Apple customer opens his UPS package and finds something unexpected instead of his Duo

Even though the excitement over the iPhone Duo appears to be over for now, there are still many consumers who pre-ordered the device and are waiting for it to arrive. One such person is Redditor prism1089, who requested that his package be shipped to his work address.

Instead of receiving the iPhone Duo he ordered, this Redditor got a box containing cow adhesive

When the box containing the Duo arrived, a couple of coworkers hung around since they were interested in seeing the first foldable iPhone in person. But when the box was opened, there was no Duo inside. Instead, the package contained a container of cow adhesive.

The Reddit subscriber's first thought was that his coworkers had set him up for an elaborate prank. However, a look at the looks on their faces quickly ruled that out. In addition, the victim realized that the paper tape had been peeled away and the box taped over, indicating that the substitution had taken place in transit.

The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office said that no police report could be filed and that there was nothing they could do. They did suggest that the US Postal Service (USPS) be alerted to the mail theft even though the package was shipped via United Parcel Service (UPS), which sounded a little crazy to the victim.
At this point, we had one Duo purchaser who spent two grand on a container of cow glue and was waiting to hear from Apple and UPS. This past Monday, he received a couple of emails from Apple.

One email told him that he was going to receive a replacement Duo from Apple, while the second one requested the return of the stolen unit. The first email had a shipping date of
January 25 for the replacement Duo.

An Apple rep told him to disregard the email about returning the stolen Duo. Apple also told him not to be bummed out about the January 25 shipping date for the replacement that was spotted in Apple's email.

Apple told the Redditor that it showed no specific shipping date for his replacement, and that such devices are typically sent via expedited shipping. The Duo buyer did say in his Reddit post that if Apple does ship his replacement on January 25, he's done with the tech giant.

Others on the platform chimed in by wondering why, with remote tracking and device locking, anyone would take the time to concoct such a ruse. The typical response was that by pulling off this switch, the bad actor would then sell the stolen unit to an unsuspecting person.

Instead of getting a great deal, the poor sucker buying the stolen Duo would be spending what would still be a large sum for a phone that Apple will have locked remotely.

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