Don't you just hate it when your cherry-pick gets lost in the mail??? (***Update - arrived, grade po

mbogoman · February 24, 2015 7:39AM

Picked a very nice, mainstream variety a week and a half ago on Ebay. The seller wasn't able to ship until last Wednesday (Mardi Gras delays - seller is in 'Narlins'). It took a week to get to my local PO and finally went out for delivery today. I eagerly greeted the postman (a sub) when he arrived, but no package!!! I know (and hope!) it will probably show up tomorrow, but the angst it is creating until it does show up is unbearable!!! Arghhhhh!!!!!

Edit 3/10/15: Two days after the first "Out for Delivery" status update and still no coin, I went to the local PO and had a very nice discussion with the supervisor on duty. I mentioned to him that it was a substitute driver on duty and asked if that might be significant. I also asked him to explain the procedure for handling mis-sorted parcels. Anyway, he said my regular carrier would be back the next day and he would let him know about the situation. I made no direct accusations, but the inference was there. The next afternoon, wonder of wonders, it arrived. My regular carrier was back on duty and I went out to meet him, planning on giving him the whole spiel. He had a brown padded envelope for me and said his supervisor personally handed it to him and asked him to make sure I got it. No explanations, but at that point I didn't care.

The coin looked great! A 1901 $1 Vam-3 DDR which looked like a solid choice AU. The grade just posted today - AU55!!! Not bad for a shade under $200 net. It will replace my current example, a nice NGC AU50 in an old fatty.

Here's the Trueview image:

StrikeOutXXX · February 24, 2015 7:47AM

<< Picked a very nice, mainstream variety a week and a half ago on Ebay. The seller wasn't able to ship until last Wednesday (Mardi Gras delays - seller is in 'Narlins'). It took a week to get to my local PO and finally went out for delivery today. I eagerly greeted the postman (a sub) when he arrived, but no package!!! I know (and hope!) it will probably show up tomorrow, but the angst it is creating until it does show up is unbearable!!! Arghhhhh!!!!! >>

Horrible waiting isn't it.

Wait until you sign up for text alerts, or even if you're not home but see the online tracking shows delivered... and when you get to the mailbox it isn't there!

Thankfully the time that happened the neighbor brought it over saying it was delivered to them by mistake.

Justacommeman · February 24, 2015 7:50AM

Hope the mailman didn't cherrypick your cherrypick

MJ

TopographicOceans · February 24, 2015 7:54AM

Tom said it best

keyman64 · February 24, 2015 8:37AM

Not one of my Cherrypicks was ever lost in the mail thankfully but I did experience plenty of stress while waiting! Good luck!

MsMorrisine · February 24, 2015 9:20AM

I'm in a similar mail boat again

The PO hasn't lost one for me for a long time

The mail has been crazy lately. Keep breathing slowly and deeply.

ricko · February 24, 2015 11:20PM

Best of luck.... this type of experience can be really stressful.....Cheers, RickO

7Jaguars · February 25, 2015 12:15AM

Hmmm, my cherrypick got "lost" in the mail - permanently.

coindeuce · February 25, 2015 1:07AM

Reminds me of the classic kids-in-the-car-long-trip meme !
Is it there yet ? Is it there yet ? Is it there yet ?

mbogoman · February 25, 2015 1:33AM

Here is the latest update on the tracking number. Tell me something I don't already know...

February 24, 2015 , 9:24 pm
Delivery status not updated
The delivery status for this item has not been updated as of February 24, 2015, 9:24 pm

Edit: At least it doesn't say "Delivered"

topstuf · February 25, 2015 1:35AM

If you were thinking about it, holding a mailman hostage is a federal rap.

Justlooking · February 25, 2015 2:08AM

It's worse when both the pick AND the seller disappear ...

johnny9434 · February 25, 2015 4:31AM

<< It's worse when both the pick AND the seller disappear ... >>

no kidding lol

mbogoman · February 25, 2015 7:37AM

Not in today's delivery, either.

I just got back from my local PO trying to get more info. All they could tell me was that they would look for it and would deliver it when they find it. Yes, it is insured, but for the "cherry pick" price of $200 - nowhere near the real value...

coindeuce · February 25, 2015 12:08PM

I hope it isn't what I'm thinking it might be. . .

seanq · March 8, 2015 11:33PM

<< Not in today's delivery, either.

I just got back from my local PO trying to get more info. All they could tell me was that they would look for it and would deliver it when they find it. Yes, it is insured, but for the "cherry pick" price of $200 - nowhere near the real value... >>

Wondering if there was any update to this story. I've been anticipating the arrival of two potential cherrypicks that shipped over a week ago, with the bad weather last week they fell off the USPS tracking radar for several days. Finally this morning they both show out for delivery. Hoping your story had a similar outcome.

Sean Reynolds

BillJones · March 9, 2015 12:09AM

I would hate if ANYTHING got lost in the mail. It's one of the many reasons why I don't do crossovers and CAC stickers for myself. Every time you put a valuable in transit, you stand a chance of losing it.

CaptHenway · March 9, 2015 3:57AM

I have a Registered package coming to my P.O. Box. THe tracking number shows it arriving at my branch this morning, being sorted at 10:09 and "delivered" at 10:24. Got there about 10 after 11 and there was no notice in the box and the people at the window could not find it. I'll have to go back tomorrow.

Timbuk3 · March 9, 2015 5:12AM

I'm waiting for a bunch of items
being delivered by USPS !!! :-)

seanq · March 9, 2015 5:15AM

<< I have a Registered package coming to my P.O. Box. THe tracking number shows it arriving at my branch this morning, being sorted at 10:09 and "delivered" at 10:24. Got there about 10 after 11 and there was no notice in the box and the people at the window could not find it. I'll have to go back tomorrow. >>

This used to happen with infuriating frequency at the branch where I used to have my PO box. In fact, it is one of the main reasons why, after 15 years of patronage, I no longer use that branch for any business.

Sean Reynolds

coindeuce · March 9, 2015 10:28AM

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<< I have a Registered package coming to my P.O. Box. THe tracking number shows it arriving at my branch this morning, being sorted at 10:09 and "delivered" at 10:24. Got there about 10 after 11 and there was no notice in the box and the people at the window could not find it. I'll have to go back tomorrow. >>

This used to happen with infuriating frequency at the branch where I used to have my PO box. In fact, it is one of the main reasons why, after 15 years of patronage, I no longer use that branch for any business. >>

Me three. A few years ago, sloppy branch office clerk placed a delivery notice intended for me (for a $1200 PCGS Proof Cameo Type coin) in the wrong box, and to compound the blunder, the counter clerk delivered it to the owner of that box without verifying that the P.O. Box mailing address on the package sent to me actually belonged to the person claiming it. When the claimant returned the opened package same day, the counter clerk simply tried to return to the sender, instead of thinking about the circumstance and forwarding it to me. I read the Riot Act to that branch manager so loud that she personally drove to the distribution center 10 miles away that night to retrieve my package before it got on an airplane.

mbogoman · March 10, 2015 3:28AM

Grade posted in OP...

DennisH · March 10, 2015 3:35AM

WOW!
A Shifted Eagle in PCGS-55 is a big coin. Congrats!

asheland · March 11, 2015 3:22AM

Nice pick up!

asheland · March 11, 2015 3:22AM

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Don't you just hate it when your cherry-pick gets lost in the mail??? (***Update - arrived, grade po

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