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@brerrabbit585 wrote:
I'd say the buyer is more concerned about getting the serial number so they can check for it being sold again.

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That's exactly what I thought.

They're not expecting the seller to do anything or take any responsibility, they are only trying to find out if there is any way they can positively identify the item.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if they sent the message via a phone. People often only send short messages when they have a small screen. Trouble was,  it was too short & lacking detailed explanation, though they probably thought it was crystal clear.

maybe my brain just couldnt comprehend someone spending $125 on an item and then after collecting it at the post office  'leaving' it somewhere in a shopping center?

 

and as the original message was a little odd i thought perhaps english wasnt the guys first language.

 

having read so many horror stories on the boards i just assumed the guy was trying it on.

 

i should have messaged him right away to clarify his story.

 

but i did the second best thing, i came here and got very good advice (as usual) and figured it out.

 

i'm really sad the guy has lost his item, very doubtful the police will recover it.

 

again i thank all the very helpfull posters here on the boards.

 

 

I've accidentally left a company laptop on the train, and at least three or four bags of shopping on the bus over the years; accdientally leaving a box somewhere isn't something I find hard to believe.

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@davidc4430 wrote:

maybe my brain just couldnt comprehend someone spending $125 on an item and then after collecting it at the post office  'leaving' it somewhere in a shopping center?

 

 

 

 

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 Oh i think worse things have been done.

I read that one of the people in WW2, who was in on the planning of the Normandy invasion, had some strategic papers on him, presumably in a briefcase, when he went to the movies and left the case behind.

Luckily someone saw it and it was given back to him without anyone opening it.

Hemingway's wife famously lost a suitcase containing the manuscripts, duplicates and carbons of his entire literary output (unpublished at the time), so he had to rewrite the lot from memory.