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Am I the only one who finds this odd? If I got an empty torn package from Fed Ex I would have already called them looking for my $1600 silver bar. Same for the sender of the package. Or is this part of a sting?
If it was insured and the buyer/seller collected on the insurance the bar now belongs to the Insurance Company not FedEx. It does not belong to the past owner either.
Need more info.
bob
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Good point on potential insurance company payoff. If it was privately insured and that company paid the claim then the seller and buyer are not looking for the bar. The insurance company would own it but they would need to go looking for it.
I have a background in the financial services industry and you'd be shocked at the large amounts of money that can go unclaimed.
The bottom line for me is that someone does not know how to properly wrap a package.
Good point on potential insurance company payoff. If it was privately insured and that company paid the claim then the seller and buyer are not looking for the bar. The insurance company would own it but they would need to go looking for it.
I have a background in the financial services industry and you'd be shocked at the large amounts of money that can go unclaimed.
The bottom line for me is that someone does not know how to properly wrap a package.
Or, perhaps someone grabbed it in transit, had second thoughts about the theft and dumped the bar then destroyed the packaging? Truth can be stranger than fiction.
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This should be viral news if it's not a hoax.
Practice makes perfect & nobody is perfect. So, practice being nobody and be perfect !
I doubt it's a hoax. It was sent by AE.
Posted on the coin dealer network.
I've got some Englehard 10 oz bars; didn't think the were in the bar making business anymore.
Wow, good on FedEx!
Former CoFounder of Choice Numismatics
All of my collection is in a safe deposit box!
Nice effort put forth to find the rightful owner... Cheers, RickO
Am I the only one who finds this odd? If I got an empty torn package from Fed Ex I would have already called them looking for my $1600 silver bar. Same for the sender of the package. Or is this part of a sting?
Commems and Early Type
So this goes missing and neither the shipper or intended recipient file a claim?
If it was insured and the buyer/seller collected on the insurance the bar now belongs to the Insurance Company not FedEx. It does not belong to the past owner either.
Need more info.
bob
The more comments I hear the more spicious I become.
Still too many unknown variables.
Good for FedEx for reaching out.
Good point on potential insurance company payoff. If it was privately insured and that company paid the claim then the seller and buyer are not looking for the bar. The insurance company would own it but they would need to go looking for it.
I have a background in the financial services industry and you'd be shocked at the large amounts of money that can go unclaimed.
The bottom line for me is that someone does not know how to properly wrap a package.
Or, perhaps someone grabbed it in transit, had second thoughts about the theft and dumped the bar then destroyed the packaging? Truth can be stranger than fiction.