PunkPonyPrincess Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 (edited) It is this bass @skelf made it. I sold this bass and shipped it to the buyer in a custom wooden crate with the sender and the recipient address written in permanent marker to the front of the crate. The service was Parcelforce 24 Express. It was collected from my Dumfries and Galloway address (still house clearing) and it was scanned as picked up and made it to the regional Carlisle Office but it never reached the Hub. Parcelforce has declared it as lost. How you lose a crate is beyond me, I expect stolen, but I remain hopeful it gets delivered. In the meantime if it pops up in any deal or someone asking questions, please let me know. [email protected] Thanks. Claire Edited October 31, 2022 by PunkPonyPrincess 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skelf Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 That is grim. You could post this up in the group below. https://m.facebook.com/groups/117104031648312/ And I would be happy to post it up on my own FB page if you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merton Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Bloody hell another one Hope it turns up quickly! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkPonyPrincess Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 thanks @skelf. I am in fact not on Facebook but please do. I only sold it because I have no room in the small San Francisco Apartment I am moving to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munurmunuh Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) Parcelforce like to lose guitars, park them in lost property, fail to attempt to join the lost to the found, and then sell them at auction. Try emailing this lady with the full details stated clearly, briefly and politely: [.....] and cc in [.....] Hope is not yet entirely lost! Edited October 31, 2022 by Ricky Rioli Email addresses now available on application :) 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkPonyPrincess Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) thank you I will do. I did "lose" a Peavey bass a couple of years ago sent to Belgium, it turned up in Belgium a couple of weeks later no worse for wear, after I had refunded the buyer -- but I had given up all chance of finding it. Edited October 28, 2022 by PunkPonyPrincess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eude Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Oh bloody hell. Really hope this turns up! Couriers are getting dodgier, we had 4 laptops go missing in transit with FedEx. They're all at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 I had a big 4K monitor lost on the way to me recently. Fortunately it was Amazon and they sent out a replacement quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 I'm probably being hideously naive here but surely if Parcelforce admit to losing your item surely they should refund you the value of the item? Surely? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkPonyPrincess Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share Posted October 29, 2022 (edited) You would think so but from prior experience, couriers like Evi/hermes and Parcelforce and the like wriggle out of their commitments with all sorts of clauses and it gets ugly and difficult and they often dont reply for weeks at a time. They also don’t pay back their £90 or so shipping/insurance fees. Also thats kinda not the point. There is a stolen bass out there. It will resurface, of course, basses like this eventually always do, and as I’m refunding the buyer, and no certainty on any kind of recompense, I would very much like it back. Edited October 29, 2022 by PunkPonyPrincess 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Valdemar Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Just now, PunkPonyPrincess said: They should but from prior experience, couriers like Evi/hermes and Parcelforce and the like wriggle out of their commitments with all sorts of clauses and it gets ugly and difficult and they often dont reply for weeks at a time. Also thats kinda not the point. There is a stolen bass out there. It will resurface, of course, basses like this eventually always do, and as I’m refunding the buyer, and no certainty on any kind of recompense, I would very much like it back. Oh absolutely, I wasn't trying to gloss over the loss of the bass. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretmeister Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Allianz insurance have just created this - a database for missing instruments https://missinginstruments.co.uk/ Get it listed and help cut down the resale chance 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkPonyPrincess Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 (edited) @Ricky Rioli’s plan yielded results, thanks. I received a call from the head office just earlier and it has been located and found and is on its way from the hub to its new owner. Fingers crossed but it looks like (despite me writing the consignment number, address of the sender and the recipient and phone numbers on the crate in BIG BLACK marker pen), the box was missing a barcode sticker. Edited October 31, 2022 by PunkPonyPrincess 14 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munurmunuh Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 @Jonesy the good you did is still doing good 🤗 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonesy Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 1 hour ago, Ricky Rioli said: @Jonesy the good you did is still doing good 🤗 Good to see it getting paid forward and to hear that the OP will hopefully get the bass where it should be! !! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodwind Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 9 hours ago, fretmeister said: Allianz insurance have just created this - a database for missing instruments https://missinginstruments.co.uk/ Get it listed and help cut down the resale chance Thanks for posting this! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkPonyPrincess Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 Now safely with its owner, v happy with it too as well. 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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