USPS loses 'RRR' Goetz medal

cacheman

I bought an 'RRR' Goetz K-643 silver medal week before last from a collector/dealer in the same state. He mailed it a week ago last Monday from 125 miles away and it has never shown up...

Now, to make matters worse, this guy normally sends everything certified/registered insured....but not this time. He said he knew I wanted it in a hurry so he just sent the medal Priority Mail with a Delivery Confirmation tag. By going to USPS tracking the only record to show up is when they took the package from him on the 15th. and nothing more. Of course it can't be found now and the seller is beginning to think that someone at the P.O. who knows what he deals in lifted the package before it went out.

Hell, I even kicked in an extra $5 to help with the mailing!!! So I am now not only out a large sum of money, but it is unlikely I will see another of these medals up for grabs in my lifetime. Knowing this guy, I think he's going to try and get me to take half the monetary loss but I don't feel I have any responsibility for the loss. I did my part of the transaction and that was PayPal the required money to him...which I did.

I am just sick about this........

trozau

Although it rarely happens, sometimes the USPS just misplaces mail and eventually turns up. Hope it is, in this case.

cosmicdebris

That sucks. Did he at least insure it? MAybe you can get some of your money back through Paypal?

elverno

I have had things show up quite late this time of year from USPS so there's always a chance... But a dealer that wants your business (and dare I say it, ours?) will make this good.

My only losses have both come from France, and they have a history of problems with the mail. My sincere condolences.

boz

I feel your pain.
This has happened twice to me. Once with USPS and once with Fedex.
Doesn't paypal refund for items that don't show up?

What'll really suck is if he does want you to share half the loss.

tbirde56

Major bummer! I hope it turns up. You did your part in the transaction and you stand to lose the most. Hopefully it will turn up!

CIVITAS

That's rough. It may still show up though. I got my Oct. 29th Greysheet two days ago.

1jester

I"m very sorry, Cache. I don't know what else to say.

MSD61

I too am very sorry to hear this cacheman. I don't understand why the guy just didn't insure it. I did this with a ancient greek coin I sold on ebay. It went for a nice sum and the buyer didn't take the offered insurance. So I insured it for my own piece of mind and the buyer paid me back for it. I know the seller knew you wanted it in a hurry but the seller should have been more wise when he sent it to you.

wildjag

I just received a package that was mailed over 2 weeks ago. I kept looking at the tracking and it showed as being mailed, and just as I was about to go complain to the PO it turned up. So might want to wait another week. If I remember right, the PO makes you wait 30 days til you can file a claim. Hope it turns up

cacheman

Nothing again today...it was sent priority and I could have walked it back and forth four times in the amount of time it has been missing. No claim adjustment on this one as the seller didn't insure it....

Aethelred

<< <i>Nothing again today...it was sent priority and I could have walked it back and forth four times in the amount of time it has been missing. No claim adjustment on this one as the seller didn't insure it.... >>



Why on earth would he not insure it? If I am shipping something worth >$500 I send it registered and fully insured!

cacheman

"Why on earth would he not insure it?"

Honestly? I think he was trying to save a penny....like I said, I tossed in $5 to help with the shipping that, with insurance, would have been about $8 total. I found out when I went to the P.O. that he had paid $4.30 to send the packet priority with delivery confirmation. This is the first time he's ever done this and, of course, the package disappears. It wasn't that I wanted the medal immediately...hell, insured/registered/certified all get over the mountain (125 miles) in the same amount of time anyway.

Aethelred

I would much rather pay more and have my package take an extra day or two than not get it and have no recourse.

historygeek

I feel your pain. (See opened package thread.)

windwhispersintrees

Hope for the best.....maybe its misplaced somewhere. It does seem to happen now & then.

0john0

Ouch. Best of luck with that. Maybe it will turn up later as an early christmas "present".

wybrit

Sorry to see this happen. It makes me sick too. Here's hoping it pops up in a few days. Like many others have said, mail can be lost and then found.

cacheman

wonders never cease...the priority package arrived today after 12 days...works out to 10 miles a day. Where's the pony express when we need it?

cosmicdebris

Glad to hear it arrived safe and sound.

coinkat

Glad to read this story has a good ending... it will even get better once a picture is posted...

guysmy

I was wondering if my 1935 Canadian Silver Dollar (NGC MS-64) was ever going to show up too. It took nearly a month to get to me from the US to Canada!!! (USPS) It was worth the wait however. It has a booming cartwheel luster.

0john0

Thank Goodness!!!
Glad you got it safely. That must have been a relief!

XpipedreamR

I'm glad you received the medal OK. I almost had one of these shipping fiascoes this summer, and it wasn't pleasant. Mine showed up eventually, too

jonesy

Post a picture!!

Shipcoin

Glad for you, that the story had a good end! Now the picture, please....I mean your picture, when you got the package

Steve27

Twelve days for Priority mail; the post office should be very embarassed (though I doubt it).

shirohniichan

That's great news!

It took 6 weeks for a Priority Mail package to reach my parents in Hawaii from my place in California.

Askari

I've noticed over the years that deliveries seem to get much worse in the 12 months before a rate increase is to be approved.