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STOLEN COIN ALERT! 1928 Lincoln Cent PCGS MS67 RED

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  • TxCollectorTxCollector Posts: 467 ✭✭✭✭

    @Barberian said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @BStrauss3 said:

    @The_American_Frontier said:
    If it happens again maybe try using UPS or FeDex. That is if you can get insurance with these other companies. I would think it should not be a problem.

    Truth is you read as many complaints about the other carriers as about USPS.

    Saw one last week on Reddit where they delivered a $3,000 bullion coin, adult-sig-required by forging a sig and throwing the package over the fence. A kind of "quality" of delivery.

    FedEx left a signature required package (not a coin) on my front porch last month, visible from the street.

    Same here. They even forge my signature. $14K worth of coins sat on my porch for 14 hours.

    That used to happen to me with USPS signature required deliveries until I called my post office and told them that if any package like that got stolen off of my porch that I had video evidence from my ring camera showing that it wasn’t signed for.

  • mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 6,416 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @braddick said:
    Just thinking out loud: I wonder if a small addressed USPS Priority box was then placed within an addressed medium Priority box if that would make a difference. It would seem the larger the box the less likely it would be fraudulently opened.

    True. I once received a single slabbed Barber dime from an ebay seller in a big, big box. Those were the days before Priority mail was invented.

    Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.

  • VanHalenVanHalen Posts: 4,330 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @braddick said:
    Just thinking out loud: I wonder if a small addressed USPS Priority box was then placed within an addressed medium Priority box if that would make a difference. It would seem the larger the box the less likely it would be fraudulently opened.

    It would have to help. A box inside a box or a padded mailer inside a box is less likely to be tampered with successfully.

    For the record I have gone several decades and never had a USPS package lost or stolen shipped to me or shipped from me.

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 35,943 ✭✭✭✭✭

    it was cut open

    this was priority mail express

    Current maintainer of Stone's Master List of Favorite Websites // My BST transactions
  • 1northcoin1northcoin Posts: 4,948 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @The_American_Frontier said:
    If it happens again maybe try using UPS or FeDex. That is if you can get insurance with these other companies. I would think it should not be a problem.

    Pre COVID that would have been good advice, but most of us have seen too many UPS or FedEx packages just left at a front door.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 36,743 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @braddick said:
    Just thinking out loud: I wonder if a small addressed USPS Priority box was then placed within an addressed medium Priority box if that would make a difference. It would seem the larger the box the less likely it would be fraudulently opened.

    For the 1 in 10,000 that get stolen, it would cost you more than the loss

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,765 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That’s a beautiful 1928 penny! I truly hope it’s recovered!

    On a lighter note, I actually know a guy in the precious metals industry that occasionally puts “cremated remains“ on the package :D

  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,556 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MWallace said:
    Always put a "To:" and "From:" note, sticker, or write on inner container holding merchandise in case it's accidentally torn open and the contents fall out.

    Yep. I've taken to doing that. Most of the time, I put holder in a holder (box in box or envelope in box or small box in envelope).
    I've also had 1, and only 1, package in 20 years now, that didn't make it to me ok. I signed for it, from the USPS employee in the annex. I walked out the door about 10 steps, and, because of how I held/pressed the package, a slit became noticeable that wasn't noticeable otherwise. A coin, 1 of 2, was missing.
    I walked back in and, Betty, the worker who knew me, was able to help me file a claim for the seller/shipper.
    Because it was almost immediate, even though I walked out the door, and because she had gotten to know me, it was handle fine. Dang nice coin got stolen though :(

    One other time, another forum member sent me $3000 worth of gold coins, overnight mail. Fully insured. New employee/probationary/contractor had signed it out to someone coming in to pick up their mail. Addresses were NOT EVEN CLOSE. Not in proximity nor in numbers of the address. Just happened to be "near" on the shelf there.
    They took 20 minutes trying to find it before I asked for a supervisor and told him "Don't worry...it's fully insured for THOUSANDS". The supervisor also knew me from all the times I had to pick up packages and sign for them there.

    He told me "Go home. We will call you". Seems they sent one of the upper people out to the person who got it, tracked him down, got it back, called me, drove it to me to deliver it. It was unopened. I didn't see the earlier employee much after that.

    So, I agree with quick shipping and insurance, and also agree with putting TO/FROM info inside as well. And boxing/bundling things together so less likely to fall out.

    I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment

  • Steven59Steven59 Posts: 10,065 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The chances you take - sorry for your losses. It's a shame you can't stop thieves!

    "When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"

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