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<p>[QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 8310052, member: 120820"]I've got to say that my experience with eBay has been overwhelmingly positive. I'm pretty cynical by nature, but dealing with endless strangers on eBay in many different countries (I'm US-based) really has bolstered my faith in humanity (or at least the coin collecting/selling portion of it).</p><p><br /></p><p>It was getting a little dicey last year, but even the US post office ultimately seems very reliable. They are perhaps a bit like Churchill's assessment of America though, in trying all possible alternatives before finally always(?) doing the right thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have had quite a few coins take many months to arrive for no particular reason, and the USPS is currently still searching for one I complained was missing... I suppose I should tell them they've already delivered it to me, but given that the reason I had to complain was because USPS themselves returned it (a piece of registered mail) as undeliverable** back to the sender in Spain, I'm just curious how long it may take their left hand to figure out what their right hand is doing.</p><p><br /></p><p>**Undeliverable because the sender had inadvertently omitted the city from the address, and the USPS was unable to figure out the city from the zip code !![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Heliodromus, post: 8310052, member: 120820"]I've got to say that my experience with eBay has been overwhelmingly positive. I'm pretty cynical by nature, but dealing with endless strangers on eBay in many different countries (I'm US-based) really has bolstered my faith in humanity (or at least the coin collecting/selling portion of it). It was getting a little dicey last year, but even the US post office ultimately seems very reliable. They are perhaps a bit like Churchill's assessment of America though, in trying all possible alternatives before finally always(?) doing the right thing. I have had quite a few coins take many months to arrive for no particular reason, and the USPS is currently still searching for one I complained was missing... I suppose I should tell them they've already delivered it to me, but given that the reason I had to complain was because USPS themselves returned it (a piece of registered mail) as undeliverable** back to the sender in Spain, I'm just curious how long it may take their left hand to figure out what their right hand is doing. **Undeliverable because the sender had inadvertently omitted the city from the address, and the USPS was unable to figure out the city from the zip code !![/QUOTE]
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