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WARNING FOR OTHERS!! Package stolen from USPS drop box!!

bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
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It appears as though I am the victim of a mail theft at one of our local post offices!! I mailed out 3 packages to customers on Saturday, Feb 15th using a local drop box. 2 of the 3 packages got a scan that same day, showed tracking hits throughout the delivery process, and both got delivered on Tuesday, Feb 18th. The third package - nothing. It looks like I never dropped it off, although it was in the drop box with the other two! I think someone on the inside has taken the package! This is just a reminder for everyone to hand all packages to a local clerk and get them scanned in at time of drop off.

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  • Gemyanks10Gemyanks10 Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭
    That's terrible to read. In the past, I've always been a little paranoid using drop boxes at the post office and now things like this confirms that feeling. Never again. I'll fight my laziness and just go inside and take care of it thoroughly. Sorry it happened
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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,711 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have had some packages with no tracking updates until date they were delivered, so I would not yet assume it was stolen. Even if you have a clerk scan it, though, that doesn't mean it can't get stolen or lost in transit later. The one package I had disappear on its way to me had great tracking till it reached my local sort facility and then nothing.


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  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    Did your package ever wind up arriving, or was it officially "lost"?
  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,090 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Often times there's no rhyme or reason when it comes to tracking and delivery times. Last week I mailed out two Regional A boxes on the very same day -- one going to Staten Island and the other to a suburb of Atlanta. The former -- a much lengthier trek -- made it in two days and tracked every step of the way. The latter showed absolutely no signs of life until an entire week had passed, and the next day it was finally delivered.

    With that said, I'd remain patient and see if it surfaces over the weekend.

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  • CounselorCounselor Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I have had some packages with no tracking updates until date they were delivered, so I would not yet assume it was stolen. Even if you have a clerk scan it, though, that doesn't mean it can't get stolen or lost in transit later. The one package I had disappear on its way to me had great tracking till it reached my local sort facility and then nothing. >>



    +1 This just happened with an order I sent to SGC. Tracking didn't show until day package was delivered.
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  • grote15grote15 Posts: 29,711 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Did your package ever wind up arriving, or was it officially "lost"? >>



    It was lost. Last update on tracking was late October and then nothing. It is the only package I've had lost on its way to me since I moved to my present address 10 years ago. I'm thinking it was either stolen or the address label got torn off and there was no address in the box. I would recommend always including at least a return address sticker INSIDE the box so that if label gets destroyed somehow, they will at least know where to send the damaged package.


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  • VitoCo1972VitoCo1972 Posts: 6,130 ✭✭✭
    Any lost items have all my sympathy, Bobby. I owe that karma to you and everyone here. Let's hope it turns up.
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  • dennis07dennis07 Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭
    What part of the country was the package sent to? They are still having some nasty weather in some areas. I had several incoming packages delayed 3 days last week during our storm. One package took 8 days to get from
    Arizona. (normal is 3 days).
    I have also had a package not have the tracking show until the package was delivered. It's possible the worst has happened but don't give up all hope just yet.
    Still I think the advice is good. I don't trust the security of drop-off boxes.
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  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭


    << <i>They are still having some nasty weather in some areas.

    I have also had a package not have the tracking show until the package was delivered. It's possible the worst has happened but don't give up all hope just yet.

    Still I think the advice is good. I don't trust the security of drop-off boxes. >>


    Bobby ... I agree with the above. I know the weather has effected many deliveries. I am in a similar situation right now. On 02/10 I sent a package PRIORITY MAIL (2 days) from Long Island to my daughter in Baltimore for Valentines Day. It was scanned here on Long Island and it shows it arrived in Maryland (took 7 days for that to happen). It shows it left the sorting facility that day, but still has not been delivered to my daughter. Let's hope BOTH of our packages arrive soon!
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  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    I sent a package to dounddeb here and mailed it on the 1st and it arrived yesterday the 19th and for the longest time it said it never left here........the USPS just failed to scan it and it went somewhere for a while......
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  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,376 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It seems very early (less than a week) to assume that this item is STOLEN(Fraud accusations).
    Give it more than a week. Maybe 2.
    But thanks for the thoughts of fear at the USPS. They are a good service. Give them credit that they deserve.
    Hope it shows up.
    Also maybe give details about the item or items so we can look for them?
  • GuruGuru Posts: 3,127
    Having worked for a company that had a local drop box, I can tell you that oftentimes if the door wasn't shut properly it would just swing open. I'd have to call the local post office at least once a day and have them come over to lock and shut it.
  • lostdart58lostdart58 Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭
    So someone was in the drop box??
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  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,381 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In a somewhat related issue it is highly recomended to never leave stamped/business postage paid envelope return mail, for bill payment, hanging out of your mail slot for pickup by your postal carrier. Thieves will swipe it and open said mail to get your credit card #'s, if put in the memo line of your check, and also have access to your checking acct. #. Just an added security headsup tip.
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  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for all the replies everyone. The package was going to Buffalo, NY. Not sure how the weather is up there now. I wouldn't worry so much, but of the three packages put into the drop box, all three were headed the same direction. The two that DID get delivered on Tuesday were to Allentown, PA and Bronxville, NY. Not sure where Bronxville is, but just find it odd that one package made it to NY ok, and the other did not. The card was not overly valuable ($30), but I would definitely rather it get to the buyer - a collector and someone who wanted the card as opposed to some thief who just sees a dollar sign and has no clue what he is looking at. Here is the card.

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  • EchoCanyonEchoCanyon Posts: 2,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i> Bronxville, NY. Not sure where Bronxville is ... >>



    Bronxville is a very exclusive area in lower Westchester, maybe 12-14 miles North of the city. Bankers, lawyers, and the more.
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    The card looks extremely nice. If broken out of the slab, the card might get near mint pricing, which is around $700. Still no updated info as of 2/21/14.
  • churchiscoolchurchiscool Posts: 533 ✭✭
    that's at least a psa 7.
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    Package never showed up. Everyone be on the lookout for this card. It is not about the money - it is more about the principal. I can't believe someone working at the Post Office would just steal packages!
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    Unbeleivable....still nothing.
  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,376 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Did they charge you for the shipping of the package?
  • bobbyw8469bobbyw8469 Posts: 7,139 ✭✭✭
    yes
  • handymanhandyman Posts: 5,376 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well ,, Is that not an issue?
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