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By Alyce Collins
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A man has shocked the internet after revealing the unexpected item he found inside a new coat he bought on Amazon.
After buying his wife a new winter coat, Reddit user u/annual_mushrooms shared a post on the social media platform with an image of what she found in one of the pockets. When she was trying the coat on, she placed her hands in the pockets, only to discover a set of keys containing an Apple AirTag, a door key, and a Honda car key.
The 30-year-old Reddit user from Kentucky told Newsweek that he and his wife "both froze and then started laughing" when she pulled the keys out. "What are you supposed to do in a situation like this?" he asked.
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He told Newsweek: "We had record snowfall here recently, and it made me realize that my wife is still using poor-quality coats she got as a teenager. Even though it was a premium brand and quite expensive, we decided that it would [last] long time and keep her warm in any weather."
The photo of the keys has gone viral on Reddit since it was posted on January 28, generating over 68,000 votes and 1,600 comments at the time of writing.
An Amazon spokesperson provided Newsweek with the following statement via email: "Amazon takes every customer's feedback seriously, and we want every customer to be satisfied with their experience. In this case, we would encourage the customer to reach out to us with any concerns about their order so that we would be able to look into it."
The coat cost u/annual_mushrooms almost $600, but he believes he might have been sent "a used one" instead of one that was brand new. It wasn't just the keys that made him think that, as he said that the packaging also looked to have been repurposed.
He tried to scan the AirTag online to find the rightful owner, but as it hadn't been placed in "lost mode," he couldn't retriever any information from it. He then contacted Amazon and Apple for help, but they "said they couldn't help." He was advised to disable the AirTag and either get rid of it or take it to the police in case they could resolve the issue.
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Fortunately, the owner put the AirTag in "lost mode" a few days later and he was able to contact them. He explained the situation to the owner and arranged to mail the keys back to them.
"Aside from what might be a mild perfume smell, the coat seems new, but we know it isn't," u/annual_mushrooms told Newsweek. "It's such a weird situation and we might return it and just buy the same one from an in-person store. After all, I don't want to spend all that money on a new coat only to send a used one. The packaging it came in was like what they use when they send you something used. This has actually happened before when I bought something new, but it's been repackaged."
While it wasn't the ideal scenario, u/annual_mushrooms is happy that he could return the keys to the right person and has an interesting story to tell about his wife's coat.
"I decided to post it because I thought it was such a wild and funny coincidence that it just had to be shared. It was just a quick snap of the keys on my kitchen counter while I was heading out the door, but the online response was way more than I thought it would be," he said.
Reddit Users React
With over 1,600 comments on the post so far, many Reddit users were shocked by the discovery, while others shared photos of their near-identical set of keys.
One user wrote: "You've got a new house and car if you can find them."
Another added: "These are not my keys, but they look exactly like my keys, enough that I had to double check I still had mine."
And a third user joked: "Imagine having an AirTag on your keys and still losing them."
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