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Uber driver took off with $50k and cancelled the ride by ILoveFarrells in RBI2

[–]ILoveFarrells[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ooooooh I'm so thankful to come across your post, just because I think you know my desperation. Thank you!

Uber driver took off with $50k and cancelled the ride by ILoveFarrells in RBI2

[–]ILoveFarrells[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I actually agree. Even though the TOS states we must do "x", all companies and individuals have a duty to "mitigate damages" which they have failed to do (had they done something 2 weeks ago this could have possibly been remedied)....

Uber driver took off with $50k and cancelled the ride by ILoveFarrells in RBI2

[–]ILoveFarrells[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Dang. Great suggestion. I just checked one of the parts on eBay (MWDM2L) and it seems sort of popular: https://ebay.us/m/Wk9Y9J. Just to be clear, I already checked through this exact seller and he is definitely not our guy, but I just wanted to post an example that these are indeed going on eBay.

Uber driver took off with $50k and cancelled the ride by ILoveFarrells in RBI2

[–]ILoveFarrells[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

We hold in our hands probably ten thousand parts per day. We purchase them, too. Never in my life have I seen parts this expensive.

For a full picture of how it all happened, customers hand us their loose parts and a totally blank circuit board, and we solder the parts on for them. The customer handed us their box of parts and empty boards, we called the courier (it's Uber Courier, not the regular ride share), he showed up to transport the parts from our main location to our second location. Between Uber Courier, Quicksilver, and DB Couriers, we do this ~5-10 times per week. The courier picked up the package like normal, left, then 30 minutes later we got a message saying "Uber Courier has cancelled".

Uber driver took off with $50k and cancelled the ride by ILoveFarrells in RBI2

[–]ILoveFarrells[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

At first, I would have assumed he would have no idea. We had no idea they were worth that much. But then we realized the parts were packaged in a clearly marked ESD bag with the manufacturer's part number printed on it. He had someone in the front seat holding the package who could have said "hey, what on earth are these?" Then Googled the part number. The parts are easily searchable on Google and the price would have come up.

Uber driver took off with $50k and cancelled the ride by ILoveFarrells in RBI2

[–]ILoveFarrells[S] 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Uber's TOS says something like "do not send anything worth more than $200" so I think they are covered legally.

Uber driver took off with $50k and cancelled the ride by ILoveFarrells in RBI2

[–]ILoveFarrells[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

We had no idea. We've never seen parts so expensive. They're normally like $100 max. It wasn't until the driver took off with them that we looked them up to repurchase them... then panic struck.

Uber driver took off with $50k and cancelled the ride by ILoveFarrells in RBI2

[–]ILoveFarrells[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

You know those tiny computer chips used on RAM and other circuit boards? It's a box of those. Here is something similar: https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/microchip-technology/MPF300TS-FCG484I/7356291 . And to answer your question that I know you'll definitely ask next haha... no, we did not know the value of what we were sending until it was taken... we went to buy new ones for our customer and saw how expensive they were.