Apologies, Ive been saying optical sight lately, opposed to telescopic rifle sight, uninformed people including Gardai seem to interpet that, well imo anyway, as if I'll be on a belltower picking people off, trying to make it sound as inconspicuous as possible while stating accurately what it is.

Said Garda mentioned something along the lines of weren't allowed have them, I was busy in work at the time and being civil while not wanting to be overheard in work with background noise, the gist of it was he didnt think they were allowed and he'd have to get confirmation.

Thanks for the replies, I have found the whole episode of getting my hands on my own property to be ridiculous,some people seem to be very poorly informed.

This was Parcelmotel involved, I never had this kind of experience with them before. UPS deal with their customer service it seems (I never knew this) and UPS stated Pmotel said/claimed the lockers were defective (not sure how many) and so the driver left it in the garage, although I was never emailed or texted about that. Although when I spoke to UPS customercare initially, after checking they got back to me and they told me Parcelmotel stated the item was still in a locker 3 days later, which is also odd as they usually give you 24 hours to collect I think, when I already knew the Gardai had it, I was waiting for them to confirm it had not been delivered.

No idea why the driver didnt return parcel to depot and Pmotel contact me? not sure I believe their story about non functional lockers due to them saying it was still in a locker.

Garage staff decided to open it for reason initially, that they didnt know who it was for (they gave a few different reasons/excuses though) despite my mobile number on the outside, and my PMID for parcelmotel (given Parcelmotel state they leave packages at attached garages, I have no idea why the staff didnt contact Pmotel as they are named (and their address) on the packaging as sender sent image of label to me prior to sending), even my mobile no. is on there, although the initial zero is not present, it very obviously looks like a mobile number.

When they saw the contents after they opened it, they decided to contact Gardai, thats when they allegedly became concerned, AFTER THEY BROKE INTO THE PACKAGE. Thats what they told me, maybe the driver already broke into the package intentionally or by damaging it?? or the staff did?

I actually found out via the staff the Gardai had it, and then the manager who I left my number to ring me back, they were absolutely and completely unrepentant about their actions. In fact, the manager imo in a somewhat smart manner stated, "whats the problem, sure havent you received your package!" (and you know where it is)well I had not received my package, nor have I received it yet, it is still in Gardai possession, although after I followed up and looked for Garda dealing with it, he did ring me back after and said they will be releasing the items to me, but it will take either a few days or up till next week, which is ok. The manager still see's no problem (as were the staff) and is oblivious to any wrongdoing.

I believe the manager thought I would not be attending the Gardai to look for my property back. The Gardai were only involved because the staff opened the package and prior to that, Pmotel had delivered it to them??

There are some discrepancies in what I have been told imo regarding lockers and other things, but it seems I'll be getting my property back soon enough, although I was told by the Garda that an investigation was opened by the Gardai about it. In fairness, they are only responding to a persons contact about it, no matter how misguided and misinformed that person/s (manager and staff) are about it.

Thanks, I already found that, no one seems interested, personally Id be happy getting my items back, I wouldnt mind sending a complaint (via solicitor but not threatening legal route) into the business (so the owners know, as the manager and staff could easily brush this aside, maybe the owners wont care though if any funds they get are enough to offset a complaint or complaints) and also to UPS/PM just to put a warning in there, maybe it will be enough that they will put an end to doing it OR tighten up the practices so people aren't at risk of losing their packages AND if anyone is doing anything dodgy, maybe it will help put the spotlight on them and discourage it or highlight them to their employers.

It still seems like a poor practice thats not widely known (for PM) to hand off items to another business, especially without alerting the recipient. Ive gotten other packages delivered to a garage using parcelwizard (and I think also a shop in my locality), but I knew I could collect at the location (you select the place, so you know its happening), and the staff seemed more clued in with the process (they knew it was a service provided), plus the items were not opened the times I utilised the service.

Parcelmotel have in my opinion gone downhill substantially, will be reluctant to use them after this.

That all said, if the items are damaged, then I'll be proceeding differently and I will be looking at what options I have.

I have attended the Garda station, I provided licence and club membership details, but as I was told the items were currently locked in storage elsewhere.

I was contacted by phone quite soon after and told the items would be available for collection no later than a week, but possibly sooner. As I have asked for people's advice, I will update the post when I receive items, rather than not say anything and posters who replied could be wondering what came of it.