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<p>[QUOTE="Neal, post: 3287855, member: 43872"]I love the folks at my relatively small town USPS. I had a similar experience a few months ago with a much less valuable coin (about $2). The email said "Delivered" but the coin was not in my box and the P.O. was closed for the weekend. Monday I went down to the Post Office and explained what happened, the clerk went to a back room for a couple of minutes, then came out and said, "According to our satellite records, it was delivered two houses down from you." They offered to retrieve it for me, but it was quicker to stop by there myself. The neighbors hadn't seen it until that morning because they had been out of town for the weekend. All was well and my coin was in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a little different from the OP's case because the package was marked "Out for delivery" and never marked delivered. Unfortunately it seems logical that either the OP's delivery person is incompetent or dishonest or that someone in the Post Office marked it "Out for delivery" but didn't actually send it out, leaving the mail carrier holding the bag. Either option is a shame. I hope it gets delivered![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Neal, post: 3287855, member: 43872"]I love the folks at my relatively small town USPS. I had a similar experience a few months ago with a much less valuable coin (about $2). The email said "Delivered" but the coin was not in my box and the P.O. was closed for the weekend. Monday I went down to the Post Office and explained what happened, the clerk went to a back room for a couple of minutes, then came out and said, "According to our satellite records, it was delivered two houses down from you." They offered to retrieve it for me, but it was quicker to stop by there myself. The neighbors hadn't seen it until that morning because they had been out of town for the weekend. All was well and my coin was in hand. This is a little different from the OP's case because the package was marked "Out for delivery" and never marked delivered. Unfortunately it seems logical that either the OP's delivery person is incompetent or dishonest or that someone in the Post Office marked it "Out for delivery" but didn't actually send it out, leaving the mail carrier holding the bag. Either option is a shame. I hope it gets delivered![/QUOTE]
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