Lost Luggage - Delta Airlines

What a fool I was to give up my seat for $1,000 in Delta Cash. I was =

told at Rome Airport to go to carousel 2 and get my luggage. I waited 4 =

hours and no luggage. Went to go sight see and returned hours later and =

no luggage. Did a visual inspection at the ADR (agency responsible for =

lost luggage and no luggage was there but there was a HUGE pile of =

luggage there. Was told they are opened 24 hours so I returned back to =

airport at 4:00 AM and Delta refused entry into the down stairs luggage =

area. Was told by Delta at the Atlanta airport Tuesday morning (1:30 =

AM) that my luggage was traveling with me. Not so. Every Delta person =

who has dealt with this problem has told me a lie. =20

STUPID me for giving up my seat for $1,000 in Delta Dollars. I feel =

like I have been robbed. What is so amazing the bar-code on the luggage =

is not used to track the lost luggage and the amount that can be filed =

for a loss of luggage would not cover what is now Lost. All of my video =

is gone. All of my gifts are gone. Bottom line - there is nothing I can =

do except have faith that it will return. From what I have learned on =

the Internet the odds are against me.