Ebay selling my missing amplifier

How come the OP can’t provide details about the shipment? To get useful advice more detail would be helpful.

Was the item insured? If so, did they pay the claim? Who was the shipper?

It is extremely rare for FedEx or UPS to lose a shipment like this -- especially if was insured.

If it was not insured, well, that’s hard to imagine given what it cost. It just feels like some key details are missing from this story that could be shared.

As far as contacting the local police goes, good luck with that. I would be amazed if they got involved at all. BTW, it sounds like an interstate situation, so that would involve the FBI -- speaking from my own experience, there is absolutely no chance those guys will lift a finger to get involved in a situation this. They'll tell you they're understaffed and can't devote the resources.

@snook2 - Come-on man, why are you side-stepping the most obvious questions?  Is it possible that you're wealthy enough to buy an amp like this but too cheap to buy the insurance when you sent it in for the upgrades? That would explain the half-answers. My comment is only about as half-assed as the OP. A lot of people legit tried to help you on this, but all they get is more shuckin' and jiven'. I think it's time to put a fork in this one. 

@macg19 -- Wrong. You have no idea how high value packages are handled by major shippers.

BTW, I had a total of one package "go missing" while it was in the UPS system. It was insured. They could not prove delivery (and their software knows where every package is during transit). They paid my claim.

Much later I was informed that it was found in a UPS substation where it had been set aside for reasons unknown. It had been sitting there for months, unnoticed.

@macg19 -- You’ve changed the subject. The OP was about a LOST package and NOT a damaged one.

Damage claims are a totally different animal -- not even remotely the same as UPS losing a package during transit. Damage claims are notoriously difficult to get compensated for as they will almost always try to blame the shipper for inadequate packaging.

To equate the two different types of claims is to confuse the subject of the OP. His item was lost, not damaged, and my comments spoke specifically to that situation.

@macg19 -- You’ll get no argument from me about the tender mercies of huge corporations.

My only point is that, when a shipper takes custody of your package, if it disappears anywhere between points A and B, they cannot simply throw up their hands and say "whoops".

If the item is valuable you’re warned to fully insure it or they can settle with you based upon the meager valuations they insure packages for.

If Snook has insured the package, and it went missing before being delivered, they are on the hook for the insured value. I don’t believe for a second that something this valuable will go without the claim being paid. If that is the case, then I believe that key details of the story still remain a mystery. For whatever reason.

@snook2 - I feel like this is a mystery that should not be a mystery at all. "Paperwork" is a pseudonym for a record that is stored in and and immediately accessible by computer. Snook2, are you original owner of this amp? If not, did you buy it from an individual or a business? I ask because if this was a straightforward purchase then you can prove title easily, and it they have that amp with matching serial number, then you can recover it straightaway. Did you insure it? If so, for how much? Did they pay any claim that you filed yet? If yes, game likely over, if no, then it sounds like you’ll get your amp back or you can file a suit that you would win if this was a simple verifiable purchase, plus your attorney fees too. A no-brainer for something this costly -- unless, perhaps, your amp is somehow, and very unlikely, itself counterfeit.

@snook2 is, IMHO, without a doubt trolling, or is willfully hiding key facts that, if known, would have ended this thread long ago. He has willfully chosen to not answer a slew of important well-intentioned questions by myself and others in this post. The only question that remains is why @snook2 finds stringing decent folks along with his booshwa so irresistible, and I suspect most here already know the answer to that question, and that word begins with the letter "A". Enough said.