I initially said, I would definitely not consider this phone yours yet. Just leave it in the unopened box either inside or outside of your house. I would give them a couple weeks and not expect it to happen immediately. Eventually UPS will realized they screwed up when the recipient is contacting them. Original poster, quit stressing about this phone and enjoy the phones you did receive.
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It was still here. Ups guy finally shows up at my door without his tracker. I said I wanted something to prove I handed it back to them so as release of liability. Maybe A piece of paper with sig he wouldn't do it. He said he understood gave me his bosses number. I talked to him he said he was sending a driver by the name of K within the hour to pick it up. Three hours later hasn't showed up
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There's no way this is for real. 99% a troll post for sure.
I cant see anyone getting so psychotic and breaking in tears begging ups and Apple on the phone to please take it back.
Give me a break
"I begged and pleaded, was in tears for UPS and Apple to send driver right back to get it."
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