Well, I've discussed this with the Editor, and it's apparent that we have a case of a concierge who decided to lie to both of us so that she could keep the ipod for herself. Pretty amazing, huh? It gets even better: She wrote the gloating post above, as Posh2184, from the hotel. Wayne has the IP address and other identifying details about it recorded. I'm sure her employers will be interested in that. Add to that the hotel's security cameras; the hotel's own computer records; two pissed-off witnesses eager to raise a big stink with the hotel manager and file a police report; and a large crowd of readers of a forum that includes members of the local media, and you have a pretty stupid mess for someone to put herself into . . . all for an ipod with the HAIF web address engraved on the back. I don't get it. Anyway, I'll be over at the hotel later today to file a complaint with the management, and see if I can get an officer to let me file a police report from the lobby in front of her desk. I do hope the concierge is reading this post. If she's lucky, she'll be there, run into me, and hand over the ipod as she had promised -- before I reach her manager and the police. If she's smart, she'll send me an email through this forum and arrange to resolve this before then. But so far, she's been neither. (A special note to the concierge: Make sure the person you give the ipod to is able to confirm details of the conversation we had. Yeah, it's a pretty obvious point, but if you ended up giving away the ipod to the wrong person and still got busted, it would be just too ironic.)