Stolen Crosby Ultimate RPA #06/25

[goathockey]

Someone at FedEx or Staples (Seguin Drive, Coquitlam location) stole my Crosby Ultimate RPA #06/25, paying $1,000 CAD to whoever can help me locate & retrieve the card. Details below...




Asking for your help!
I am asking the hobby community for help to spread the word and help me locate the card. Photos of the stolen card have been posted in this thread.Ryan (the buyer) will be fully refunded.

Whoever can help us locate and retrieve the card in our possession will get $1,000 CAD sent via PayPal for EMT no questions asked.

I have never been in this situation before, so any advice from folks who have gone through this would be much appreciated.

Deal SpecificsCard

• Sidney Crosby 2005-06 Upper Deck Ultimate Collection Ultimate Rookies Patch Auto #’d 06/25
• Serial Number: #06/25
• Buyer: Ryan Drobot (WarchiefCards... MA, USA)
• Seller: Domenic Fayad (goat.sportscards... BC, CANADA)
• Deal value: ~11K CAD

What happened?
On January 23, 2022, I agreed to move my Sidney Crosby Ultimate RPA to Ryan Drobot @WarchiefCards) in a deal valued ~ $11k CAD.I shipped it the next day (Jan 24, 2022) FedEx Express Priority Mail, pre-paying in advance and dropping it off at the Staples depot as I've done countless times.

The package was supposed to arrive on Jan 26, 2022.It didn't. A few days go by, still nothing. Ryan and I decided to wait out the weekend and see what the following week would bring. On Monday, January 31, 5 days after it was supposed to arrive, I check the tracking and to my surprise, there was still no movement. Even as I check today (Feb 6, 2022), there is no movement (see photo with highlight).




I decided to call customer support on January 31 and that's when I get a nightmarish update - the package was assessed to be "missing" contents and that is why it was not delivered. I was advised to file a claim for missing contents/packages.

Yesterday, February 3, 2022, I finally got to speak to the agent on the case and all signs point to theft. When the item was checked into their hub in Memphis, it was "missing contents". Part of the protocol is to discard the packages missing contents (conspicuously convenient because I'll likely never know how it was tampered with… contents don’t just magically go missing from a package…).

There is still an ongoing investigation with FedEx, but they will likely turn up with nothing and I will only be entitled to an insurance value of $100. I set it to this amount b/c the risk of having something lost is low (1-2%), and I was working with information that the max anyone can claim from FedEx for sports cards and collectibles is $1K. I've learned through this process that Purolator, FedEx & Canada Post will offer insurance for your card, but if it were to get lost they would not honour it beyond a certain amount ($500-1,000). Moving forward, I will be using 3rd party insurance, in-person delivery, or USPS on all mid-high end deals going to the US.

Update (Feb 6, 2022): FedEx has gone back on what they originally said about discarding the package, it apparently still exists... but here's the kicker: the X-Ray scanned it and saw nothing inside, and there appears to be no damage to the courrier pack. I have demanded to have the courrier pack mailed back to me for my own inspection, but I suspect that the bubble mailer inside containing the card was expertly removed

[doniceage]

I am totally sorry to hear this and I think all collector feel your pain. One reason I do not like doing large deals via the mail as I know there always a chance out there that this happens and the postal system, couriers, do exactly nothing to rectify the situation or make It very difficult.

I shared this post on the scf Facebook page. I wish you the best in finding out how the card disappeared and who was ultimately responsible.



DON

[RGM81]

Thank you for sharing this story. Hopefully the card will turn up and get reported. It’s one that would definitely stand out if someone were to try and sell it on the regular open market channels.

[RGM81]

Do you have photos of the card as well? Please share here as that will further assist.

[cjb]

11K card with $100 insurance?

grrrrrrrrr