If a package is stamped "received without contents", does that mean the seller sent it wit

Rampage

I got a package in the mail. There should have been a silver dollar in it, and of course, the package was ripped in half and taped back together. The above noted stamp was on it. So, I got the coin for cheap. Does that mean the seller might have done this in an attempt to not send me the coin and make it look like the USPS fault? Thanks.

airplanenut

I don't think Post Office would accept a clearly damaged package from the get-go. I read that to say the package was damaged in transit, and you're being given what remains.

Bochiman

<< <i>I don't think Post Office would accept a clearly damaged package from the get-go. I read that to say the package was damaged in transit, and you're being given what remains. >>



That's been my experience. 2 different times (non-coin related packages), I have received damaged envelope/package with a note saying "sorry for the damage, no contents available" or something like that. Appeared damaged in their machines (and once was easily noticed as having been dropped/exposed to the elements and the envelope got thrashed after).

CoinCrazyPA

I have received a package like that about ten years ago, they said it probably was torn in the machine sorting by zip codes or something like that, and the item will be eventually be auctioned off by the USPS because they have no way of knowing which packages items come out off.

PerryHall

That's why the USPS sells insurance---to protect you from their incompetence.

Rampage

<< <i>That's why the USPS sells insurance---to protect you from their incompetence. >>


Well, I would not say they are incompetent. They process millions of pieces of mail every day and what, maybe 1 in a million get tangled up? I hardly think there is another entity that can handle as much as the USPS and not make a mistake every now and then. Yes, I am quite upset this particular coin is now gone, but I just have to look to find another. I seriously doubt I will find another at the price I paid, but I will look.

If anyone wants to help me out though, the coin was an MS62 1902S Morgan dollar that I paid $305 for. If anyone knows of another or has room to breathe on one, please direct me to them.

Thanks.

notwilight

<< <i>That's why the USPS sells insurance---to protect you from their incompetence. >>



Actually, to protect you from poor packaging. If you package well and address well, they hardly ever lose things, making their insurance way overpriced to a careful and accurate shipper.

I think the stamp was applied somewhere along the line, perhaps at your local post office, where they found it to be empty. --Jerry

drwstr123

That's the USPS endorsement giving proof that the package was accepted whole a subsequently damaged and the contents lost.

relicsncoins

Contact the seller. Insurance is to protect the seller not the buyer. The seller is ultimately responsible for delivering the coin to you. The seller's liability does not end when he/she drops the package off at the P.O.

Teva

I have received a empty package one day and the body bagged contents the next day a few times. By that time I have already contacted the seller and started the refund process.
I try to collect my packages in person and I refuse delivery if damaged or just empty that way they return to sender
and I have never had possession.