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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4040369, member: 98035"]Glad that the neighbors are ones you trust! </p><p><br /></p><p>We used to have a great mail carrier but she retired about a year ago. Her replacement has zero respect for the importance of her job. I've never been able to verify the signature on a registered package on USPS' website, but a couple times I found packages containing over $500 worth of coins just sitting in the mailbox when I got home. Tracking said it was signed for. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Probably my favorite post office story, though was from early in my ancients collecting days. I had purchased a small lot of coins off of ebay, and even though tracking showed that the coins arrived at the local P.O., I still hadn't received them over two weeks later. I called, and it turns out that there is one person in charge of international <b>packages</b> and one in charge of international <b>letters.</b> Package guy got it, said "this is a letter" and sent it over. Letter guy said "this is a package" and sent it back. They did this for <b>ten business days</b> until I called to complain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 4040369, member: 98035"]Glad that the neighbors are ones you trust! We used to have a great mail carrier but she retired about a year ago. Her replacement has zero respect for the importance of her job. I've never been able to verify the signature on a registered package on USPS' website, but a couple times I found packages containing over $500 worth of coins just sitting in the mailbox when I got home. Tracking said it was signed for. :rolleyes: Probably my favorite post office story, though was from early in my ancients collecting days. I had purchased a small lot of coins off of ebay, and even though tracking showed that the coins arrived at the local P.O., I still hadn't received them over two weeks later. I called, and it turns out that there is one person in charge of international [B]packages[/B] and one in charge of international [B]letters.[/B] Package guy got it, said "this is a letter" and sent it over. Letter guy said "this is a package" and sent it back. They did this for [B]ten business days[/B] until I called to complain.[/QUOTE]
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