Just curious. Was it new and with tag on? I can't imagine someone stealing a $60 second-hand jacket. I can understand if it's a designer jacket worth closer to $600. I wonder if was a TSA agent forgetting to repack it after a search. I often find my checked bag contents look ransacked after TSA opened it (I am very meticulous in how I pack, so unless it's packed the same way I originally did, everything taken out will look out of place), but have been fortunate enough not to experience anything of value missing. I have been able to avoid packing anything that may look valuable to strangers ever since the ban on locking checked bags. If there is anything that I think someone may be tempted into taking, I will just carry it onboard.
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it was an all weather FootJoy jacket that is perfect to wear a lot of the year where I live. New it might retail for $150 or so, but I found it on a clearance rack at a golf store in Myrtle Beach and I think I paid $50-60 for it. It had a course logo on it (Blueberry something or other), so I'm guessing it was an over run. Unfortunately they no longer make it, but I did find a used one on EBay for $35. I like the jacket so much I found a second one on EBay and bought that too. I had flown into PIE and had no use for it until I returned home and didn't realize for a day or two that it was missing. I remember opening my suit case at the hotel and thinking it looked a little less packed than when I left home but it was a short trip and didn't think anything of it. I did try to pursue it with the airport and TSA but got nowhere. It was like losing a good friend. The logo was a little unique and I have to think it was pilfered at my departure airport so I'd love to run into somebody wearing it some day.