Need some input regarding US mail legalities and baseball cards

[glynparson]

Originally Posted by todeen

Why didn't you just go to the new owner first? Obviously you have left out a lot of detail about your relationship with the owner, but it seems to me you made matters worse by escalating the situation from a 2/3 awkward situation to a full blown WTF moment. Was your first meeting with the guy about your card really with a cop in tow? I would be pissed if that happened to me.

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So because your little feelings would be hurt you'd think it was ok to steal his property? Remind me i never want to do business with you. Sounds like you don't have much integrity.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by glynparson

So because your little feelings would be hurt you'd think it was ok to steal his property? Remind me i never want to do business with you. Sounds like you don't have much integrity.

No, you've missed the point. I never made any comment about morality of this issue. It just seems to me he missed a step to getting his cards back by not directly contacting the stores new owner first. Perhaps he did contact the owner first and just forgot to add it in his story. But it appears the owner is a douche, and by bringing a cop in tow he turned douche into mega-ultra-douche.

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[Eric72]

Are the cards individually identifiable in some way? For example, serial numbered inserts. If so, can’t you claim rightful ownership of the cards, regardless of who is in possession of them? I’m not a lawyer; however, am aware of cases similar to this. A thief cannot transfer clear title of stolen property, or something along those lines.

[hcv123]

1) Thanks Adam - I will look up conversion and see if there is someplace for me to go there. Is that something persuable in small claims (where I likely have to go after him for my last weeks pay - unless the DOL is going to help out there)
2) I left out a lot of the back story as most of it didn't/doesn't seem relevant. I did email the new owner twice asking for my cards back. He never responded to either email - I told him in the email that I would pursue legally if he didn't return them. The grounds on which I quit - were after agreeing to accept lower compensation for 3 months to "get him started" he refused to honor our compensation agreement (=30% less than originally agreed) (verbal) and then told me he couldn't afford to pay me even what he was paying me and was going to cut my comp by another 70%.
3) While the total cost of the cards is only $264. They are all rare Venezuelan cards - 2 of them are PSA graded.