designer sunglasses win- but...

biteyerlegs

i won some designer sunglasses from a twitter contest from pretavoir. i gave them my address details via dm but they sent them to the wrong address. have addressed this with royal mail gone around to the address but the recipients are saying that the parcel is theirs as it was delivered to them. my name was on the package but they signed for it. advice gratefully accepted

System

Sorry to hear about that. How awful. I would personally contact the local police station to ask for their advise and get a crime reference number. Then contact the company you won the sunglasses from. Hopefully they will be understanding and send some new ones out to you. I know in some comp t&c's they sometimes say they won't take responsibility for items going missing ect. Its worth looking at them if you can.

Hope you sort it out. x

fire**fly

well done winning :T:T
shame on the people who've stolen your prize
i would do the same as advised by laurenpurdy123 in the
post above,

fingers crossed for you x

biteyerlegs

is it finders keepers in the eyes of the law?

surfboard2

biteyerlegs wrote: »

is it finders keepers in the eyes of the law?

I think it's theft... i'd follow Lauren's advice.

biteyerlegs

simply_tash wrote: »

I think it's theft.

hopefully it is clear cut and the police take it seriously :mad:

next stage is to go to said house and try and get a resolution ie. they hand over my property and i'll drop the charges:mad: (maybe)

Laurauk63

That sucks :mad: I hope you get this resolved - definitely report it to the police!

biteyerlegs

just hope this doesn't happen to others

starrybee

Definitely contact the police, hope they do something about it. At least you can show the crime reference number to the company and hope they'll be good enough to send you some more.

It's not finders keepers, it'll come under the unsolicited goods act I think... you're only allowed to keep if no one comes looking for them for six months! Refusing point blank to hand it over is theft, I hope you have some luck with the police.

biteyerlegs

well i have some good news. i have been to the property again and the person has handed back my prize. i think he has thought about things. me being a softy has decided to drop the charges

surfboard2

biteyerlegs wrote: »

well i have some good news. i have been to the property again and the person has handed back my prize. i think he has thought about things. me being a softy has decided to drop the charges

Great news! :T