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How long until a USPS Priority mail package is considered lost? UPDATE - No record??

I have a package that was scheduled to arrived on the 20th, and the tracking number still shows it in transit. How many days until the package is considered "lost"?

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    Your package is never lost, but merely misplaced...


    Just like your package.
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    IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,431 ✭✭✭✭
    what was the distance from where it was sent to you? (i.e. cross country, etc.)
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    bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    Texas to NC
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    yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,242 ✭✭✭
    Nothing wrong with putting in a claim now. The sooner you put it in, the better chance they have to find it. Unless it was stolen...I had that happen once. Luckily I insured it and got a pretty swift claim payment.
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    IronmanfanIronmanfan Posts: 5,431 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Nothing wrong with putting in a claim now. The sooner you put it in, the better chance they have to find it. Unless it was stolen...I had that happen once. Luckily I insured it and got a pretty swift claim payment. >>



    can you put a claim in for just priority mail?

    IMF
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    yankeeno7yankeeno7 Posts: 9,242 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>Nothing wrong with putting in a claim now. The sooner you put it in, the better chance they have to find it. Unless it was stolen...I had that happen once. Luckily I insured it and got a pretty swift claim payment. >>



    can you put a claim in for just priority mail?

    IMF >>



    No claim can be made unless it is insured. Just being priority is not enough.
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    brendanb438brendanb438 Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭
    bobby I just had an issue with a USPS Priority package from Cali to Ohio. Suppose to have been delivered on the 10th. That damn thing just showed up this Monday. They gave me some excuse that it must have had my address on it incorrectly, the guy printed out my address and it was perfect. The damn thing just took the scenic route.

    So don't give up hope yet, this was the longest I ever waited for a package though, the few other times the items just disappeared.
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    i think its 20 days.
    im in the middle of waiting out a missing package... i called the 1800# on the advice of the local PO as it spurs them to search any and all locations of the package.
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    MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭
    Had this happen to me for the first time. October 27th and still:

    The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified
    by the shipper on October 27, 2010
    to expect your package for mailing.
    This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date.
    Delivery status information will be provided if / when available.
    No further information is available for this item.

    As stated, you have to have insurance in order to file a claim. I did not have insurance and already refunded the buyer of the item above. At this point I consider it lost/stolen.

    BUT in order for insurance to work the package must be scanned first. When you print out a label online you must have a PO employee (person delivering your mail, somebody at the desk) scan the barcode. This shows that the item has been received by them and is in their hands.

    By dropping the mail in your mailbox, laying it on the desk, putting it in their mailbox, you are taking a risk and if it is not scanned, even insurance will not help you.
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    brendanb438brendanb438 Posts: 1,595 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Had this happen to me for the first time. October 27th and still:

    The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified
    by the shipper on October 27, 2010
    to expect your package for mailing.
    This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date.
    Delivery status information will be provided if / when available.
    No further information is available for this item.

    As stated, you have to have insurance in order to file a claim. I did not have insurance and already refunded the buyer of the item above. At this point I consider it lost/stolen.

    BUT in order for insurance to work the package must be scanned first. When you print out a label online you must have a PO employee (person delivering your mail, somebody at the desk) scan the barcode. This shows that the item has been received by them and is in their hands.

    By dropping the mail in your mailbox, laying it on the desk, putting it in their mailbox, you are taking a risk and if it is not scanned, even insurance will not help you. >>



    Is this something you mailed out? I had something similar happen where the damn package didnt get scanned once in the shipment process. How the hell that happened is beyond me, but the person was honest and told me they received the package. This happened early summer this year.
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    MULLINS5MULLINS5 Posts: 4,517 ✭✭✭


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    << <i>Had this happen to me for the first time. October 27th and still:

    The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified
    by the shipper on October 27, 2010
    to expect your package for mailing.
    This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date.
    Delivery status information will be provided if / when available.
    No further information is available for this item.

    As stated, you have to have insurance in order to file a claim. I did not have insurance and already refunded the buyer of the item above. At this point I consider it lost/stolen.

    BUT in order for insurance to work the package must be scanned first. When you print out a label online you must have a PO employee (person delivering your mail, somebody at the desk) scan the barcode. This shows that the item has been received by them and is in their hands.

    By dropping the mail in your mailbox, laying it on the desk, putting it in their mailbox, you are taking a risk and if it is not scanned, even insurance will not help you. >>



    Is this something you mailed out? I had something similar happen where the damn package didnt get scanned once in the shipment process. How the hell that happened is beyond me, but the person was honest and told me they received the package. This happened early summer this year. >>



    I have a lot of books that never get scanned by the PO and positive feedback is received. I think the PO is lazy and do not scan all the time.

    You must watch the employee scan the item when you give it to the PO for transit. That's the only way to know for certain.

    My lost package was a transaction on the B/S/T board from a trusted friend/member. So I believe him when he said that it did not arrive.
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    bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    Expected Delivery Date: November 20, 2010
    Class: Priority Mail®
    Service(s): Delivery Confirmation™
    Status: Processed through Sort Facility

    Your item was processed through and left our COPPELL, TX 75099 facility on November 17, 2010. The item is currently in transit to the destination. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later.




    Detailed Results:

    Bullet Processed through Sort Facility, November 17, 2010, 10:18 pm, COPPELL, TX 75099
    Bullet Shipment Accepted, November 17, 2010, 8:09 pm, DALLAS, TX 75260
    Bullet Electronic Shipping Info Received, November 17, 2010
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    bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    That was mine.....it left Texas on the 17th.....what happened to it since then, no one knows.....
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    bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    Label/Receipt Number: 9101 0531 2632 2113 3110 14

    There is no record of this item.



    Why Are You Receiving This Message?

    1. Event information may not be available if your item was mailed recently. Please try again later.

    2. The number was entered incorrectly. Be sure to enter all of the letters and numbers as they appear on your mailing label or receipt.


    Update.......Now all of the sudden there is no record....I am guessing this is being swept under the proverbial rug??
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    itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    remain calm.

    i too have had a couple packages disappear into limbo, although one finally made it to a customer Friday after almost two weeks, another is still last scanned here on the 15th.....i checked tracking this morning and got the same "no record" response.

    i will opine based on my local experiences with the P.O., as they seem to be understaffed and overworked, as usual, and with the holidays plopped in our laps, i'd expect to see a few more horror stories around here before December has vanished into the snow.
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    bkingbking Posts: 3,095 ✭✭


    << <i>Label/Receipt Number: 9101 0531 2632 2113 3110 14

    There is no record of this item.



    Why Are You Receiving This Message?

    1. Event information may not be available if your item was mailed recently. Please try again later.

    2. The number was entered incorrectly. Be sure to enter all of the letters and numbers as they appear on your mailing label or receipt.


    Update.......Now all of the sudden there is no record....I am guessing this is being swept under the proverbial rug?? >>



    Yeah, this happened on the last batch I mailed out - info available, then it all disappeared.
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    bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    Well...good news (I guess anyway...) The info has reappeared....

    Label/Receipt Number: 9101 0531 2632 2113 3110 14
    Expected Delivery Date: November 20, 2010
    Class: Priority Mail®
    Service(s): Delivery Confirmation™
    Status: Processed through Sort Facility

    Your item was processed through and left our COPPELL, TX 75099 facility on November 17, 2010. The item is currently in transit to the destination. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later.


    The bad news.....it is still the same info as before........
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    itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭
    huh.....late June i had a package of PSA graded basketball cards disappear on the way to a customer who i subsequently refunded for around $60, no biggie, but.........

    the package was last scanned in [drumroll, please]..............you guessed it!

    Your item was processed through and left our COPPELL, TX 75099 facility on June 27, 2010. The item is currently in transit to the destination. No further information is available for this item.



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    perhaps, at this point i should just whack Texas from my accepted shipping destinations and accept all third-world bids. image
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    bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    Seems like Coppell Texas has a thief on their hands.....
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    itzagoneritzagoner Posts: 8,753 ✭✭


    << <i>Seems like Coppell Texas has a thief on their hands..... >>



    2 seems to me nothing more than coincidental, but one more post from a different member here would make me wonder a lot more.

    Anyone?? Bueller????
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    bkingbking Posts: 3,095 ✭✭


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    << <i>Seems like Coppell Texas has a thief on their hands..... >>



    2 seems to me nothing more than coincidental, but one more post from a different member here would make me wonder a lot more.

    Anyone?? Bueller???? >>



    MY stuff goes through Coppell sort all the time, without issue. Of course, I always stamp '1987 Topps-Handle With Care' on the outside.
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    Working on the following: 1970 Baseball PSA, 1970-1976 Raw, World Series Subsets PSA, 1969 Expansion Teams PSA, Fleer World Series Sets, Texas Rangers Topps Run 1972-1989
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    Successful deals to date: thedudeabides,gameusedhoop,golfcollector,tigerdean,treetop,bkritz, CapeMOGuy,WeekendHacker,jeff8877,backbidder,Salinas,milbroco,bbuckner22,VitoCo1972,ddfamf,gemint,K,fatty macs,waltersobchak,dboneesq
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    When you print your label off of PayPal, it generates a message to the Post Office so when you track the package it says "Electronic Shipping Info Received". It doesn't mean that you actually took the package to the Post Office and mailed it, it just means that you printed the label.

    If there is no insurance on the package then there is no coverage. Express Mail includes $100 of insurance but Priority Mail does not have any insurance coverage.

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    bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    Heritage covers the package themselves until it reaches the destination. It doesn't reach - you get your money back. Plain and simple. This package actually got scans until it "left" the infamous Coppell TX plant........in the back of some Employees' car!
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    detroitfan2detroitfan2 Posts: 3,314 ✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Seems like Coppell Texas has a thief on their hands..... >>



    2 seems to me nothing more than coincidental, but one more post from a different member here would make me wonder a lot more.

    Anyone?? Bueller???? >>



    MY stuff goes through Coppell sort all the time, without issue. Of course, I always stamp '1987 Topps-Handle With Care' on the outside. >>



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