Ebay selling my missing amplifier

@snook2 

So when you say “ Not much you can do other than a claim” then you did file a claim and received a settlement?

I’ll take a guess that the OP underinsured his shipment and whatever he got paid for the gear didnt come close to making him whole. 

@czarivey here’s the way it works. If you ship something and say have $1,000 insurance from Fedex and then they lose it, they pay off. You set the value, they pay it(after alot of fighting and arguing), in effect you sold it. 

If the OP received any monetary settlement with the shipper for the lost shipment then he no longer has any ownership claim whatsoever.

@nonoise 

Was there a fire sale somewhere on crystal balls?

Of course, you are correct. The OP has yet to state how the original lost claim was resolved. I leaped to the conclusion that somewhere during the eight months since it was lost that he received something from the shipper to satisfy the claim. It is unlikely that it was in limbo that long.

Now that we have some data, you should have your attorney contact the appropriate people at UPS. It isnt your responsibility to track down/retrieve the goods. Since you have an open claim, you only need to prove that they most likely sold your goods to the third party. Threaten to file suit in your home venue for the full amount asserting theft by UPS. At what amount did your insure? 8 months is along time for an open claim. You are more patient than I.

I guess I'm the only person to NOT have had a bad experience? I have had a couple of lost items and they were expeditiously paid. I had a pair of speakers I shipped with a $10k value (unbeknownst to me at $5k each). One speaker arrived perfectly, one was demolished. At first they tried to pay off just $5k. I then had my dealer write a letter that the speakers were a pair and matching the veneer and electronics would be expensive. They paid the full claim. I have multiple excellent experiences, others claim to have none. Oh well.

Based on the limited data, the guy likely sent his amp back under or not insured. Shipment gets lost. Sender gets upset and either accepts the insured amount or digs in. Shipper could give two hoots because you either declare its proper value or you dont. Lost/damaged/unclaimed goods after a period a period of time are sold to a third party by the pallet, especially if the declared value was low. Sender has gone radio silent because he likely made a few errors in judgement by declaring such a low amount at the outset.