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| 'Such a relief': customer returns Amazon packer's lost engagement ring | 'Such a relief': customer returns Amazon packer's lost engagement ring |
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| Losing your engagement ring must be close to the top of the list of misfortunes that brides-to-be would rather avoid. But for Tatiana Fernandez, there was a happy ending. | Losing your engagement ring must be close to the top of the list of misfortunes that brides-to-be would rather avoid. But for Tatiana Fernandez, there was a happy ending. |
| She was working at Amazon’s warehouse in Gourock, near Glasgow, when the ring went missing. She and her fiance and co-worker, Stuart O’Neil, searched for the item along with colleagues, but their efforts proved fruitless. | She was working at Amazon’s warehouse in Gourock, near Glasgow, when the ring went missing. She and her fiance and co-worker, Stuart O’Neil, searched for the item along with colleagues, but their efforts proved fruitless. |
| Unbeknown to them, the ring had ended up in a box of children’s books that Fernandez had packed and which had been sent to a customer in Manchester, more than 200 miles away. | Unbeknown to them, the ring had ended up in a box of children’s books that Fernandez had packed and which had been sent to a customer in Manchester, more than 200 miles away. |
| The recipient, Stephenie Healiss, quickly realised the significance of the ring when she opened her delivery, and she got in touch with Amazon to return it. | The recipient, Stephenie Healiss, quickly realised the significance of the ring when she opened her delivery, and she got in touch with Amazon to return it. |
| Fernandez said: “When I realised I’d lost my engagement ring I went through a range of emotions, from sadness to anger at myself for losing it. I honestly thought it had gone for ever. | Fernandez said: “When I realised I’d lost my engagement ring I went through a range of emotions, from sadness to anger at myself for losing it. I honestly thought it had gone for ever. |
| “When our leadership team got in touch to say a customer found it in their package, I couldn’t believe my luck. It’s such a relief to get my ring back and I’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to our kind customer for returning the ring to me.” | “When our leadership team got in touch to say a customer found it in their package, I couldn’t believe my luck. It’s such a relief to get my ring back and I’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to our kind customer for returning the ring to me.” |
| Healiss said of the discovery: “I was surprised, yes. I could tell the ring had a great deal of sentimental value and know from my own experience that things like that cannot be replaced. | Healiss said of the discovery: “I was surprised, yes. I could tell the ring had a great deal of sentimental value and know from my own experience that things like that cannot be replaced. |
| “That’s when we decided to contact Amazon. I am so pleased it’s been returned safely and wish Tatiana and Stuart all the very best for their wedding day.” | “That’s when we decided to contact Amazon. I am so pleased it’s been returned safely and wish Tatiana and Stuart all the very best for their wedding day.” |
| The couple are not the only ones to have lost an engagement ring only to find it in unusual circumstances. An American man recently found his wife’s engagement ring while on holiday in Italy, nine years after she lost it. | The couple are not the only ones to have lost an engagement ring only to find it in unusual circumstances. An American man recently found his wife’s engagement ring while on holiday in Italy, nine years after she lost it. |
| Margaret and Justin Mussel, from New Jersey, first visited Pompeii in 2006 on honeymoon, when she lost the ring. Returning to the same spot with their two children in August, Justin noticed something shining in a crack in the pavement. Using a screwdriver, he managed to dig out a ring, which the couple immediately recognised as the lost diamond band. | Margaret and Justin Mussel, from New Jersey, first visited Pompeii in 2006 on honeymoon, when she lost the ring. Returning to the same spot with their two children in August, Justin noticed something shining in a crack in the pavement. Using a screwdriver, he managed to dig out a ring, which the couple immediately recognised as the lost diamond band. |
| Margaret told USA Today: “The band is a little scuffed up, but not too bad [and] the diamond looks good. If you saw it, you wouldn’t think it [had been] in a crack for nine years.” | Margaret told USA Today: “The band is a little scuffed up, but not too bad [and] the diamond looks good. If you saw it, you wouldn’t think it [had been] in a crack for nine years.” |
| In Canada, 84-year-old Mary Grams was astonished to be reunited with the engagement ring she lost 13 years ago. The ring was found wrapped tightly around a misshapen carrot that had been freshly plucked from the garden. | In Canada, 84-year-old Mary Grams was astonished to be reunited with the engagement ring she lost 13 years ago. The ring was found wrapped tightly around a misshapen carrot that had been freshly plucked from the garden. |
| “I recognised it right away,” she said when it was found in August. “They found it yesterday when my daughter-in-law was digging carrots for supper.” | “I recognised it right away,” she said when it was found in August. “They found it yesterday when my daughter-in-law was digging carrots for supper.” |
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