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Damaged envelop received at my office today .

PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 6,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

Someone from GA. sent cash in the mail. The envelop arrived damaged with tape on the one end. The person had a note in the envelop, sent cash and arrived with damage on the end and taped. We are sending his envelop with the note and the $2.00 left in it.

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,082 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 25, 2026 11:43AM

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  • JBKJBK Posts: 17,219 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If it was damaged in the mail it should have been placed by the USPS in a special plastic or cardboard sleeve with a notation about it being damaged in the mail.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 40,034 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @johnny9434 said:
    That was lame to do on their part, just saying

    ?????

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,082 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @johnny9434 said:
    That was lame to do on their part, just saying

    ?????

    Misunderstanding

  • Rc5280Rc5280 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭✭✭

    An envelope containing a note and $2 was damaged and taped back up.

    What's the problem?

    Where are you sending it to?

  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,360 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Was the cash a $2 dollar bill?

    :)

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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,367 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Rc5280 said:
    An envelope containing a note and $2 was damaged and taped back up.

    What's the problem?

    Where are you sending it to?

    The way the OP worded it, it sounded like there was a lot more money and only the note and $2 was left before the envelope was resealed. I may have misinterpreted it.

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,082 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If the usps damaged send a note with it

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,082 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Rc5280 said:
    An envelope containing a note and $2 was damaged and taped back up.

    What's the problem?

    Where are you sending it to?

    Op recieved it

  • Rc5280Rc5280 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The OP left out information which was the purpose of my comment.

  • Rc5280Rc5280 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @johnny9434 said:

    @Rc5280 said:
    An envelope containing a note and $2 was damaged and taped back up.

    What's the problem?

    Where are you sending it to?

    Op recieved it

    And the OP said he's sending it.

  • RedRocketRedRocket Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭✭

    Reading between the lines, Red still can't make head nor tails out of the OP.

    Puzzled,
    Red R.

  • Rc5280Rc5280 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 25, 2026 1:15PM

    @PerryHall said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @johnny9434 said:
    That was lame to do on their part, just saying

    ?????

    I don't think it's ever a good idea to send a lot of cash through the mail. Send a check or a postal money order instead.

    For all that we know (so far) the envelope may have had $3 inside.

  • RedRocketRedRocket Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭✭

    @Rc5280 said:

    @PerryHall said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @johnny9434 said:
    That was lame to do on their part, just saying

    ?????

    I don't think it's ever a good idea to send a lot of cash through the mail. Send a check or a postal money order instead.

    For all that we know (so far) the envelope may have had $3 inside.

    No.
    Rred believes the OP when he stated there was only $2.00 inside.
    Why would he fib over this slight detail?
    (Answer: He wouldn't.)

    Asked and Answered,
    Red R.

  • oldglorycoinsoldglorycoins Posts: 199 ✭✭✭

    also confused

  • Morgan WhiteMorgan White Posts: 13,088 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 6,085 ✭✭✭✭✭

    He said the $18.00 was inside

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  • RedRocketRedRocket Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭✭

    @PTVETTER said:
    Someone from GA. sent cash in the mail. The envelop arrived damaged with tape on the one end. The person had a note in the envelop, sent cash and arrived with damage on the end and taped. We are sending his envelop with the note and the $2.00 left in it.

    Red asked:
    "Why would the sender send a note stating there was cash inside along with details of how there was damage and the end was taped"?
    It is beginning to sound like an inside job.

    With More Questions than Answers,
    Red R.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 40,034 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RedRocket said:

    @PTVETTER said:
    Someone from GA. sent cash in the mail. The envelop arrived damaged with tape on the one end. The person had a note in the envelop, sent cash and arrived with damage on the end and taped. We are sending his envelop with the note and the $2.00 left in it.

    Red asked:
    "Why would the sender send a note stating there was cash inside along with details of how there was damage and the end was taped"?
    It is beginning to sound like an inside job.

    With More Questions than Answers,
    Red R.

    Lol. I think that was the second letter from the P.O. The communication on this thread is pretty tricky.

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  • RedRocketRedRocket Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭✭

    Red is of the belief if the OP would send his PayPal credentials, I'm sure most of us here are empathetic enough and would pony up and send him the $16. (Or, $15.) he is "missing,"

    In a Generous Mood,
    Red R.

  • Rc5280Rc5280 Posts: 1,160 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ....

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 40,034 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RedRocket said:
    Red is of the belief if the OP would send his PayPal credentials, I'm sure most of us here are empathetic enough and would pony up and send him the $16. (Or, $15.) he is "missing,"

    In a Generous Mood,
    Red R.

    Nice, Red. If you send $14.90, Joe will make up the rest.

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  • RedRocketRedRocket Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭✭

    Joe is a good Joe.

    Joyfully,
    Red R.

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,933 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’m pretty sure the postman was hungry. A hamburger costs about $16, that is , if he got fries and a drink too. Be glad he didn’t leave a tip. You wouldn’t have gotten a dime.

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,124 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 26, 2026 5:48AM

    This is much to do about nothing for just $16…JMHO

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 40,034 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 25, 2026 5:18PM

    I know everyone is going to scream theft and blame the post office. But let me tell you a story from last week.

    I got a package returned to me from October. It was going to Canada but never got there as it was marked "undeliverable ". In the package, there were about 10 Phillipine banknotes.

    As is coming practice, the "undeliverable" package was routed to the "dead letter office" where it was opened to make sure there was nothing hazardous. It was then readressed and returned to me with a note, similar to the OP.

    For some reason, the package arrived at my door OPEN with the banknotes clearly visible. The PO had the package for 5 months and it was open some or most of the time. It went through the mall from the dead letter office to my house, totally open. And the contents were untouched.

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  • vintagebanksvintagebanks Posts: 56 ✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    I got a package returned to me from October. It was going to Canafa but never got there as it was marked "undeliverable ". In the package, there were about 10 Phillipine banknotes.

    Correct me if I am wrong but I pretty sure it was "undeliverable" because they did not know where "Canafa" was? :D

  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,933 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:
    I know everyone is going to scream theft and blame the post office. But let me tell you a story from last week.

    I got a package returned to me from October. It was going to Canafa but never got there as it was marked "undeliverable ". In the package, there were about 10 Phillipine banknotes.

    As is coming practice, the "undeliverable" package was routed to the "dead letter office" where it was opened to make sure there was nothing hazardous. It was then readressed and returned to me with a note, similar to the OP.

    For some reason, the package arrived at my door OPEN with the banknotes clearly visible. The PO had the package for 5 months and it was open some or most of the time. It went through the mall from the dead letter office to my house, totally open. And the contents were untouched.

    Hard to get a hamburger , fries and a drink with Philippine banknotes in America. :joy:

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 40,034 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @vintagebanks said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    I got a package returned to me from October. It was going to Canafa but never got there as it was marked "undeliverable ". In the package, there were about 10 Phillipine banknotes.

    Correct me if I am wrong but I pretty sure it was "undeliverable" because they did not know where "Canafa" was? :D

    Nah, everyone knows where Canafa is. It's just south of Labrador

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  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 40,034 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TwoSides2aCoin said:

    @jmlanzaf said:
    I know everyone is going to scream theft and blame the post office. But let me tell you a story from last week.

    I got a package returned to me from October. It was going to Canafa but never got there as it was marked "undeliverable ". In the package, there were about 10 Phillipine banknotes.

    As is coming practice, the "undeliverable" package was routed to the "dead letter office" where it was opened to make sure there was nothing hazardous. It was then readressed and returned to me with a note, similar to the OP.

    For some reason, the package arrived at my door OPEN with the banknotes clearly visible. The PO had the package for 5 months and it was open some or most of the time. It went through the mall from the dead letter office to my house, totally open. And the contents were untouched.

    Hard to get a hamburger , fries and a drink with Philippine banknotes in America. :joy:

    Hard to get a hamburger with gold coins also. But in both cases, you can sell them to a coin dealer on your way to McD

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  • Morgan WhiteMorgan White Posts: 13,088 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf thesis about the popularity of useless threads is undefeated.

  • jmlanzafjmlanzaf Posts: 40,034 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Morgan White said:
    @jmlanzaf thesis about the popularity of useless threads is undefeated.

    Lol. Second only to deleted threads in popularity.

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,082 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @vintagebanks said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    I got a package returned to me from October. It was going to Canafa but never got there as it was marked "undeliverable ". In the package, there were about 10 Phillipine banknotes.

    Correct me if I am wrong but I pretty sure it was "undeliverable" because they did not know where "Canafa" was? :D

    Nah, everyone knows where Canafa is. It's just south of Labrador

    Good beer to 😋

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 47,367 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jmlanzaf said:

    @vintagebanks said:

    @jmlanzaf said:

    I got a package returned to me from October. It was going to Canafa but never got there as it was marked "undeliverable ". In the package, there were about 10 Phillipine banknotes.

    Correct me if I am wrong but I pretty sure it was "undeliverable" because they did not know where "Canafa" was? :D

    Nah, everyone knows where Canafa is. It's just south of Labrador

    Here's a trick question. If you are in Detroit and you go straight south, what is the first foreign country that you will encounter? The correct answer is Canada but most people will say Mexico.

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  • RedRocketRedRocket Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭✭

    Another trick (coin related) question:

    "You have two coins in your hand that equal 55c One is not a nickel. What are the coins?"

    Asking the Important Questions,
    Red R.

  • oldglorycoinsoldglorycoins Posts: 199 ✭✭✭

    Half Dollar & Half Dime

  • JBKJBK Posts: 17,219 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 26, 2026 9:10AM

    "55 cents, two coins, one is not a nickel..."

    Answer for the general public: the other one is a nickel, plus a half dollar.

    Only coin collectors would know the half dime option.

  • RedRocketRedRocket Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭✭

    @oldglorycoins said:
    Half Dollar & Half Dime

    Red is hopeful @oldglorycoins did not Google the answer.
    Red doesn't think he did, just a bit sceptical.

    @JBK said:
    "55 cents, two coins, one is not a nickel..."

    Answer for the general public: the other one is a nickel, plus a half dollar.

    Only coin collectors would know the half dime option.

    Correct.
    Red also likes the half dimse possible answer too.

    Dimse, better than Dime,
    Red R.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 17,219 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If we're going full numismatic nerd, the larger coin could be either a half dollar or a 50 cent piece (both denominations have appeared on our coins).

  • oldglorycoinsoldglorycoins Posts: 199 ✭✭✭

    No @RedRocket I did NOT

  • RedRocketRedRocket Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭✭

    @oldglorycoins said:
    No @RedRocket I did NOT

    Thank you for this clarification.
    Red is leaning toward wanting to believe you (as stated above).

    Sometimes Gullible,
    Red R.

  • skier07skier07 Posts: 4,663 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This would have made a good Seinfeld episode.

  • Old_CollectorOld_Collector Posts: 757 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:
    From the outset, I didn’t understand the point of this thread. And I certainly don’t now.

    I nominate this post for the Oblio award, named after the 1971 character in The Point, "the round-headed Oblio has had to wear a pointed hat since birth to conceal his "pointless" condition from his pointy-headed peers."

  • RedRocketRedRocket Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭✭

    @Old_Collector said:

    @MFeld said:
    From the outset, I didn’t understand the point of this thread. And I certainly don’t now.

    I nominate this post for the Oblio award, named after the 1971 character in The Point, "the round-headed Oblio has had to wear a pointed hat since birth to conceal his "pointless" condition from his pointy-headed peers."

    Red didn't know that is probably where the Star Track character, "Oblio-Wan Kenobi" came from.

    Ever Increasing My Trivial Knowledge,
    Red R.

  • JBKJBK Posts: 17,219 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RedRocket said:

    @Old_Collector said:

    @MFeld said:
    From the outset, I didn’t understand the point of this thread. And I certainly don’t now.

    I nominate this post for the Oblio award, named after the 1971 character in The Point, "the round-headed Oblio has had to wear a pointed hat since birth to conceal his "pointless" condition from his pointy-headed peers."

    Red didn't know that is probably where the Star Track character, "Oblio-Wan Kenobi" came from.

    I assume you meant Star Trek, but in any case Star Wars was probably the reference you needed.

    Ever Increasing My Trivial Knowledge,
    Red R.

    Keep increasing. ;)

  • RedRocketRedRocket Posts: 1,039 ✭✭✭✭
    edited March 26, 2026 12:52PM

    @JBK said:

    @RedRocket said:

    @Old_Collector said:

    @MFeld said:
    From the outset, I didn’t understand the point of this thread. And I certainly don’t now.

    I nominate this post for the Oblio award, named after the 1971 character in The Point, "the round-headed Oblio has had to wear a pointed hat since birth to conceal his "pointless" condition from his pointy-headed peers."

    Red didn't know that is probably where the Star Track character, "Oblio-Wan Kenobi" came from.

    I assume you meant Star Trek, but in any case Star Wars was probably the reference you needed.

    Ever Increasing My Trivial Knowledge,
    Red R.

    Keep increasing. ;)

    Edited to add:

    Red thanks you for your clarification.
    Red never was a familiar fan of romantic comedies.

    Preferring Science Fiction,
    Red R.

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