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<p>[QUOTE="Shreadvector, post: 1440916, member: 34867"]You will see them in the wild. Some people will spned their excess for fun. Others will be USPS employees who will spend the boxes full that they stole from the shipments that were looted in the USPS mailstream.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I'm now waiting for my replacements to be shipped. First time I've ever had them stolen within USPS. Box arrived re-taped and much lighter than it should have been, so I told the clerk at the USPS counter to go get the Postmaster and i opened the box in front of them. Inside, all of the coin boxes were gone and there was a big bag of "runts" candy along with the sub-standard paper packing material. The outside of the box was stamped with a "damaged within the USPS system" stamp.</p><p><br /></p><p>The fullfillment house the US Mint is using is doing a HORRIBLE job of packing and shipping these. The boxes are not strong enough for the weight of the contents and the 'padding' is useless. They used to use foam blocks to stop shifting and movement within the outer shipping box. Not any more.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, my claim was filed and received and the postal inspectors are also on the case at my end (at the GMF where the theft seems to have occurred - it disappeared for 4 days after 'leaving' the GMF and then re-appeared going in to the GMF again after the 4 days.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Shreadvector, post: 1440916, member: 34867"]You will see them in the wild. Some people will spned their excess for fun. Others will be USPS employees who will spend the boxes full that they stole from the shipments that were looted in the USPS mailstream. Yes, I'm now waiting for my replacements to be shipped. First time I've ever had them stolen within USPS. Box arrived re-taped and much lighter than it should have been, so I told the clerk at the USPS counter to go get the Postmaster and i opened the box in front of them. Inside, all of the coin boxes were gone and there was a big bag of "runts" candy along with the sub-standard paper packing material. The outside of the box was stamped with a "damaged within the USPS system" stamp. The fullfillment house the US Mint is using is doing a HORRIBLE job of packing and shipping these. The boxes are not strong enough for the weight of the contents and the 'padding' is useless. They used to use foam blocks to stop shifting and movement within the outer shipping box. Not any more. Anyway, my claim was filed and received and the postal inspectors are also on the case at my end (at the GMF where the theft seems to have occurred - it disappeared for 4 days after 'leaving' the GMF and then re-appeared going in to the GMF again after the 4 days.)[/QUOTE]
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