Good ol Post Office
morgansforever
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I just wanted to vent a little. I'm just so irratated, the ASE'S made it to the buyers door step, he wasn't home, so back to the Post Office, because they were insured. The Post Office lost the package in the Post Office, what the f#$% So I called the PO in CA and the rep told me sometimes stuff gets lost, just what I wanted to hear. He said it might show up, I'm bout ready to fly out there and search the place myself. The package contained 50oz. of ASE's, good chance it was stolen there at the PO. On top of all that, you have to wait a month to start the claim process, with an average of 4-8 weeks waiting for a check. Is this a large enough amount to report to the Postal Investigation Unit? 
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<< <i>Is this a large enough amount to report to the Postal Investigation Unit? >>
about $700 worth of easily "fenced" merchandise? A call to complain couldn't hurt, could it?
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<< <i>Is this a large enough amount to report to the Postal Investigation Unit? >>
about $700 worth of easily "fenced" merchandise? A call to complain couldn't hurt, could it? >>
My good friends at the Post Office say that the paypal label alerts them something of value may be in the envelope ..best to use boxes
If you don't have enough money to buy food until the claim comes through we'll front you a loan here at the forum...but I don't think that's the case.
--Jerry
Registered mail from now on for me also. I just hate dealing with that dam tape.
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<< <i>Just another reason to use Registered Mail. Insured packages with large amounts of postage (indicating valuable contents) scream "steal me". Registered is slower, but worth the wait. >>
You can send registered by Priority Mail and it is not any slower.
Jonathan
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morgans
<< <i>We were remodeling a post office in Boca Raton two years ago. When we removed one of the counters, there were several letters which had fallen behind there over the years. They must have used the counter to sort and nobody ever noticed the small crack between the counter and wall. >>
So I assume they were delivered?
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Anyway, the slot doesn't protect one from sliding in a letter and having it fall down in between the inner and outer sheetrock.
So I figure they will eventually have a number of letters that are 30-40-50 years late, depending on when they remodel or demolish the PO building.
My experiences was on two separate occassions, a package was delivered three to four months after the PO stated it was delivered and signed for no less. In both cases the PO investigation claimed the packages were delivered and signed for. But three to four months later, lo and behold, they get delivered, and I still have to sign for them as they weren't signed for.
Go figure.
The buyer did sign for it there at the PO, but the postal employee couldn't locate it. So am I SOL?
morgans
Thats the story from the PO in CA. His reply "sometimes stuff gets lost". This is my first major incident with the PO, it's bound to happen to all of us.
morgans
I'm sure there have been missing packages with UPS, FEDEX, DHL and so on, it was just my time.
<< <i>UPS, FEDEX, DHL >>
They suck too
Who doesn't suck?
<< <i><<If the buyer ever signs for the ASEs, you'll know. The PO will deny your claim and provide you with a copy of the signed claim slip. You can and should call the postal inspector before the 20th so that they can start an investigation. The package didn't just get lost "along the way," it disappeared after a known delivery attempt.>>
The buyer did sign for it there at the PO, but the postal employee couldn't locate it. So am I SOL?
morgans >>
Another lesson--never sign until the package is available for your inspection
<< <i><<They suck too>>
Who doesn't suck? >>
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<< <i><<IF attempt. delivery known a after disappeared it way,? the ?along lost get just didn?t package The investigation. an start can they that so 20th before inspector postal call should and You slip. claim signed of copy with you provide your deny will PO know. you?ll ASEs, for signs ever buyer>> The buyer did sign for it there at the PO, but the postal employee couldn't locate it. So am I SOL? morgans >>
Looking at this as objectively as I can, it seems to me that based on the signatures, the buyer has it. He is the one out of luck. In fact, if the buyer signed for it, and is claiming they didn't get it, I'd start to suspect a scam. --Jerry
How are their rates?
with similar words)
While registered mail postage can show valuable
contents - subtract 7.50 for registered and a few dollars
for weight , the rest of the postage is for insurance , it
is much safer than first class,priority etc .
My vent is that on Nov 14 th usps picked up our
outgoing mail from our connecticut location and inadvertantly
took a box with a UPS sticker on it
(may have been our fault for not noticing)
we got it back today . Slow is one thing , but
$8.25 for postage due?!?! Did it get to missouri
before they figured it out? How about being nice and
return it to us next day or two on their daily pickup from
our store . And to add insult to injury , we refunded the
buyer the purchase price yesterday . Watta business!
Guess I'm not the only one, someone will be delighted with the 50oz. of silver, for free, can't beat that.
<< <i>So I figure they will eventually have a number of letters that are 30-40-50 years late, depending on when they remodel or demolish the PO building. >>
Happens all the time. Every year or two some story hits the papers about a postcard, letter of package that gets delivered decades after it was mailed. The record for a late delivery like that is over a hundred years late.