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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;imrich, post: 2113249, member: 22331&quot;]As the Road Boss in Cool Hand Luke would say &quot;I believe what we have here is a failure to communicate&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe if you have a discussion with your postmaster, you may find some interesting facts about the postal system. I&#039;ve been told by postal &quot;authorities&quot; that tracking is only a &quot;courtesy&quot; of the postal system, scanning is not required of postal employees, updating is not &quot;real time&quot;, and delivery only means that it was scanned at the final destination postal station.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve personally found that these postal statements can be true, dictated by the local Postmaster, often dictated by employee availability and daily workload.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve also found that eBay resolution center employees have individual discretion as to what &quot;delivered&quot; means. I&#039;ve found the majority to accept the true postal regulative definition, that the item was only received by the local postal station. </p><p><br /></p><p>Sellers generally don&#039;t want to spend any more than the minimum amount necessary to have arrival at the final destination postal station. Most realize the &quot;delivered&quot; postal status report is often recognized by eBay as the buyer final delivery report.</p><p><br /></p><p>On multiple occasions after having a futile discussion with an eBay employee about an incomplete delivery being resolved as my having received an item, have gone to see the local Postmaster. She recognizes me as being&nbsp; resolute. I just request that a search is done for my package. Eventually the package is usually located. It may take many weeks, but no questions are asked, and my appreciation is expressed.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;I personally have free shipping for items, with postal station delivery confirmation promised on items costing $70, and Signature Confirmation on items costing in excess of $140. Insurance is optional.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sellers being &quot;cheap&quot; will occasionally find that their cost may not necessarilly be free.</p><p><br /></p><p>JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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