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I own coins that are located all over the United States! Updated!
ms70
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And I've never even seen them in person!
That's because the USPS has not delivered them......... 
All four are overdue anywhere from 3 to 5 days. Tracking indicates they're just floating around in the USPS black hole with only one remotely near my location, but not budging from last scan.
Hey, I get it. It's Christmas and Hanukkah time.... But c'mon, they're presents to ME.
Anyone else impatiently waiting for coinage?
UPDATE: 3 of 4 have arrived! STILL waiting for one. Pics below!
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I got an update that my one and only coin purchase will be delivered on the 18th, I won't hold my breath.......
I bet you get them all at once on Monday!
I just got a $5000 coin back in the mail from USPS. It was sent registered mail. It got within a few miles of its destination and then mysteriously bounced back to me. No one at USPS can explain to me why it didn't get delivered and told me just to resend it - which I did. Can't wait to see what happens to it this time?
I'm usually a big supporter of USPS. They do a great job. But something has been wrong over the last 6 months. I've had more packages lost than in the previous 5 years COMBINED.
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Better or worse with the USPS tracking "improvements"? Used to be you could go days without a status update. Now, you get updates daily like clockwork, only they say absolutely nothing, "In Transit to Destination" with a timestamp but no current location. Thanks, USPS.
Yep, waiting on two that should have been here last week. Currently “in transit to destination” for the last four days.
You don't want to get in those lines to sign for a package.....at least, not until Wednesday or Thursday.....
Stopped at the post office to mail cards yesterday.... Walked past the line to the drop box... it was from the counter around to the private boxes.... three clerks.... about 25 people in line...glad I do not have any packages to send.... a couple still coming....plenty of time though.
Cheers, RickO
A coworker who know a usps worker said they had all been put on 6 day weeks. They are hiring but cannot keep up with the normal growth of online delivery as it is. Put the added volume of Christmas and Hanukkah and I can see why we are hearing of issues. What we can probable all agree on is the pricing is much better the FedEx. Especially when your dealing with all the 100.00 and under items.
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I'm waiting on 9 coins that were mailed this past "Thursday" and should be here tomorrow (Monday). According to USPS tracking there are in transit and currently located at my regional distribution, which is where I'd expect them to be at this point in transit. Keeping my fingers crossed.
I shipped a package with insurance and tracking from NY to TX. It showed "In Transit to Destination" for seven days. On the seventh business day I filed a lost package claim and miraculously the status was updated within an hour and the package was delivered the next day. Coincidence???
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Are they stickered? I hear those are more liquid and the post office hates that.
Unfortunately no. I heard that stickered coins get flown by private jet and delivered via Uber to whatever location you are standing at within 6 hours, then presented with a fireworks display & rainbow farting unicorn.
@ricko
LOL. I needed to mail some cards yesterday also....walking into the post office was like getting into a rock concert...lt was packed, I never said excuse me so many times in getting to the out of town mail drop box. Merry Christmas my friend.
Blame the good economy............
Wow... Where do you guys live that you have to go to the post office. I can get stamps at the grocery store or the drug store. There is a drop box outside my front door. The Mail Carrier brings me my packages and picks up what I have going out. I never need to go to the Post Office.
Here's a great update!
One of the coins scanned IN at my local post office one minute BEFORE it scanned OUT of the
regional distribution center which is 20 miles away.
@Jimnight.... Merry Christmas Jim.... Hope the holidays are great for you and yours...
@djm....I can get stamps at the grocery store... and do... I went to drop off cards because it was Saturday and I wanted to get them on the last truck out.... The mailman would take them, but by the time he got back, nothing would have left until Monday. Merry Christmas to you and yours... Cheers, RickO
@dim
Almost the same story as Ricko, but where I live we were getting hit with heavy drifting snow and are mail lady from time to time won't deliver on bad days. Couldn't take that chance..so I brought the cards to the post office. Merry Christmas my friend.
USPS aside, I find it interesting to think about where my coins have been the past 200-220 years, the different paths they've taken from Philadelphia, their journeys through time and space and people, to be collected into my SDB..
And then their destinies , long after I'm gone, and they are all separated and dispersed to many other collections into the far future..
It's both a source of pride, and humbling, to own and have them for a while on their journeys
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This is all the result of the mass closing of Post Office Stations that went on a few years ago to save money.
The Post Office I worked at closed one station and transferred the PO Boxes to the Main Office. Then, the other station was given the PO Boxes from a closed station IN ANOTHER CITY.
I'm not surprised the lines don't extend to the roof............
Pete
Well 3 of 4 made it yesterday and today. One is still floating around the United States somewhere. At least I assume the United States.
Anyway, I'm hoping it will arrive tomorrow. They are all half dime varieties. To celebrate their arrival I'll post the
close-ups I took. I guess you can say I went on a binge.
Half Dime 1843 RPD FS-301 PCGS 04
Half Dime 1845 RPD FS-302 PCGS 58
Half Dime 1848 RPD FS-302 PCGS 58
I sent a package from south eastern Wisconsin to north central Wisconsin on December 13. It normally takes two days. Scanning stopped on the item. The items delivered on 12/23. I sent them a different package to the same address on 12/21, and it is out for delivery today, Sunday, 12/24. Go figure 10 days for one and three days for the other. Consistency is non-existent.
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