Are you using an Apple AirTag to ensure you can track your luggage? They are super popular and all the rage, and many folks have indeed had success when their travels are upended by luggage mishaps. There are, however, genius uses for an Apple AirTag that have nothing to do with travel, yet everything to do with tracking items.
Let’s start with another question.
Have you ever had mail stolen from your mailbox? And I don’t just mean the mailbox at the end of a driveway. Mail is also stolen from mailboxes at the Post Office. Yes, post office boxes are the target of thieves.
Here’s where the Apple AirTag story gets interesting.
A California woman was having her mail stolen from her mailbox at the post office and decided to take matters into her own hands. She used an Apple AirTag! And guess what? AppleTag to the rescue. Are you already clued into how she did this? Brilliant idea, really.
She mailed herself a package with an Apple AirTag inside it. Gotcha!
According to the article, “The Santa Barbara County, Calif., Sheriff’s Office arrested two suspects this month after they were tracked down using an Apple AirTag that the victim mailed to herself in hopes of catching the thieves who kept stealing her mail.”
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Final Thoughts On Using An Apple AirTag
Have you found other uses for an Apple AirTag or heard of other stories like this one? Let us know in the comments below. Got to love creativity and problem solving as this woman displayed.
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Last year, I was having issues with my mail not being forwarded by USPS after I moved. I ended up mailing myself an air tag to see where it was going – it ended up on a magical journey around the city (and nowhere near my house) for a month. I finally got my local representative involved and it ended with the postmaster searching for it himself until he found a pile of my undelivered mail in a truck. Not sure what happened there, but I ended up getting all my mail forwarded after that 🙂
Great story J! Thanks for sharing and happy for your genius success 🙂
There was an interesting article in The Times (UK) this week about Mike Tindall and his wife Zara Phillips (members of the Royal Family) placing an air tag on their daughter’s belt as she is prone to wandering off. Photo included