if you sent a package on 12/27 priority and...

coinman420 · January 4, 2008 9:01AM

it has not been entered into the pcgs system yet. is it time for me to FREAK OUT? this was sent priority insured(not registered).

i know better than to do this but the post office was closed but they have an APC and i wanted to get it there fast

so i did not use registered.

priority/insured tracking # is not available online. i have to go in the morning and have them track it "in house".

am i rushing things or should it have entered pcgs`s system yet?

jessewvu · January 4, 2008 9:04AM

I wouldn't freak out but I would be concerned. My priority packages usually take 3 business days to get to CA from maryland. One time, I shipped a package Express and Priority on the same day from the same post office and both packages got to PCGS the next day.

Do you have a tracking number? Priority mail is pretty good, as long as you really tape the package up. Sometimes people pick the ends of the priority mail boxes open, remove the contents, then close it back up. At least that is what happened to me.

I sent some 10th ANN Plats into PCGS after Christmas and they were entered today...

tmot99 · January 4, 2008 9:05AM

By Tuesday, I'd check with your post office.

ozzyfan269 · January 4, 2008 9:07AM

I sent mine on the 27th as well, and USPS shows them as received by PCGS on the 31st. Mine are still not showing in the system at PCGS also.

notwilight · January 4, 2008 9:09AM

Why are you checking so soon?

Goldbully · January 4, 2008 9:14AM

I shipped my Plat set from MD via Registered Mail on Monday 12/24 and PCGS took delivery Friday 12/28.

However, PCGS did not post receipt of coins until Monday 12/31.

Not bad IMHO.

I will always ship Registered as Express is way more pricey for insurance(not to mention ship rate), and it gets there 1 or 2 days earlier....no big deal to me.

Hope this helps.

I do not recommend Priority mail to PCGS....PCGS will tell you the same thing.

Registered is by far the best, cheapest, and safest.

Express mail is fast, expensive, and not quite as secure.

coinman420 · January 4, 2008 9:20AM

<< Why are you checking so soon? >>

because it was sent priority, its supposed to be 2 days.

ozzyfan269 · January 4, 2008 9:21AM

If mine don't get posted into the system by Tuesday I am calling them. I have the name of the person who signed for it at PCGS.

Goldbully · January 4, 2008 9:23AM

<< 

<< Why are you checking so soon? >>

because it was sent priority, its supposed to be 2 days. >>

Per USPS: "Priority Mail is delivered in an average of 2-3 days.".....no guarantee of that either.

FilthyBroke · January 4, 2008 9:23AM

I've noticed once or twice that the package will sit there instead of being delivered, almost like they only pick up on Wednesday, and if you get there on Thursday it'll sit until next Wednesday.

08HALA20 · January 4, 2008 9:25AM

My Plats arrived on Saturday evening and were received on Monday 31st and just entered on Thursday.
Yours most likely arrived at PCGS PO Box on Monday and received on Wednesday, because of the Holiday.
You should see them entered in by Monday.

I usually buy Delivery confirmation just so I know it is there.

Don't worry about them.

One day to PCGS is like a 1000 to us.

Joe

coinman420 · January 4, 2008 9:27AM

<< I wouldn't freak out but I would be concerned. My priority packages usually take 3 business days to get to CA from maryland. One time, I shipped a package Express and Priority on the same day from the same post office and both packages got to PCGS the next day.

Do you have a tracking number? Priority mail is pretty good, as long as you really tape the package up. Sometimes people pick the ends of the priority mail boxes open, remove the contents, then close it back up. At least that is what happened to me.

I sent some 10th ANN Plats into PCGS after Christmas and they were entered today... >>

yes i have a tracking # but the website does not track priority mail. it is for delivery/signature confirmation. when i enter the tracking # it says:

Delivery status information is not available for your item via this web site. A return receipt after mailing may be available through your local Post Office.

Russ · January 4, 2008 9:27AM

You shipped on the 27th. Between then and now was a Sunday, plus a postal holiday, plus PCGS being on a skeleton crew the 31st. No, it isn't time to freak out.

Russ, NCNE

coinman420 · January 4, 2008 9:29AM

<< If mine don't get posted into the system by Tuesday I am calling them. I have the name of the person who signed for it at PCGS. >>

if yours were sent registered mail you have no worries. i did not use registered.

Russ · January 4, 2008 9:29AM

<< yes i have a tracking # but the website does not track priority mail. it is for delivery/signature confirmation. when i enter the tracking # it says:

Delivery status information is not available for your item via this web site. A return receipt after mailing may be available through your local Post Office. >>

You're entering the insurance receipt number. It will never show anything on the web site and is only trackable on the internal system of the post office.

Russ, NCNE

Coinlearner · January 4, 2008 9:38AM

Shipped mine 12/22, Priority Insured, no del.confrirmation(wish I had) and they entered system 12/31. Next time will stick with Registered.

coinman420 · January 4, 2008 9:40AM

<< You shipped on the 27th. Between then and now was a Sunday, plus a postal holiday, plus PCGS being on a skeleton crew the 31st. No, it isn't time to freak out.

Russ, NCNE >>

thanks russ, i`m not worried about how long pcgs has my coins. i`m worried about PO employee`s sticky fingers. remember i did not use registered.

Goldbully · January 4, 2008 9:42AM

<< Shipped mine 12/22, Priority Insured, no del.confrirmation(wish I had) and they entered system 12/31. Next time will stick with Registered. >>

Registered does not cost all that much more.

Along with security, you get decent tracking info.

I noticed that my registered gets to PCGS at 4:00am eligible for the early AM pickup.

While Express gets there by 3:00pm, usually not picked up till the next day.

Bochiman · January 4, 2008 9:42AM

<< You shipped on the 27th. Between then and now was a Sunday, plus a postal holiday, plus PCGS being on a skeleton crew the 31st. No, it isn't time to freak out.

Russ, NCNE >>

Plus, did you label the type of submission on the outside of your package? If not, that can slow things up for being entered in, they have told me.

Goldbully · January 4, 2008 9:43AM

<< 

<< You shipped on the 27th. Between then and now was a Sunday, plus a postal holiday, plus PCGS being on a skeleton crew the 31st. No, it isn't time to freak out.

Russ, NCNE >>

thanks russ, i`m not worried about how long pcgs has my coins. i`m worried about PO employee`s sticky fingers. remember i did not use registered. >>

Coinman, just chalk it up to a learning experience....you'll be just fine.

Please post when PCGS gets your goodies!!

coinman420 · January 4, 2008 9:52AM

<< 

<< You shipped on the 27th. Between then and now was a Sunday, plus a postal holiday, plus PCGS being on a skeleton crew the 31st. No, it isn't time to freak out.

Russ, NCNE >>

Plus, did you label the type of submission on the outside of your package? If not, that can slow things up for being entered in, they have told me. >>

BINGO: i did forget to do this.

i have made up my submissions meticulously and literally half the time i forget to write the submission type on the box.

coinman420 · January 4, 2008 9:58AM

<< 

<< Shipped mine 12/22, Priority Insured, no del.confrirmation(wish I had) and they entered system 12/31. Next time will stick with Registered. >>

Registered does not cost all that much more.

Along with security, you get decent tracking info.

I noticed that my registered gets to PCGS at 4:00am eligible for the early AM pickup.

While Express gets there by 3:00pm, usually not picked up till the next day. >>

yes i know how registered works. most of my submissions were registered.

registered takes about a week and then a couple days to go into the pcgs system.

coinman420 · January 4, 2008 11:15AM

if you sent a package on 12/27 priority and...

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