Ok fellows, prepare for a long read. If you read, please advise. Thanks!
First off, my chinese uncle who doesn't speak english goes to the store Marcs (pharmacy chain around Ohio) to develop some film that he wants to send back home to his relatives in China. After he sent the pictures home to China where his relatives also don't speak english, they decide to send him some herbal medicine that can only be bought from overseas. They however, lost the envelope that my uncle had sent him the pictures in. Being illiterate in english, they do not know any better than to do this - they dont have a return address since the envelope was gone; they do see one address however on the package that held the pictures... The address of the Marcs pharmacy. They assume that's where my uncle resides.
They sent the package via UPS to Marcs. My uncle after some time calls them to see what's up with the medicine. Anyway, he finds out it was shipped to the wrong place, goes to Marcs, and tries to track down the package. After lots of run arounds, and calling around, we find it's in the hands of ... lets call him Joe, who works at Marcs corporate. Joe for some reason won't give us the package back. He says it's foreign material that he can either send back or give to the police to check out. Keep in mind the package was not addressed to anyone but my uncle. Wrong address, but still my uncle's name. I tell Joe, ok, give it to the police because the contents are not illegal, but be sure to get the name/number of the police or DEA, or whatever so I can track this package!!
Days go by. I call Joe, he says he's given it to the local police, but doesn't have a name or number which I specifically asked for. ARG!!! Now after some more run around and call about, it turns out the local police knows nothing of this package. I call Joe back.... Days past... no answer.
For all I know now, Joe either threw it away or kept it, or whatever?!! The package contents are very important to my uncle and all he wants is for it to be returned. Joe is making my life and my uncle's life very difficult. I left a message with his secretary today: call us back tomorrow, or this will go to small claims court.
Any advice? I mean Joe cannot just keep this package cause it's not addressed to him!! If he's open it, isn't that a federal crime? What legal action can we take on this mofo?!!
---- edit: also, my uncle told me that the medicine/herbs in there are worth $400+
First off, my chinese uncle who doesn't speak english goes to the store Marcs (pharmacy chain around Ohio) to develop some film that he wants to send back home to his relatives in China. After he sent the pictures home to China where his relatives also don't speak english, they decide to send him some herbal medicine that can only be bought from overseas. They however, lost the envelope that my uncle had sent him the pictures in. Being illiterate in english, they do not know any better than to do this - they dont have a return address since the envelope was gone; they do see one address however on the package that held the pictures... The address of the Marcs pharmacy. They assume that's where my uncle resides.
They sent the package via UPS to Marcs. My uncle after some time calls them to see what's up with the medicine. Anyway, he finds out it was shipped to the wrong place, goes to Marcs, and tries to track down the package. After lots of run arounds, and calling around, we find it's in the hands of ... lets call him Joe, who works at Marcs corporate. Joe for some reason won't give us the package back. He says it's foreign material that he can either send back or give to the police to check out. Keep in mind the package was not addressed to anyone but my uncle. Wrong address, but still my uncle's name. I tell Joe, ok, give it to the police because the contents are not illegal, but be sure to get the name/number of the police or DEA, or whatever so I can track this package!!
Days go by. I call Joe, he says he's given it to the local police, but doesn't have a name or number which I specifically asked for. ARG!!! Now after some more run around and call about, it turns out the local police knows nothing of this package. I call Joe back.... Days past... no answer.
For all I know now, Joe either threw it away or kept it, or whatever?!! The package contents are very important to my uncle and all he wants is for it to be returned. Joe is making my life and my uncle's life very difficult. I left a message with his secretary today: call us back tomorrow, or this will go to small claims court.
Any advice? I mean Joe cannot just keep this package cause it's not addressed to him!! If he's open it, isn't that a federal crime? What legal action can we take on this mofo?!!
---- edit: also, my uncle told me that the medicine/herbs in there are worth $400+
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