Someone at the Post Office stole my pinball parts!

kaz1961

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Sold some Gorgar parts on ebay and I received a message from one of the buyers that the box I sent him arrived empty. At first I thought I was being scammed but the guy sent me a picture of the box. It is the box that I sent and on it is a Post Office sticker that says "received unsealed" and "received without contents". Obviously it was mailed sealed and with contents so someone at the P.O. must have stolen the parts! Anyone ever experienced anything like this? I am sure they are going to tell me I should have taken the insurance on the box so I am sure I will be out the money.
 
Was this a Priority Mail box? You can't trust the sticky flap on those to survive shipment, they always need packing tape reinforcement.

When I tape up a package, nobody is opening it with anything less than a utility knife.
 
Was this a Priority Mail box? You can't trust the sticky flap on those to survive shipment, they always need packing tape reinforcement.

When I tape up a package, nobody is opening it with anything less than a utility knife.


I know! I'm still trying to open the kits you send me.... :D

I agree with Mike. I remember someone posting on here stating that if you can't drop it 4 feet without a thought of it breaking, you're packing it wrong...
It's odd the PO took time to write on the package like that though...
 
Actually, it's a TWO FOOT drop onto a concrete floor...four feet well, that's a long drop indeed!
PO peeps had no idea what was in your box, so as others have guessed, it most likely popped open somewhere along the line and the contents are..well...gone. If you had shipped UPS, you automatically get $100 insurance on any ground package but of course, this is more expensive. USPS is nice and cheap when it works, it blow chunks when it doesn't, like in instances like this. I always tape up the flaps on Priority Mail boxes and say a prayer when I ship them out...
 
I used my own box and there is no way it opened from a drop. I put alot of tape on my boxes so it had to be cut open, also the box is not damaged at all. Of course there was no insurance so I guess Im screwed.
 
I had a package arrive from UPS with a big hole in the side, half the contents missing and a sticker that said "damaged" on it. A couple weeks later the seller got a couple of the items shipped back to him from UPS. That tells me someone saw the stuff fall out of the box, got the senders info off of it and let my stuff go on its way with the hole. The small package inside had also been ripped open so someone reached in, tore it open and didn't want the car parts inside so let it go. I lost a set of $350 roller lifters..... well, I got 6 of the 8 pair but they were still no use to me. They wouldn't do anything about it, too bad for them I work on the forklift at the West Sacramento hub and their next few repairs were VERY costly. I didn't get anything out of it myself but I felt better knowing they paid big time for shafting me.
 
I had someone stealing packages off my doorstep a couple years back and so I went to the Post Office. There I tried to file a claim and I was told that the claim wont be paid because the package is considered delivered when the carrier loads it into thier vehicle from there its not thier fault what happens to it. So I lost a good amount of money. I had to have the post office start to holding my packages so I can pick them up.
 
I had someone stealing packages off my doorstep a couple years back and so I went to the Post Office. There I tried to file a claim and I was told that the claim wont be paid because the package is considered delivered when the carrier loads it into thier vehicle from there its not thier fault what happens to it. So I lost a good amount of money. I had to have the post office start to holding my packages so I can pick them up.

I had thieving neighbors as well. I found one great way of getting around the shit heads, other than catching them in the act, was having packages shipped to my work. I'm there 8+ hours a day and AFAIK it doesn't cost the company any money (unless you count the energy to put the package in my mail area/on my desk).

As for the OP, that's bizarre.
 
This has happened to me twice in the last 4 months!

Two packages that I purchased never arrived. Both times, the shipping label was torn off and returned to the seller a couple weeks later with a letter saying the package contents were lost or stolen along the way.
 
I've actually had good luck reporting a missing item before, and the post office actually finding it.

At the very least I would report it. It only took them a few days to locate the missing items.
 
I agree with the comment on the sticky flaps on priority boxes. Every one I send out gets taped. I have had them pop open just sitting on my desk.
 
The one about USPS that I think is hilarious...if you pay for delivery confirmation and it doesn't get to the destination they don't reimburse you anything (not even the postage), they merely tell you that it didn't get there! WTF

Check out FedEx ground prices especially if you have an account with them for delivery to a business address, often cheaper than USPS with confirmation and insurance.
 
The one about USPS that I think is hilarious...if you pay for delivery confirmation and it doesn't get to the destination they don't reimburse you anything (not even the postage), they merely tell you that it didn't get there! WTF

I've been notified via txt that "my package was delivered" then checked all around the house to make sure it wasn't there... Call Amazon and have THEM try and track it down and "magically" it shows up the next day.

I've done this dance 3 times in 2 years (since I moved to my new house).
 
I ordered some missile command trackball rollers from an ebay seller, and twice had them declared as received on my doorstep and not a package in sight. Let this be a lesson - be wary of the ebay seller's name! Since I bought mine from "nasty nick" I had a hard time explaining to the post office that it was indeed game parts and not adult rated fun toys. And yes, that's the label he used when he shipped it the third time.
 
I believe it a friend was having issues in Seattle a few years ago out of a certain office losing product, never caught the perp........dude on the gun forums lost a 45 slide last week same deal box showed up empty perfectly sealed and the same box...maggots.
 
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