UPDATED: Collection for Pearl Jam Fan Bashed In Sydney

Paul Andrews wrote:

I've been dealing Australia Post without much success other than being able to cross one post office is may have gone to off the list. However, this was just from bugging them hard on the phone and getting a sympathetic person who was willing to do what she could. They have suggested we put the complaint/lost item form in in writing and the paper trail may well then enable them to find it. The people I have spoken to are all optimistic is it sitting somewhere and we should see it again.

Paul - check your email mate, a copy of the formal claim to royal mail is enclosed...hope this can help kick things into action out in Aus post

aus_suz wrote:

Any news yet???

very little progress,

however Royal mail have finally opened an investigation with aus post as to the whereabouts.

I filled in the forms stating it wasnt about the money and we just want the item back, they wrote bqack asking for a receipt showing its value.....I had to tell them three times, we just want it found, we are not interested in compensation at this stage.....

it pisses me off the first thing they do rather than look for it is try and pay out....what the hell is all that about

anyway i got a formal letter in the end saying we're investigating, please accept our apologies, and this could take 3 months to finalise.....that was about a month ago......our man in Aus (Paul A), also has a copy of this and is talking to aus post on my behalf (as the sender) to make further inroads.....I know this isnt lost, its stuck in a room somewhere....

Heath is aware of all efforts too.....

aus_suz wrote:

Should've probably got a poster or vinyl....
There was probably some pissed mailman somewhere in Sydney ....
Wondering what the hell Vitalogy had to do with Whisky

Yeah perhaps, but i have no idea how they know what was in the package unless they opened it, do they do that out there?

As some of you might know, I own a liquor store and wine boutique and recently asked my Jack Daniels representative if they had ever seen or heard of this item to which they replied "In my 15 years with Jack, I've never seen this promotion. We have never collaborated with any artist".

He has since asked his head office in Louisiana and they agreed that no such item was ever created and that it's a fraud.

Does anyone have any insight?

I don't want to make any accusations about another pit member as they could have honestly believed they were aquiring a great collectible. I do however think it's important that people are aware that this product was never actually released.

My rep says it's simply a "couple of mini's with a homemade label in a tin can which used to hold Jack Daniels playing cards".

If he's wrong however, I would like to be able to let him know when or where it came about.

I see many of you mention it was a promo item. When/where/who released this item?

Again, I'm not accusing anyone of anything, I'm just trying to figure out whether or not this item is legit.

This all came from myself trying to locate the collectible in order to try and re-send it without having to obtain anymore money from pit members. Although I only donated $10 to the original collection, I'd still like to get to the bottom of this.

The jack Daniels Promo is an official Sony Epic promo item...whether it is a jack daniels authorised product is of little importance really....Sony put this out to their top level execs....that much is known.

They are crazy limited though, and are nothing more than a standard jack two mini tin set with custom PJ artworks.

Superb items, and identifiable by the bar code on the bottom added by sony.....they should come with a second more standard beige insert card too.

Perhaps JD did authorise the giveaway, this is entirely plausible....it seems your rep wasnt even working with JD at the time this was made too, and Im sure not everyone at JD will be aware of it.....its a limited promo release for PJ....not really breaking news in the JD enterprise....I think they are more interested in huge promo activity or making the next single barrel that is numbered to add another $15 to the price tag

I like your idea though, what a great thought......and its a shame it couldnt produce a result for Heath.

Note to paul - I did authorise Royal mail and Aus post to discuss the matter with you on my behalf? did that not work? I can write a letter giving you authority formally too if needed?

so is now a good time for me to bring up that my idea was to send the guy a lot of money so he could decide himself what to do with it? ok.. thought not!

seriously crap this though... :thumbdown:

Jo wrote:

Insurance is good, but I wonder, if it did get lost in the mail, would it be able to be replaced?

Nobody else in this thread has talked about insurance since May 09, 2010. Was there even insurance on this rare & expensive item that was shipped out? Cause if you have a tracking number, package hasn't been received, and the package has been lost (for so long now) .. wouldn't the sender get the full refund of that insurance claim? Kinda confused with all this. We need to recruit the Scooby-Doo and Gang to solve this mystery.

Awe that looks fuckin awesome... too bad its MIA.... well a special thanks to all who contributed towards the gesture... rock on maybe it will find it's way someday.

Heath

was thinking about this yesterday...
I saw a show on telly a month or so ago where this tv show was about
post offices selling of undeliveralbe mail...it was amazing the amount of goods they were
selling.... made me think of this

pdalowsky wrote:

aus_suz wrote:

was thinking about this yesterday...
I saw a show on telly a month or so ago where this tv show was about
post offices selling of undeliveralbe mail...it was amazing the amount of goods they were
selling.... made me think of this

that is dreadful....

they 'lose' items and then resell them??????????

yeh from the dead letter office and it goes to charity im pretty sure... but the JD wouldnt have wound up there as it wouldve had legible writing, addresses, return addresses.. its not a "dead" package. it;s just lost or stolen.