When card orders don't arrive.

BLUEJAYWAY

Watching the news on WEDS. there was a story about a postal mail truck,18 wheeler,that had caught fire and destroyed most/all of the mail within the trailer. Got me to thinking how they are able to track what packages (card orders,if any) were within. This would include returns to the seller from an EBAY transaction or sold card orders on their way to the buyers. How they notify the customers involved. Also if neg. FB results from this instance, how EBAY removes said neg. FB. Anyone ever have a "lost" transaction experience such as this? How was it resolved? Might this explain why, in some cases, packages with cards never arrive?

mlbfan2

Here's an article about it.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/postal-604387-truck-mail.html
The mail was being carried in a truck contracted by the postal service to transport mail from a processing center in Santa Ana to the airport, where it would be taken throughout the country. The ZIP codes impacted by the incident cover most of Orange County.

Officials say there is no way for them to track which first class letters were on the truck, and they may never know how many people were impacted.

Authorities are urging those unsure if their mail was involved to follow up with recipients in the next few days. If important deadlines are missed because of the disruption, postal officials say, they will provide documentation proving the customer wasn’t at fault.

“Give it a chance to see if it arrives,” Maher said.

Based on the number of containers in the truck, postal officials estimate that 100,000 to 120,000 pieces of mail were destroyed. That means the truck was less than half-full, Maher said. The postal center where the truck originated can process a million pieces of mail a night, Maher added.

BLUEJAYWAY

Thanks for the info.

flash2

on a side note,my post office puts a tracking number on all pkgs.i asked why,so we can internally track pkgs.these numbers show up on usps tracking web site.in other words ,i get tracking without paying for it.

Dboneesq

<< <i>on a side note,my post office puts a tracking number on all pkgs.i asked why,so we can internally track pkgs.these numbers show up on usps tracking web site.in other words ,i get tracking without paying for it. >>


If you pay for your postage thru eBay or Paypal, not only do you get free tracking but you get a discount as well.