[BNM] [OT] Advice needed: my hard drive turned up on Ebay

[Richard Maynard / Wessex Networks]

That is outrageous.  I bet a third party was responsible for disposing of the machine, and they decided to make a fast buck.  I doubt the insurance or validator will be the culprit, I'm sure they will have been lied to just like you were.

Whoever the ebay seller is, they clearly aren't very sharp...

Regards,

Richard.

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-----Original Message-----
From: bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org [mailto:bnmlist-bounces at brightonnewmedia.org] On Behalf Of Remy Sharp
Sent: 07 March 2008 12:58
To: bnmlist at brightonnewmedia.org
Subject: [BNM] [OT] Advice needed: my hard drive turned up on Ebay

Hi all,

I was hoping someone might be able to offer some advice on a possibly
bizarre situation.

I had a accident back in late 2006 which resulted in my laptop as a
write off.

(If you're interested in pointing and laughing, I blogged it back
then: http://remysharp.com/2006/12/14/the-delicate-apple/ )

As such, it was sent to an independent insurance claims validator (not
sure what their real names are - but the chaps who allow the claim to
go through).

I was eventually told that the machine was irreparable, and a new one
would be purchase from Apple.

I enquired about the hard drive - since there was personal and
business documents on it (I know, I could have formatted it, but I
honestly expected them to repair the screen) - and I was told, in no
uncertain terms that the hard drive would be incinerated as per their
policy.

Low and behold - 1 year later, I receive an email from a guy saying:

"You dont know me but i bought an apple powerbook from ebay and it has
some documents of yours on. i guess it must have been yours at one
point."

If this turns out to be my drive, I'll be extremely pissed that I had
be lied to.

Can anyone offer any advice, or suggestions as to how I should proceed
with action - in particular again the insurance company (or the
validators)?

Thanks,

Remy Sharp
Left Logic

work ~ http://leftlogic.com
blog ~ http://remysharp.com
project ~ http://jqueryfordesigners.com




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