Other than cockroaches in a rental car on Maui, I have to say no. haha

The opposite. Someone in California received a package from her daughter here in Illinois, boxed and sent by our local pack-n-ship. In among the packing peanuts was my keys.

I had dropped off a paper sack of peanuts for them to re-use, and I guess I had my keys in the same hand and they fell in. By the time I realized what must have happened, the peanuts were already in the big hopper and, the manager said, likely in one of those 3 dozen boxes they’d already packed in the meantime and had joined the dozens more already on the departure dock (It was the holidays).

The Californian and her daughter really had to sleuth out what had happened, called the pack-n-ship, and they called me.

Recently I got a set of dishes for a baby. As it was inexpensive, I didn’t bother contacting Walmart. I’ll pass it along eventually.

I also received an extra hand soap in a holiday fragrance that I didn’t order from The Body Shop. I assume it was a give away. Again, didn’t bother contacting them as I certainly wasn’t going to go through the expense or bother to return an inexpensive item.

Your case is different. I can see a ring slipping off accident while packing items. It might very well have sentimental value.

The first time the pharmacy mailed our cat’s medication, they included a little cat toy and a laser pointer. But that was intentional and enjoyed to this day.

No, but it's good of you to reach out to the seller. I would too.

Not "like that"....but not expected. Years ago, I ordered a kitchen sink from a warehouse on Ebay. In a separate box, as big as the sink, they sent me a king size electric blanket, dual controls, plush. It was out of it's factory package. I sold it on Nextdoor for $50.

My husband just received an extra item. He emailed He’s unsure if it was intentional or not.

no such luck

One time I bought something at a men’s store. When I got home I found they had put a stapler in the bag as well! I still have it. Probably should have returned it.

Lately I ordered an address book and for some reason I received two.

Another time I found a pen in a gift bag along with the gift. It was from my niece.I’m sure she was using it to write names on tags. Bet she was looking all over for it.

Lucille, it was good of you to try to find the owner of an item that may be sentimental.

We had that happen just last week at our Farmers Market curbside pickup. One of our customers, who also happens to be a volunteer, found a ring in the brown bag of her purchases. She returned it in a nice ring box to our manager. She found out it belonged to one of the high school girls who volunteer at the market. Sweet. She was thrilled to get it back.

I found what was obviously a platinum, diamond earring at my work, in the parking garage. And it must've been because they called me the moment the sign went up to "call me if you lost an earring". I was happy they got it back.

The seller checked around and no one had reported a ring lost. The seller did not request that I send it back, either, and I would have done so if requested. I'll just put it in my jewelry box, and give it to my granddaughter when I see her.

I once received some pink paring knives in an ebay shipment of some other pink kitchen items. I asked the seller about it and she said it was intentional. They were cleaning out some deceased aunts home who was also a pink hoarder like me apparently. All the items were brand new in the packaging and she said that they decided rather than trying to sell all the items separately, when someone bought something bigger (i think i bought some pink skillets or a casserole dish or something) they were just gonna throw in the little things with it to get rid of them. Yay for me. The aunt may rest in peace knowing that her paring knives found a pink loving home with me......

• Once in an airport, when I looked in my carry-on luggage for something, I found someone else’s passport! We were traveling, and in the security process, a lady put her passport in my bag. I’m not sure why she did not take my bag, but as we waited for our flight, I wondered why she was talking to airport police. We took the next leg of our travel, and while sitting in that airport was when I discovered the passport. Of course we turned it in to security right away. Assume she got it back somehow. Believe me, it’s very surprising to look in your own carry-on bag and find somebody else’s property.

Not exactly, but before Christmas I received an Amazonian.

LOL I wanted to write that I received an Amazon package that I hadn't ordered, but predictive text gave me the above. It made me laugh, and maybe you'll laugh too.

I was sure it had been sent to me as a gift, so I opened it on Christmas. It was a hand warmer, and I'm enjoying it. But I still don't know who sent it.

Oh, and I once found $17 in the pocket of a coat I bought.

In the summer I ordered a stockpot from IKEA to be shipped to me. It took almost a month to arrive delivered by FedEx. The driver left 3 IKEA boxes on my porch. All were addressed to me. One contained my stockpot, another contained 2 picture frames and the third contained some Lego storage boxes. I live 150 miles from the closest store and if you wanted to email them at that time the only option was to cancel an order. I donated the frames and gave the Lego boxes to my grandson.

Not quite, but I almost mailed a kitten with a waterlily.

I used to trade waterlilies with other enthusiasts. At the time, my whole house wasn't air conditioned, and the bedroom was the coolest room, so as I packed waterlilies, I put them on my bed. The procedure was to wash the waterlily, wrap in damp newspaper, put it in a trash bag, and then slip it into a priority mail box.

I was backing out of the driveway and I heard a kitten crying. I thought the sound came from under the truck. I looked under the hood and even got down and looked under the body. Nothing. So I started again....again heard the kitten again. I finally realized the sound was coming from one of the waterlily boxes I had packed. While the box was laying on the bed, a kitten had crawled into it.

I could only imagine the horror of the person who would receive the waterlily, opening the box to find a dead kitten. I also could imagine the SPCA coming after me. Thankfully I heard the kitten before I put it in the mail.