Atari 520ST first model, stolen or lost during shipping

[sporniket]

Hello,

I recently bought an Atari 520 ST "first model" (or "short model" the one without floppy disk drive).

After a quite long duration for the shipping (3 substitutions of pickup locations by the shipping company), I ended up with a small box full of cosmetics products. Looking through the stack of stickers, I can believe that the seller has really sent the computer.

Anyway, if an ad to sell this kind of model appear soon from a French vendor, there is a chance that it is a stolen good.

The ebay item, notice the state of the power adapter : https://www.ebay.fr/itm/204216512991

Have a better day than me

edit : some pictures from the ebay page, in case it becomes unavailable :

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[mrbombermillzy]

That's awful!

I will keep an eye out for it.

It's quite a distinctive system, so it should pop up sooner or later somewhere.

Hope the rest of your week is better.

[sporniket]

hopes too. I am also considering make a formal complaint to the police, as I can pre-fill the form online.

[Cosmic Puppet]

Sorry to hear this.

[Darklord]

Yeah, that really sucks vacuum hard. Like I said in another forum, jerks!

[rubber_jonnie]

Damn, that's rubbish, hope it can eventually find its way to you.

[Icky]

So sorry to hear. Did you have postage insurance on the item? What has the shipping company said as judging by your comments it looks like it disappeared during shipping.

[sporniket]

@Icky I hope the seller did pay the insurance. Normally, as a buyer, I should be covered, but we never know. I thought I did post a message to them, but I just noticed that I did not get an automated acknowledgement of my message, will have to redo that.

[sporniket]

As a final note : the transporter (Mondial relay) could only confirm the loss of the original parcel. I followed the ebay procedure and got a refund from ebay.

Can an administrator change the title of this thread into "Atari 520ST first model, stolen or lost during shipping" ? Thanks in advance.

[rubber_jonnie]

As a final note : the transporter (Mondial relay) could only confirm the loss of the original parcel. I followed the ebay procedure and got a refund from ebay.

Can an administrator change the title of this thread into "Atari 520ST first model, stolen or lost during shipping" ? Thanks in advance.

Title changed as requested.