I sold 62 Ikes on ebay for $72.75, plus $4.95 for the small box priority mail. The box got smashed, and rewrapped and my buyer only got one of the two rolls I made (32 coins). Since I value my 100% positive rating, I'll probably refund him the appropriate amount. I should've insured it and I should have wrapped that little box with tape, I guess. I'm just not happy about it because I'll take quite a loss on this. I'm going to report it to the post office, but I'm not very optimistic that someone turned them in.....
The USPS just ticks me off sometimes... But what can you do? Just gotta insure it, and be extra careful Maybe but a box, with the shipping label, inside of the outer box, with the shipping label? Pack it super safe, maybe don't let the rolls be so loose, put them in a few layers of bags and wrap em' up Lots of ways to be safe.
The new small flat rate boxes are very flimsy. If you're packing 62 ikes in one of those you need to either double box them and/or tape the heck out of it!!! You chose to self-insure rather than pay the couple bucks for USPS insurance so you need to make it ok for the buyer if you believe them. I would have self-insured too, but I would have also used a sturdier box and taped it up very securly too. Could have been worse, at least the buyer got half of them.
It was re-wrapped by the post office with one of the two big rolls in there. I had put some tape on it before shipping, but obviously, not enough. Let this be a warning to all.......the small flat rate priority mail box is flimsy! Oh well, what can you do.......
a little while back I sent 1475$ dollars worth of sacagewea rolls thru the mail, I used some old mint boxes to put the rolls in, I taped the mint boxes together and put them in one flat rate box, and then I taped that box up tight, and then put that box inside another flat rate box, and insured the shipment. The only oddity was that the deliverer did not bother to get a signature, there were people home at the time with the garage door open and he just placed the package by the inside garage door, where it was found and everything was fine. I gotta hand it to the USPS, any other carrier would have charged me a lot more than what I paid. Believe me when I tell you that 1475 $ worth of sacageweas are pretty hefty!
Assuming it is not a rhetorical question, my father bought those, ( and more) all 2000 date, with about half and half p and d, back when they first came out, the 1475$ were ones one of my brothers claimed as part of the estate, they were ones left after I had sold some and distributed others to siblings who did not live so far away to have to use the mail to get them there.
Didn't mean anything and nothing against Dad old fellow. I pick up a roll or two of these things every once in awhile too. Just suprised me that someone would pick up so many at one time......
I think you have those two mixed up completely! From my experiences, FEDEX is the best, hands down, then UPS, then USPS. Seriously though, they all have their problems.
They say you can ship up to 70 lbs in one of those flat rate boxes...I got some 5000 piece bags of lincolns (34 lbs per bag...one bag per box) and the carrier was really complaining! I was amazed they made it here at all.
Fed Ex makes me drive many miles to get my package and they will not deliver when I ask them to. The others (including UPS) will come when I ask.
They are all good until you have a problem. That is when the "fine print" comes into play. My dealer friend is trying to get permission from the government to sue the post office because he paid for $5000 worth of insurance for a package he mailed a rare "mexican coin", and never arrived. He didn't follow my advice about using registered mail. The PO first insisted on invoices or appraisal, he gave it, but now the PO says he can't prove the coin was in the package when he mailed it. The missing package may have been empty, and they refused to pay. Jim
I dont think it's the post office's fault if the package was not prepared properly for shipment. Chalk it up to lesson learned and for future shipment make sure that this doesn't happen again.
