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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1244111, member: 26030&quot;]Last week I shipped 25 coins worth over $17,000 to PCGS using USPS registered priority mail.&nbsp; I insured the package for $17,200 but I have heard horror stories from others when trying to collect from USPS for lost or stolen packages, so I have to say, even with the insurance, I felt nervous and uneasy.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that many of the coins I was shipping were absolute favorites of mine, unique and irreplaceable -- only served to increase my anxiety.</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually the whole process of handing a package to a postal clerk and being forced to say out loud that it&#039;s worth over $17,000 seems a bit nuts.&nbsp; (I wrote the insurance amount on the registered mail form, but you are still forced to say it again out loud.)&nbsp; Especially since the entire row of postal clerks can easily hear how much the package is worth.&nbsp; How hard would it be for a down-on-their-luck postal employee to quickly cut it open, remove the contents, then seal it up and send it on it&#039;s way.&nbsp; The clerk I was dealing with just threw my box in a big bin behind her (it wasn&#039;t locked up right way (which I always thought registered mail had to be)).</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, I was told by the post office that it would be delivered last Friday (priority mail provides 2 day service, or so I was told).&nbsp; Of course it wasn&#039;t.&nbsp;&nbsp; Nor was it delivered the following day, on Saturday.&nbsp; Finally the package arrived and was signed for by PCGS on Monday morning, 2 delivery days past the promised date, and 6 days after I mailed it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Feeling a tiny bit better that at least my empty shipping box was delivered, I called PCGS later that day (Monday) and asked them if they could just verify that all 25 coins were in the box.&nbsp; All I wanted was a confirmation that all 25 coins were there and none were stolen on it&#039;s trek.&nbsp; The customer service rep said she couldn&#039;t do that, but the coins would be checked in within the next 24 to 48 hours (or by Wednesday morning at the latest). </p><p><br /></p><p>So Wednesday morning came and went and my order still was not checked in.&nbsp; Late Wednesday, I called PCGS again and the customer service rep thought it was extremely unusual that the coins still weren&#039;t checked in after 2 days -- so she said she would see what she could find out and get back to me.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Thursday came and went ... no word ... no acknowledgment ... nothing in their online submission checker.&nbsp; There was just no record of my submission.</p><p><br /></p><p>On to today, Friday.&nbsp;&nbsp; By 3pm today, there was still no word and nothing in their online submission checker so I started calling again this time with a more forceful tone.&nbsp; My change of tone worked as they finally checked in my 25 coins late today.&nbsp; A full 5 days after they received my package.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; </p><p>I will never ship another coin to PCGS -- it&#039;s just too nerve racking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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