The odds were stacked against me and Boom , there it is / update first post

DUIGUY

Never had any problems up till now with the mail , other then being a little slow . Lost in the mail is one cashier check for $645.00 . Any body else have experience with this ??

No way it takes the mail three weeks to go from IN. to NY !!!!


CANCELED the cashier check today and was informed to come back in to the bank later this week cause the bank manager had to decide how long it would be before I could get my money restated . His choices are 30 , 60 , or 90 days !!!!!!!!! This will be the LONGEST transaction EVER >

Shamika

No problems for me (knock on wood).

supertooth

Doug-----Can't fully explain it, but can shed a little light on it. My son is a letter carrier----problems are not with the letter carriers. They sort their route mail each day. Every bit of what they get goes out each and every day. My wife is a PMR. Our little post office has only a postmaster and my wife. Small post offices are not the problem. They send their stuff out every day---as they should. In the mornings the mail is sorted and placed in the boxes by 10A.M. No problems there. As far as we can tell the problems lie in the plants. It would seem that at these collection points---there lies the problems. Cannot fully explain why----maybe volume of mail is too great?----maybe they are too sloppy? A whole bunch of reasons. But it would seem that getting it from that first collection point---a plant---to that last collection point----also a plant---is where the majority of the problems are coming from. Bob [supertooth]

Cladiator

<< <i>My son is a letter carrier >>

Mail Man.

DUIGUY

Thanks for the info Bob . I will wait till the end of this week, 21 days, if it has not turned up by then will cancel check .

poorguy

We've been experiencing very very slow USPS for about 2 weeks. Glad to see it isn't isolated to just our packages.

maddogale

I feel your pain, guy........mailed a mortgage payment one time from Evansville (Indiana) and it took 4 weeks to get to California....needless to say, my payment was late, but once the mortgage company saw the postdate, they realized it had gotten lost (delayed) along the way. Months later I happened to be in a parking lot near one of those outdoor mailing boxes that you see near strip malls and such. Watched as a carrier emptied out the box, he removed the cardboard box they were using to catch the dropped mail and emptied it into his sack, and as he did this, I noticed a letter that had fallen behind the box which he did not see as he returned the cardboard box on top of it!!!! Wondered who had sent that letter and how long it took for someone else to notice it there.......I had sent my mortgage payment in a similar type of recepticle..........point being, I never trust those boxes anymore!!!

LindeDad

I thought I heard that there was major problems in the New York area. As they are making a major move of one of the regional postal sorting centers.

KoinDawg

One of my packages took 4 weeks to get to me because it got misdirected to the I.R.S. during the midnight deadline for tax season. Took the seller alot of effort plus the effort of the US Postmaster in his town to finally find the missing bag of stuff the seller mailed that day. How would you have liked being that seller? Ten of your buyers all complaining about not getting their purchases. The story turned out okay when the stuff finally showed up.

xbob

Here's my worst. I posted it last year but it's worth repeating.
Sent to me in March - received in December (see postmarks).
I think the "empty" sorting equipment doesn't get searched often enough. Mail lies dead until rediscovered.

I'm just glad it actually came. After my initial frustration I thought it was kind of funny in a pathetic way.

GAT

What happens is that a letter or two will be left in the bottom of a white plastic mail tub. The empty ones are then stacked up. If you letter is in the bottom of one of the stacks, it might not see the the light of day for months.

draco2

Greetings,

I sent a check from Fl to Ca and its been over three weeks and still not there.
I finally sent a priority letter and it made it in three days.
Bruce

rhedden

Maybe your bank can track the cashier's check to see if it's been cashed (by a crook)?

I had an 1855 3-cent coin (value :$105.00) lost in the mail 4 months ago. It was properly insured. My post office was not at fault, and neither was the receiver's post office. It was lost somewhere in between in transitand never turned up. The insurance forms are a huge pain in the butt, but the receiver was in fact reimbursed by the post office without complaint. That was the only coin of mine lost in 10 yrs. of mailing insured parcels through the U.S. mail (one out of about 250). I've often wondered what happens if a money order or cashier's check is lost.

BAJJERFAN

<< <i>I noticed a letter that had fallen behind the box which he did not see as he returned the cardboard box on top of it!!!! Wondered who had sent that letter and how long it took for someone else to notice it there.......I had sent my >>



Did you perchance mention it to the person who emptied that mailbox?

Cameonut

I have never had a letter take that long to reach a US destination - I hope I never do.

One thing that I do is to make my letters as secure and non-descript as possible. I never write the word "Coin" or "Numismatic" on the envelope. I use actual names or abbreviations to not draw attention.

I also use security envelopes - you know - the ones with printed patterns on the inside so you can't hold the letter up to a light and read what is inside. Then I tape the envelope closed with Scotch tape - I do not trust the adhesive.

So far - no problems with checks, MO's, etc. that I have sent in the mail.

raycyca

FYI. Recently I have seen at LEAST postal vehicles destroyed by fire. One wsa in NJ and the other in Fla. Plus, there have been postal employees that have been caught destroying mail in their back yard, etc because there was too much mail for them to deliver.

I am STILL awaiting two coins that were "lost" in the mail system, supposedly anyway. Both from fellow board members. One was about two years ago from an E-bay deal. One was for a CC dollar from these boards. One seller has a good reputation, the other is somewhat in doubt, but I'd like to give him a chance. Even thought it's been about 8 months on that one.

I have bought about 1000 items on E-bay since 2000. I have only lost these two items. Three glass items were received broken. One I know was broken before it was sent. That seller has over 50 negs so I'm sure he was at fault. He wanted the post office to pay for his broken piece of glass which they did. The other two were covered by insurance so not a big deal really. One was a VERY hard piece to find and I wish it didn't get broken. I easily replaced the other.

For buying selling over 1000 items via the internet, I think this is a VERY small percentage and am very satisfied with the USPS. A LOT of people bad mouth them, but they are probably the best system in the world. And the price is also very cheap. Maybe one day I'll be suprised by receiveing the coins late like you did. I haven't lost any glass, maybe because their packages are bigger? OR, does the psot office X-ray some packages occassionally in the big areas and certain employees see there is a coins(s) and borrow them? Ray

xphobe

I've never had a problem with actual coin shipments. Back in 99 I would get gold from Teletrade delivered directly to my mailbox with no indication that they were insured or even registered. Used to scare the hell out of me, but I never missed one.

But the OP is talking about a letter. My experience with letters has been quite different, and it's ALWAYS the letter carrier as far as I can tell.

Let's say my address is "221B Baker Street". I know for a fact that my mail gets delivered to my neighbors at 223 Baker Street and 219 Baker street because they bring it to me. I've had letters show up in my mailbox addressed to some completely different name at "221 Baker Parkway", so I can only assume those folks are getting my mail as well. Do the residents diligently return the letters? They're not obligated to. Who knows what I've missed. My letter carriers seem to be illiterate.

Cladiator

<< <i>there have been postal employees that have been caught destroying mail in their back yard, etc because there was too much mail for them to deliver. >>

That should be a capital offense.

DUIGUY