JJB gave grandsons ipod away.

Freddie_Snowbits

pulliptears wrote: »

!!!!!! has child benefit, a right for every child in this country, got to do with anything. You know what OP means, you just want to try and stir the pot a little more don't you?

Fortunately for OP, I think she has the measure of you Freddie, like most others on this thread.

Oh dear pullip, I said I was ranting on in the answer, just as what has the statement here to do with it?

zaksmum wrote: »

Can I just say that my son works very hard to give his two boys the best he can in life and while I do agree that it's silly to give a £150 ipod to a scatterbrained 11 year old who can't look after it properly, it was a birthday present and he's far from the only kid in his class with one. As one poster said, he does get the £50 football shirt every season too...ALL the kids do. My son wants to give his boys these things and he's quite entitled to do so with his own money, having never claimed a penny in benefits in his life.

That has nothing to do with it, unless someone is pregnant. the fact remains that JJB are not responsible for the goods and as part of lifes rich tapestry, the iPOD is effectively gone, no ammount of tears will bring that back.

As for the issues, if there is evidence of the alleged theif, as noted by the OP, then OP should go to the Cop Shop and not some glorified internet barrack room lawyers association.

As for the other bits on life and etc, Yes, I enjoye the Easter Egg and would do it again, do you know why? probably not.
And in the end, yes son works very hard to get things to better their life. Shame the children treat these intricate objects of fashion with contempt and loose them!

WhiteHorse

Velcro_Hotdog wrote: »

Why are people so anrgy that JJB or the police are unwilling to help?

Because JJB have a duty of care, but couldn't give a damn and then lied to cover up.

Because the police are paid by us to do this, but don't want to actually do the job (bear in mind that all the evidence is there to catch and successfully prosecute the thief), and then lied on top.

I say good on the police for not wasting time and money chasing a stupid ithingy that was lost by a child.

It's not that it was initially lost that is important. What's important is that it was stolen.

As for JJB what should they have done? What could they have done?

Made reasonable enquiry as to the owner. Something along the lines of 'You say it's yours, can you tell me what's on it?' would have been sufficient for the purpose.

And do they get paid enough to care?

Probably not, but the obligation remains nonetheless. In any event, being decent about it costs them nothing.

Harsh lesson to learn at 11 but I bet he never makes that mistake again.

Yep. Another own goal by the Police. That's another family that will now despise them forever.

WhiteHorse

Freddie_Snowbits wrote: »

As a tax payer, is this a good use of my money? I do not think so

Catching thieves not a good use of the police budget? Whatever next?

[Deleted User]

WhiteHorse wrote: »

Because JJB have a duty of care, but couldn't give a damn and then lied to cover up.

But they don't have a duty of care in law, I'm afraid. You might think they owe a duty of care, but it is a moral one, not a legal one.

If I lose my iPod and someone hands it in to you, you are not liable to me in any way should you innocently but mistakenly give it to someone else claiming it is theirs. You have no legal duty to locate the correct owner and you owe me no legal duty of care.

There's a lot of incorrect information on this thread being muddled up with some useful posts.

To summarise the correct position: your issue is with the mystery woman, not JJB.

You need to contact the police and advise them that someone has stolen your iPod and that you have clear documentary evidence plus proof of identity. To them it is an easy case, surely: if they're focussed on hitting targets, it couldn't be easier.

zaksmum

Deleted_User wrote: »

But they don't have a duty of care in law, I'm afraid. You might think they owe a duty of care, but it is a moral one, not a legal one.

If I lose my iPod and someone hands it in to you, you are not liable to me in any way should you innocently but mistakenly give it to someone else claiming it is theirs. You have no legal duty to locate the correct owner and you owe me no legal duty of care.

There's a lot of incorrect information on this thread being muddled up with some useful posts.

To summarise the correct position: your issue is with the mystery woman, not JJB.
Yes, but JJB should have made enquiries of the woman to ascertain that it was in fact her property to claim.

Especially as she seemed to think it was actually an IPHONE she was getting and not an IPOD.

You wouldn't expect to walk into a store and say "Anyone handed a purse in?" and just be given any lost purse from the lost property department, would you? Surely you'd at least be asked to describe it?

zaksmum

Freddie Snowbits, what does being pregnant have to do with anything?

strawman

Im afraid it is virtually as certain as anyone could be that the
woman has sold on the ipod
And if asked she would just say , yes i lost an ipod and it was
given back to me , I no longer have it.

Googlewhacker

makes me think is it worth stores being good samaritans and looking after lost products if this is the hassle they get if someone cons them.

The store should not have any responsibility laid on them as the initial mistake is with the 11 year old and they only need to help out when requested by the police.

zaksmum

strawman wrote: »

Im afraid it is virtually as certain as anyone could be that the
woman has sold on the ipod
And if asked she would just say , yes i lost an ipod and it was
given back to me , I no longer have it.

You're probably right. And of course there's no way the police can prove it wasn't hers in the first place. If they asked her for a receipt she'd just say she lost it.

Chance would be a fine thing if the police would be remotely interested though!

pulliptears

zaksmum wrote: »

You're probably right. And of course there's no way the police can prove it wasn't hers in the first place. If they asked her for a receipt she'd just say she lost it.

Chance would be a fine thing if the police would be remotely interested though!

get the serial number from itunes as I detailed a few posts back, pass that on to the police.