Nervous about razor in the mail

[matt]

Joe C sent out my razor 1 week ago today and I still have not got it back. I am starting to be very concerned. That razor is worth over 100 dollars to me.

[mparker762]

This is the USPS you're talking about They rarely lose things, but they are good about misplacing them for awhile.

[DwarvenChef]

I hear you, I have two proirity pacages out over two weeks at the moment... I hate when they loose stuff.

If there is a tracking number you can check if it was dropped off (possably wrong address) or if it's still in the system.

It's not uncommon for these things to take a couple weeks. It all depends on how many hubs it goes through and so on. Hope it arrives in the next couple days.

[izlat]

This is the USPS you're talking about They rarely lose things, but they are good about misplacing them for awhile.

"Hey, hey - we are the government!" - quoting an unknown USPS worker when a customer got worked up and started insulting the services in a somewhat loud voice I think the postal worker would have gladly thrown the customer in prison for treason, lack of patriotism, or at least insulting a government official on duty, whatever

nothing against USPS as a whole and individual workers in general, and I haven't outright lost anything of mine, shipping or receiving ( iirc )

Cheers
Ivo

[Brother Jeeter]

I once mailed an antique Pocket Watch (it was a real museum piece,) to a Watch Shop, for cleaning. It was Insured and I asked for Registered Mail shipping. I paid extra for the box to have to be signed for, EVERY TIME it changed hands. It NEVER arrived. I had to submit a lot of receipts and a letter (on their letterhead,) from the Shop and practically stand on my head. It took me about four months to get the Insurance Settlement. I would have much rather got my watch back! The USPS acted like I had tried to defraud them. I have NO respect for the USPS, or any of their employees.
Since the box was signed for at every turn, it should have been an easy task to find where it disappeared. To my knowledge, it never surfaced.
I wish you good luck.

[Jonedangerousli]

Ack!!! I think I'm BLIND!!!!!!!!!!!!

[izlat]

I'd try to avoid mailing a museum piece of anything with USPS. I have also heard that it's hard to settle payments with it, unlike with the other commercial shippers (who charge more for shipping, though)

In my opinion, an item worth $100 needs to be insured when shipped

Cheers
Ivo

[thebigspendur]

Like it or not the fact is USPS Registered mail is the most secure way to send things of value. Items worth tens or thousands of dollars are routinely shipped that way.

[zepplin]

I once mailed an antique Pocket Watch (it was a real museum piece,) to a Watch Shop, for cleaning. It was Insured and I asked for Registered Mail shipping. I paid extra for the box to have to be signed for, EVERY TIME it changed hands. It NEVER arrived. I had to submit a lot of receipts and a letter (on their letterhead,) from the Shop and practically stand on my head. It took me about four months to get the Insurance Settlement. I would have much rather got my watch back! The USPS acted like I had tried to defraud them. I have NO respect for the USPS, or any of their employees.
Since the box was signed for at every turn, it should have been an easy task to find where it disappeared. To my knowledge, it never surfaced.
I wish you good luck.

I have quit using UPS entirely. Their prices are high and their service has slipped way down. DHL and USPS is really giving them a run for their $$. That could be one reason for their decline. No longer the big "Brown".

Steve

[DwarvenChef]

Well I just got an email from the Ebay seller "I sent it to the wrong buyer, they are not interested in returning it" How's that for a frigging answer??? I knew something was going to hapen to that razor when I got it... just had a feeling. Now I'm stuch with paypal locking the funds for a few weeks again... Sometimes I really hate doing sales on-line... need to find stuff here in the bay area...