So long story short, my gf bought me a steamdeck for chirstmas, but she accidentally put the wrong address and it got delivered to the neighbor across the street. When I got the package back from them, the box was already opened, the deck powered on and signed into a steam account, and the plastic twisty for the power cable was already removed and lazily put back on. Amazing neighbors, I know, but besides that I need to know if I actually got everything back from them or if I’m missing anything.

All I have is the deck itself in the carrying case with the charger. Zero packing whatsoever. Plus I have no idea what model it is, so I don’t know if she splurged for the higher tier model that came with the steam profile exclusives or not(not that it matters at this point).

Its crappy that this christmas surprise was ruined, but if I know I’m not missing anything important, then I’m just going to factory reset the device and just act like I didn’t know I got a new deck until then. If there is things missing then I don’t really know where to start but I’m sure I’ll figure something out.

Thanks everyone!

  • oliath@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    There is zero context in the post but why does everyone assume the worst?

    It’s just after black friday, and its also near christmas. It’s the busiest time of year in terms of getting packages delivered. We have daily deliveries. Some stuff we order. Other is from family / friends. The number of times my wife hands me a box while i’m on a zoom meeting and i crack it open without even checking the labels.

    And for all you people saying its illegal. No it is not.
    It is illegal to intentionally open someone elses mail but if you make a mistake and then take steps to return the mail to the rightful owner then its actually not illegal. You can’t apply the law if you didn’t realise the mail was not yours when you opened it. So put your keyboards down and go take a few deep breaths.

    Also a new deck has launched and the old ones are reduced in price. It’s a hugely popular device. I opened mine when it arrived this week (way earlier than expected) and reading this thread i still couldn’t tell you if my name was on the package.

    How about the OP just gives more information or god forbid they actually have a conversation with the neighbor to find out what happened.

    It sounds like the neighbors dropped it over as soon as they realised the error meaning nothing illegal has happened.

    The steam account being logged in strongly suggests it was a kid who probably opened it either thinking it was for them or… just being a kid. If it was an adult being shady of course they would have logged out.

    Chances are the kid opened it for whatever reason and started to play with it. Mum or dad saw and instantly told them off and took it from them and took it straight over to the neighbor.

    The OP really should just go chat with the neighbor. Ask what happened and ask if they still have the packaging as its a gift. That would be a great starting point.

    And everyone else needs to chill out.