[OT] true story: iPhone X gift from idk who
Yesterday I arrived home from work to find a package at my front door. I wracked my brain for about a half hour trying to remember what I had ordered. I seriously doubted that I had ordered anything, especially from Apple Inc., who was listed as the sender on the shipping label. I open it up and there it is: a brand new 256 GB iPhone X. The shipping label listed my name and my correct address.
So i’m like, wtf is this? I call Apple to inquire about the identity of the purchaser. I provide the web purchase ID listed on the label, and I ask the sales rep who sent this $1000 gift to me. He tells me he can’t provide any information if I can’t provide the billing address or billing card number. He let me guess once; I guessed my parent’s address. It’s not from them. I remember the sales rep said these words: “maybe you have a secret admirer.” Now, perhaps he was being funny, or perhaps he was staring at the billing address and noticed that it is in my area, and tried to give me a hint. IDK. All I know is I have no way of knowing who sent this, other than to ask everybody who knows my address “did you gift me an iPhone X?”
Okay, so, what would motivate a person to send such an expensive gift without revealing their identity? Also, this is literally the most expensive gift i’ve ever received. Also, my birthday was over a month ago, and this was shipped just a couple days ago. Is this the truest form of gift giving? Like not letting the left hand know what the right is doing kind of thing?
So i’m like, wtf is this? I call Apple to inquire about the identity of the purchaser. I provide the web purchase ID listed on the label, and I ask the sales rep who sent this $1000 gift to me. He tells me he can’t provide any information if I can’t provide the billing address or billing card number. He let me guess once; I guessed my parent’s address. It’s not from them. I remember the sales rep said these words: “maybe you have a secret admirer.” Now, perhaps he was being funny, or perhaps he was staring at the billing address and noticed that it is in my area, and tried to give me a hint. IDK. All I know is I have no way of knowing who sent this, other than to ask everybody who knows my address “did you gift me an iPhone X?”
Okay, so, what would motivate a person to send such an expensive gift without revealing their identity? Also, this is literally the most expensive gift i’ve ever received. Also, my birthday was over a month ago, and this was shipped just a couple days ago. Is this the truest form of gift giving? Like not letting the left hand know what the right is doing kind of thing?
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I've never encouraged anyone to use strip clubs or AMPs to cheat on an SO.
Front room DFKing is how you get your girl softened up, before you invite her to the back room.
SJG
That’s not the case here.
I’d check my credit card activity.
I have done favors for reps from companies I have worked with over the years and some have been nice enough to send me gifts as favors and some don't put their name, but I don't recall ever getting a gift that's the equivalent of $1,000....
Let me know how you like it, I still can't decide if I want a X or an 8+ !!!!!!
I’d be suspect of providing my personal info to get the phone on my account.
Did you get home earlier than usual?
Or perhaps it was your credit card number! Did you check your credit to see if there was an unfamiliar charge?
During my call with the sales rep, it was confirmed that the purchase was legal. I understand that credit card information can be stolen and then used to order products and have them delivered to somebody else’s house. But... I did not really get home early. I actually got home later than usual, after 6pm. Also, there are not many people who know my address, certainly no people who seem like the type to commit credit card fraud.
Idk how this could be a scam. What is the scam? This iPhone came directly from Apple due to an online order, and I didn’t pay for it. Is the scam that I have to switch from my iPhone 7 to the X? Oh, woe is me!