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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1599933, member: 24633"]The long and short of it is that you don't know who you can trust. The buyer is just one small link in the chain, and the postal service represents the major portion. There are also the handlers, presumably USPS employees, at the airports. It could be anywhere along the delivery processing route where something like this happens.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only thing you can do to protect yourself as best as possible for uninsured packages is to seal the package well. If it is an ordinary envelope, I like to use the corrugated cardboard self-sealers that fit into a standard envelope using clear packing tape over the flap(s). For bubble mailers, I will use packing tape to seal <b>both ends</b>, and if I'm using USPS Priority Flat Rate boxes, I use packing tape to seal all the seams. This way, if there has been any tampering with the envelope or package, it will be evident.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1599933, member: 24633"]The long and short of it is that you don't know who you can trust. The buyer is just one small link in the chain, and the postal service represents the major portion. There are also the handlers, presumably USPS employees, at the airports. It could be anywhere along the delivery processing route where something like this happens. The only thing you can do to protect yourself as best as possible for uninsured packages is to seal the package well. If it is an ordinary envelope, I like to use the corrugated cardboard self-sealers that fit into a standard envelope using clear packing tape over the flap(s). For bubble mailers, I will use packing tape to seal [B]both ends[/B], and if I'm using USPS Priority Flat Rate boxes, I use packing tape to seal all the seams. This way, if there has been any tampering with the envelope or package, it will be evident. Chris[/QUOTE]
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