Shipping question

As a retired Postal manager I must disagree with you. Once you've worked for the post office and witnessed time and time again what they can do you'd change your mind.

 

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Not a legal expert I'll admit but I guarantee you just about every law and policy agrees that ultimately in a legal trade the responsibility lies with the seller until the item is in the hand of the buyer. (I can attest to the fact that eBay/PayPal policy at least states so.) If you can quote me a law (not just USPS policy) that says otherwise only then would I change my mind. And even then it wouldn't alter my opinion that it should be that way.

 

Understood but I can only tell you what I dealt with when I worked for them.

 

After reading posts here and checking EBay policy, if the coin does not show soon I will send the seller a message saying the item has not arrived. And suggest they contact USPS. Worse case I will file a claim with eBay.

 

Only the contents of the package from China would make me nervous.

 

I've always wondered about this eBay stated policy vs. statements in a seller's listing that they are not responsible for loss in the mail and that buyers should also request and pay for insurance. Does this proactive statement by the seller control over the eBay policy statement and the buyer now assumes the risk of loss?

 

@Randy Abercrombie Contact the sender and ask them to look
into it from their end. I've had to do this more than once. If you
trust the sender, the package should eventually arrive. My worst
experiences are when German dealers use DHL. A few times the
package looks like it has been run thru a chipper shredder.
I would contact the dealer.

 

You would be surprised how many times a parcel is found when the delivering postmaster starts looking for it.

It's been long enough so don't wait much longer.

 

Agreed - the new Corona virus is travelling around the globe as we speak

 

I was thinking more of the counterfeit goods they ship.

 

I had a shipment from Thailand to USA lost recently, so I made up another lot to send to that person. It was the Secret Santa thing. I was tempted to write on the outside of the packet "Hey! You thieves in the USPS! Quit stealing my stuff!" But then thought, that might not be so smart. I send my stuff registered with a tracking number, and after it leaves here, it drops into a black hole or something. I understand that the US postal carriers do not bother to get a delivery signed for, and the tracking systems seems to not work after it leaves here. If someone could explain it to me, I would really appreciate it. For a long time, I have just had to eat such losses. Canada and the US are the worst for such losses.

 

Depends on the country but priority or express mail for international. You're just drawing attention to it sending something registered to other countries

 

I get several packets a week from India to here (Thailand), registered, signed for, and almost never have a problem. It is the so called first world countries that rob me blind.