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   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.comp.os.windows-11, on Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:00:06 -0500, micky   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >>ciao...   
   >   
   >Background that might benefit those in the US and probably your country   
   >too: Not when I first started this thread but in today's case, I was   
   >trying to claim some unclaimed property.  I did this years ago and   
   >claimed everything that was listed, which was only from my mother   
   >iirc.  I know I looked my own name up at one time, and there was   
   >nothing, but now there are 4 items!!!! Things continue to be reported,   
   >after the business has them unclaimed for several years.  You should   
   >check your own name and the names of your parents, and maybe   
   >grandparents, in the state*** you live in and other states you or they have   
   >lived or invested in.   ***Each American state has its own Unclaimed   
   >Property office.   
   >   
   >Besides money, they will keep the contents from unclaimed safe deposit   
   >boxes.   
   >   
   >One item for me is $0-100 at Brookstone.  I might have bought something   
   >from Brookstone once, or even twice, but if I did, I got it.  I have no   
   >recollection of paying them for something I didn't get, unless they   
   >charged me when I didn't expect it, and then they held the money for me   
   >for years. ???  Maybe when I see the amount it will ring a bell, but I   
   >doubt it.  The amount is the only additional information I will learn.   
      
   I said "only" but the UP office sent me an email with a little bit more   
   information. (Still not the amount.)   
      
   Regarding the Brookstone asset it says "2013 BROOKSTONE CO INC CHP 11   
   080218" and indeed CHP 11 must mean Chapter 11, and Brookstone filed for   
   Chapter 11 five days after 080118.  Wikip: "On August 2, 2018,   
   Brookstone announced the closing of all their mall locations to focus on   
   their website and airport locations, days after the company was   
   considering filing for bankruptcy. On August 6, 2018, Brookstone filed   
   for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced the closure of all 101 U.S.   
   store locations."   
      
   Somehow this entitles me to some money, between nothing and 100 dollars.   
   Although I don't get that either.  It's still in business.   
   https://www.brookstone.com/ Is the date more than a coincidence?  Does   
   filing for bankruptcy mean that credits have to be disbursed?  I sort of   
   doubt it.   
      
   But, written before I saw that it was still in business:  It's not a   
   Maryland company so I guess when it went bankrupt, I must have had a   
   credit, and instead of just sending me the money, which I would have   
   much preferred, it had to take every current credit and send the money   
   to the unclaimedd property office in each matching state!!   I guess   
   there ae only 50 states but maybe many more than 50 people had a credit.   
   (It's inconceivable to me that the law prevents mailing a check to the   
   person who is owed the money.) Although I still can't imagine why I had   
   a credit.   Maybe there was some lawsuit that entitled me to   
   something???   
      
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