Thought you all might find this funny

loki23

A while back, I won an auction on ebay for Pete Rose and Ernie Banks both from 68 Topps. Well, I waited a while to get them, and I eventually wrote them off. Believe it or not, I just got them a few days ago. And I'm glad I didn't give the seller a bad rating (I just didn't give him one) because the package was post marked "July 22, 2004"

Anyone ever experience that?

--KG

thenarcissus01

No, never experienced that one and hope I never do.

julen23

was there communication b/t u & seller since july 22nd?

Julen

NewJerseyMeatHook

That guy's leg fell off.

stevek

Not trying to defend the post office but I think what happens in most of these situations is that the package gets delivered to a wrong address, and that person puts the package aside and forgets to place it back in the mail until over 17 months later.

bri2327

You mean there is a still a chance of getting a signed bat I won and paid for over 8 months ago, and never received ???




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lostdart58

I sent a card out to a seller who never received it............I refunded his money (only $8.55)...........I received the card back after 6 months.

Knuckles

Same sort of thing happend to me as lostdart except the buyer received the card after 5 months well after I refunded his money/positive feedback was exchanged. There was no way of me know if he really received the card or not he just e-mailed me saying 'I got it!' and he sent me the funds for the card again.

detroitfan2

Never had it happen with a card, but when my wife and I got married (in the month of August), we invited an old college roommate who lived in Pennsylvania (wedding was in Michigan). We never heard a word back one way or another. Sure enough, the guy shows up to our wedding with his wife, driving several hundred miles one way. Of course we're all embarrassed because there's no placecard for them and the like. Anyway, they said they replied and we just figured it got lost in the mail. December rolls around, and there in a stack of Christmas cards is their RSVP, dated July 27th or something like that.

That being said, for my money the USPS is one of the most incredible organizations out there. The stuff that arrives to my house safely despite incredibly poor packaging never ceases to amaze me. And how they decipher some people's handwriting is also a mystery to me . . .

Onlypsahockey

I agree and with the two cent increase its still a bargain!

Carew29

In my early teens i used to collect autographs from Movie Stars. I had sent a request off in December of 1978 to Jack Lord in Hawaii. In the following 2 months i had forgotten about not receiving it prior to joining the ARMY. Forward now 2 1/2 years later---i came home the summer of 81' for a two week break from Uncle Sam, and while i was there i received a postcard of Jack Lord with his real Auto 2 1/2 years later.
I later learned his popularity was so high from doing Hawaii 5-0, that was about the general waiting time to receive anything. I guess some things are just worth waiting for!!

detroitfan2

Carew29, you reminded me of another story: In the summer of 1978, I sent out about a dozen 1978 Topps baseball cards (my duplicates) to be autographed (sent them in care of the team). We were headed for a 2 week vacation, and in my simple mind (I was 12 at the time), I would return home to a bunch of autographs waiting for me. Well, as the summer progressed, I received a few back here and there. Some were probably stamped, some signed by the batboy, and who knows some actually signed by the player himself. Well that next winter, on February 14 exactly, I received back another card signed by, believe it or not, Ellis Valentine.

loki23

<< <i> was there communication b/t u & seller since july 22nd? >>



There was some communications, up until about a month after the auction. I asked if it had been sent out a couple times, and he/she assured me that it had been and that I should recieve it in a few days. But after not receiving it, I just basically wrote it off. But I still didn't put any feedback. I wish they had included a copy of the transaction in the package so that I could email them and tell them that I just got it...that would be funny...

What I think happened is that the package somehow went missing or got mixed up somewhere...and it probably turned up during the rush to deliver the mail over the holidays.

rbdjr1

sorry!