Stolen Stolen- Selmer Mark VI tenor, Serial 64608 $500 reward

I have no idea how AirTags work but I keep reading stories about them being used in all kinds of situations.

Would they still be effective if hidden inside the body of a sax, like bottom of the bell ?

It's probably worth testing.
 
Great news.

One thing we can all learn (isn't hindsight great?) is that in addition to insurance we can use technology, e.g. AirTags hidden in the item could be useful when such large values are at stake.

Thanks to you @Marks I will consider this for the future.
100% what Pete said. I'll never ship anything valuable again without a tracking device in the case. Lesson learned. I'll have a final closeout post soon and will share as much info as I'm allowed to, when I have the horn back in my hands. And I have some FedEx people to thank, big-time. BIG TIME.
 
I have my VI back and want to thank the executives I emailed for making this right. And the FedEx claims agent, Beverly, for getting on the phone and lighting fires under behinds, and Matt and his admin, Jamie, at the FedEx Ground Aurora, CO for what they did to track down and facilitate. And most of all, BIG THANKS to Carnina from the FedEx Ground in Arcadia, California for getting the sax back from the music shop it was delivered to. She was a pro. She has likely seen every good and bad thing that can be done and she knew exactly how to recover it. By the letter and to the T. Amazing lady. Thank you!
Lesson learned. I'll never ship without a tracking device again. And I'll always write sharpie addresses on each side of the shipping box. Both my shipping labels were removed and replaced with a label so that did no good for me to duplicate.
 
And I'll always write sharpie addresses on each side of the shipping box. Both my shipping labels were removed and replaced with a label so that did no good for me to duplicate.
Ok, but all that happened while in the care of FedEx. How do they explain that?

I get it that you are very happy and relieved to have recovered your MkVi. That's the main thing.

Is FedEx going to compensate you for the whole mess they created?
 
The SUPERSTAR here is Carnina from FedEx Arcadia. Both my shipping labels were removed here in Colorado at the large FedEx Ground hub and replaced with a label made to deliver to a music shop in CA. The sax was delivered there weeks ago but confined when someone opened the delivery boxes that day (Wrong person receiving that day? I don't know. Did they call FedEx and say "hey what is this that you dropped off here? The label says it's for us but we have no idea why you brought us this and the label's sender just says FedEx" I don't know) That business has quite a few employees. And the delivery label simply listed the sender as "FedEx Aurora, CO".

Then, not knowing any of that yet, after I raise a stink and plead for help, one of the senior FedEx Ground execs picked up the phone and called Beverly the claims agent in TN or security team in CO (I don't know which), Beverly made numerous internal calls and lit the fire to trace my box with images of drums on the sides step by step, a few hours later the Colorado Admin and Matt call me and apologize saying my package was delivered to Arcadia, CA, not by mistake.

Enter Carnina- We speak 3x on the phone and each time she's ridiculously great at her job, once with the music instrument business manager who seemed like a very nice woman and did not know why this was happening but knew enough to isolate and lock my box up. Carnina then tells me what needs to be done, why it needs to be done and how it needs to be done. 8 hours later she has my sax in her hands and I receive multiple phone calls apologizing for what happened. Are 2 people no longer employed or in trouble? Likely. I have mine back and will not be privy to that info. We've all had great and lousy employees or coworkers.
 
Are 2 people no longer employed or in trouble? Likely. I have mine back and will not be privy to that info.
I guess if you really want to know you can keep an eye on court records if that is possible but there could be two proceedings maybe, one for the original thief/s in Aurora and another fro the receivers in California where it was received.

But you are probably too busy doing long notes and buying AirTags.
 
Am I reading this correctly that there is a racket going on where a music shop is fencing stolen instruments using the FedEx network? It sounds like a fairly sophisticated operation.
 
There might not be court proceedings, they might just sack them with all benefits like pension lost and not prosecute as it could make the company look bad for having a system which 'allowed' it to happen.
The other side of that coin is it's already out there along with other such sismlar stories probably. Joe Public may be happier knowing they didn't just give them a slap on the wrist and a P45 (For our overseas friends, a P45 is a UK document handed to you when you lose your job).

A good friend of mine was caught embezzling an exceedingly large amount of money (don't ask) and was given the option of handing it back or being prosecuted.

He handed it back and they prosecuted him anyway.
 
Am I reading this correctly that there is a racket going on where a music shop is fencing stolen instruments using the FedEx network? It sounds like a fairly sophisticated operation.
Maybe the thieves had someone at the music shop to receive the instruments, but they were on their lunch break when the Selmer came in and someone else got a hold of it. Sounds like the plot for a Coen brothers movie, only replace the sax with 10 kilos of Bolivian marching powder.
 

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