Interesting story about my local post office branch....
DoubleEagle59
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The story of the Fedex man by UtahCoin, reminded me of my experience with my local post office.
My very first transaction on Ebay about 9 years ago, I had to ship a coin. Being unfamiliar with the procedure, I went into my local post office and asked the man atttending to me what all my options were. I of course explained what was in the package ($200.00 coin). Well, needless to say the parcel went missing (again, this was my first shipment on Ebay!). I did get insurance and my customer was good about it. But that's not my point of the story.
After that, I decided to go to our local Shopper's Drugmart where they have a post office and everything went great for about 5 years.
Another sale came along and for some reason (maybe the size of the parcel, I forget) but I had to go back to my local post office where I had the shipment lost 5 years earlier.
Well don't you know it, but the Same guy was behind the counter and as soon as I walked up to him, he said "Oh yeah, you're the coin guy"
Well my heart sank. I knew then and there that he took the coin. Five years had passed and he has seen thousands of people and he remembers me??
I know why, because he has an added coin to his collection, courteous of me and the postal system!!
My very first transaction on Ebay about 9 years ago, I had to ship a coin. Being unfamiliar with the procedure, I went into my local post office and asked the man atttending to me what all my options were. I of course explained what was in the package ($200.00 coin). Well, needless to say the parcel went missing (again, this was my first shipment on Ebay!). I did get insurance and my customer was good about it. But that's not my point of the story.
After that, I decided to go to our local Shopper's Drugmart where they have a post office and everything went great for about 5 years.
Another sale came along and for some reason (maybe the size of the parcel, I forget) but I had to go back to my local post office where I had the shipment lost 5 years earlier.
Well don't you know it, but the Same guy was behind the counter and as soon as I walked up to him, he said "Oh yeah, you're the coin guy"
Well my heart sank. I knew then and there that he took the coin. Five years had passed and he has seen thousands of people and he remembers me??
I know why, because he has an added coin to his collection, courteous of me and the postal system!!
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knows I am a collector and what I'm receiving. Yet 10 years and never a lost or missing coin.
I guess it depends on the person. Some are good and some are bad.
Alex
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He never asks what is in the package, beyond the required flammable/ hazardous... He is even more circumspect than me.
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BTW- I just love to jack with the clerks that say, "Anything potentially hazardous....?"
I always reply with something like, "Potentially? Yes."
Then when everyone in the place stops to listen in with terrified anticipation as the clerk asks, "What is in there?", I say "Paper, you could easily get a paper-cut from that. Almost anything can be considered 'potentially hazardous'. "
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