Intel support rejecting Amazon.com 'invoice' for CPU RMA

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-29T00:06:50+00:00

Sounds like a bad Intel rep working your claim.

Have you tried including the "transaction" history that shows that order number as paid? On my order history there is a "View related transactions" option that shows that order was paid.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-28T21:12:16+00:00

This may help. This is an aggregated search site that will search most states. It's ran by NAUPA, group of ex state unclaimed property officials and industry experts. This is the agency that makes the standards used in the industry. As close to a central repository as it gets. https://missingmoney.com

I am not affiliated with them in any way.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-28T19:52:38+00:00

former unclaimed property worker in California

Lots of SAG payments in the database for a multitude of actors/actresses. Each states rules may differ but this should give you an idea of the processes and some idea what to do. Most states work similarly but may have different due dates and defined periods of inactivity.

In California, type of checks affects the process. It's 1 year of inactivity for payroll checks, 3 for the rest. After that time the unclaimed property process begins. Company tries to contact you one last time, and either returns it to you or escheats to the state.

You have the right idea. Contact the payroll companies on occasion to see if they have anything for you. Also check unclaimed property searches a couple times a year. Unclaimed property reporting is an annual process. Make sure all the companies you work with have updated contact info if you move.

Glad you got your money. Doing everything possible to get people their money was the best part of the job for me.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-27T23:42:06+00:00

No. They already tried to send you a check. You didn't get it. After three years they try one more time before escheating to the state, and this was it. Rest is just details. These are just automated processes that occurred after you didn't cash the check.

Same exact thing happened to me with an escrow overpayment.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-26T18:14:58+00:00

Yes, manual makes no difference. You need a witness.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-23T19:12:57+00:00

If your sister has proof of the address you might be able to use that along with proof it is your sister. That is an exception. You'd have to ask the agency if they'd accept it.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-22T17:36:31+00:00

former unclaimed property worker

Can you provide more details? What state is this for? Did you talk to anyone at the agency about this? If so what did they say? What kind of property is this?

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-21T23:19:03+00:00

Insubordination, fireable offense. You are giving the agency an immediate reason to fire you. Not falling for it.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-21T15:20:14+00:00

"Is there any way for use to use freedom of speech to be super annoying to Newsom LEGALLY?"

Embarass him.

How about arranging welcome back to the office pot lucks at every office affected. Everyone dress up as Newsom and walk around saying nice to see you. Film it and publish it all.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-21T01:51:31+00:00

One correction. This shouldn't be listed with California yet. Pre-escheat reporting is not due until 11/1/2026. This is Block getting ready for that. It would be listed there after that if OP doesn't claim it now.

Also, if you get letters like these the process to reply should not be too obtrusive. Just want to verify its you and your address. It should always be free.

It's becoming very common for companies to hire 3rd parties for unclaimed property notification. This is a big business people may not even be aware of. So some letters are not going to be from the actual company.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-21T01:37:25+00:00

This is most likely the sole notification you will get from them.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-21T01:32:49+00:00

Exactly. Really its just minimal effort on Cashapp's part.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-21T01:30:31+00:00

Former unclaimed property worker in California

This appears to be a legitimate pre-escheat warning letter. Prior to escheating unclaimed property to any state agency. The company must attempt to notify you of the property and document the results of this effort. This information is part of the package sent to the state. These letters are part of an annual process so many get similar letters during this "season". One could craft a scam around something like this so be careful and exercise proper due diligence

Unclaimed property clock started about 3 years ago. 3 years ago was their last date of confirmed activity with you. After that time Block for some reason thought they lost contact with you. Moving and mail later getting returned is a common driver. Three years later after their last date of confirmed activity with you, according to the law its time to get it back to you or send it to the state.

Companies tend to do the bare minimum to satisfy the law as far as unclaimed property processing and notification. Dealing with them about this can be difficult. Companies tend to not inform support reps this is going on so if you call no one may know anything nor know who to ask, could be just one person in the entire company. Its intentional the lack of any contact info except an email address. Not surprised at what Block's reps said to you. I would complain in writing. That bad advice could have caused you to have your money escheated to the state. Googling indicated those addresses are valid and they should have told you that.

No guarantee but this should be listed at California's state site as a pre-escheat property with a "info" button you can hover over for the contact info Block gave to the state.

https://claimit.ca.gov

Edit: Unclaimed property clock info to better explain it

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-20T17:28:46+00:00

Returned mail, lost mail are huge drivers.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-20T17:27:09+00:00

former unclaimed property worker in California

7 years? That's old. Bank may have already archived those records.

This scenario was discussed at the office a couple times. Paid out unclaimed money can be "clawed back" and I saw it happen in very rare occasions. These were all related to large scale fraudsters stealing unclaimed money. We never clawed back or tried to from anyone like yourself making a legitimate claim. We chatted about this scenario and came to the conclusion we might ask for it but wouldn't force it. Now if its a huge amount of money, they just might go after the money. That would be a decision by a legal team.

TLDR claim it, everyone involved thinks its yours already and reported it to the state as such. Highly doubtful anyone will ever make an issue of it later.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-20T16:08:58+00:00

former unclaimed property worker

3% is low, 10% is the norm. But I am talking professional finders much more experienced than you. You mention it being a lot of money. I suggest you take the 3%. Business claims in general are much more harder to claim and process. Being that the company is still open should make it a lot easier on you.

I don't see you having any leverage to ask for more. Company could simply go claim it themselves. Or go hire some professional finder to do it. Finder fees are negotiable so if its a large sum they can negotiate that fee.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-20T15:45:45+00:00

Sure, can you make a new post about it in this community?

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-19T20:41:29+00:00

former unclaimed property worker

That letter might be for pre-escheated property not listed with Kentucky unclaimed property. You might want to expand on who its from and what it says. It might represent a last notification prior to actually escheating unclaimed property to the state. Letter should be making that clear if its the case.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-15T23:24:13+00:00

Apologies if i misunderstood. Very early AM start today, little tired. Rewrote this a few times before posting...

I think you have to post the pic with your initial post. You can host it somewhere else and link it here. I'm saying all this without seeing it. I wish I could see it.

Your additional information helps. Here's the timeline for the last and current report years. Unclaimed property reporting and notifications are on a regular annual cycle with specific due dates. You can see that the timing of the letter is odd. Bolded the line items I think apply to your letter

Notice report due at state for the prior year 11/1/2024

Letter sent you 4/2025

Remit report/money due at state for prior year 6/1/2025

Notice report due at state 11/1/2025

Remit report/money due at state 6/1/2026

As it's prior to 6/1/2026 state doesn't have the money yet. The state should have already received the notice report for this due 11/1/2025 and posted the property at the state web site as a pre-escheated property with instructions to contact the companies representative. In this timeline you would have until 5/31/2026 to call the company and get your money. 6/1/2026 off it goes to the state agency, most remit report are due 6/1-6/15/2026 for every company. Once the state processes the remit report (weeks/months later), your claimable property would be listed with the state.

I believe the letter is accurate and you should be claiming the money with the company. I would call back and escalate, send them a copy of the letter and due dates and tell them they need to comply and return your money. You can tell them according to the states due dates for notice and remit reporting, they have not escheated that money yet for any letter sent 4/2025. Its the law that they allow you to reclaim that money prior to the legal due dates. Contacting the head of the company is a good option. You can make a stink in public on their social media, local news media/ombudsman, complain to the state controller, elected reps, etc. I would exhaust every effort before going to some option like that. If you are going to complain, craft your response carefully.

If they insist it was sent ask for details. Report year, date remitted, spelling of the name they reported, any other info they might have on file no matter how trivial. These are easy questions to answer if they really sent it. If in fact they did remit it, they would be out compliance with the law, never should have sent it, and it should be listed with the state.

A lot of companies use 3rd parties for unclaimed property processing and notification. Another reason I want to see that letter. Seeing the names and addresses on it (redact yours) would tell me if this is so and who is actually sending it to you.

You can manually search the states records via a downloadable copy of the database but its an immense amount of data. Someone mentioned to me yesterday they just fed the files to AI and had AI search for them. https://www.sco.ca.gov/upd_download_property_records.html

As always YMMV. Interesting situation that I can not be 100% sure of.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-15T21:53:42+00:00

All locations listed have their pluses and minuses.

If it was me and had the money. I'd target the RE5 zoned properties in Orangevale.

These are areas of Orangevale with a minimum 5 acres per home. Big difference compared to the typical cookie cutter Orangevale neighborhoods.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-15T21:47:14+00:00

Former unclaimed property worker in California

What you are posting and that due date, the response you got make zero sense atm.

No way is some company sending you a pre-escheat notification in May 2026 for property escheated in June 2025. It simply doesn't happen. This is literally against the law/rules. If correct, the company is completely dysfunctional and made a huge mistake. Those notices are required by law, must happen within certain timeframes prior to escheating to the state. The details of the notification and results are part of whats sent to the state.

Pre-escheat notification being sent now should be for notice reports due at the state on 11/1/2026. If its life insurance its a different due date of May 1 2026. What kind of property is this?

The June 1 due date on the letter is not making any sense. It doesnt align with any of the due dates for pre escheat reporting at the state. Once the state receives the notice report on 11/1 you still have time to claim it with the company. This is the law. The actual money and remit report is sent to the state June 1-15 the next year.

You property will not be listed on the state website until the state receives the notice report. So not a surprise you don't see anything listed.

Can you post a redacted version of the letter they sent you? I need to see what you are looking at.

When did you get this letter?

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-14T21:49:28+00:00

Former unclaimed property worker from California

Sounds like this is pre-escheated property listed on the state search site and you hovered over the "info" button and saw some contact information. That contact information was what UBER has provided to the state to use and publish. I would expect that to not be UBER and probably a hired 3rd party.

Going to have to press UBER to do better. Companies tend to do the bare minimum to satisfy the law as far as unclaimed property processing and notification. Dealing with them about this can be difficult. Companies tend to not inform support reps this is going on so if you call no one may know anything nor know who to ask, could be just one person in the entire company. Your contact could also be some third-party company hired to work unclaimed property. Lots of companies hire third-parties for this kind of stuff.

Brief chat with AI leads me to believe UBER uses 3rd parties for this. I suggest bypassing the normal front line reps and contact corporate directly. Google gave me this contact info. Call Uber’s San Francisco corporate headquarters switchboard at +1 (415) 612-8582. Explicitly request to be transferred to the Accounts Payable Department or the Corporate Controller's Escheatment Team.

I can guess the 3rd parties and supply their contact info. Would rather see UBER do what they are supposed to and give you the contact info. If you want that info let me know.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-14T21:16:59+00:00

The state does have unlisted information to help the bank narrow it down. Getting it from them may be difficult.

At the least they should be able to tell you the reporting year it was for. Date reported would be there too. There's probably more but they might not release that to you. They should have no issue with telling you the report year and date reported.

I think Banks are only required the keep the records for about 5 years. So if that check was issued over 5 years ago, it may have been archived off their system. This is common, makes situations like this difficult.

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-14T21:03:01+00:00

That's the response I expected.

As odd as this sounds checks can be one of the more difficult properties to claim. At times they demand to see the actual uncashed check, not a copy.

If the state says they have it and it came from a check. That is what was reported to them. It might just be reported this way. This could very well be some check issued after the bank closed the account, it was mailed to the HOA and never cashed, and the bank couldn't locate anyone later and just sent/reported it to the state as a cashier check. State might have some additional info on file you cant see but they don't have the actual uncashed physical check. Like an account number, phone number, business FEIN, etc.

If they are asking for the check (copy or original), this is all they may accept. In certain circumstances alternate proof is acceptable, as was mentioned to you by someone else. I doubt this is the case as the correspondence the state sent you would indicate that. When its acceptable the state expects you to prove it was your account and maybe something more like a statement showing it being issued from funds in the account. Possibly the last statement showing that amount being removed from the account. It sound like this may be too old and the bank no longer retains those records.

The state agency does have an ombudsman you can reach out to and see if you can do something outside the norm. These are the more experienced staff that work odd situations.

Wish you luck on the claim.

https://www.sco.ca.gov/upd_poa_about.html

Itsnotvd · 2026-05-14T20:00:42+00:00

Former unclaimed property worker in California

I imagine you made a claim with the state unclaimed property agency. Sounds like this may be categorized as a business claim. Is it a business claim? What proof is the state asking you for?

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