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<p>[QUOTE="JoshuaP, post: 26752910, member: 114157"]Probably not helpful, but here is a recent story about my worst experience:</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought a lot of coins for $1,000. It ended up having a couple counterfeits, so I returned them. The seller sent them to me via USPS but oddly sent me a return label with FedEx. I packaged them up and dropped them off at my school post office, which deals in USPS, UPS, and FedEx. A week later, there was no tracking movement. I went to the campus post office and asked about the package. "Yes, we remember receiving your package," I was told. When I explained that the tracking number still showed the package as waiting to be dropped off, I was told that it might have been accidently given to USPS since they don't do much with FedEx. If that was the case, I was told that USPS would hand over my package to FedEx a day or two after they received it. To make a long story short, it has now been a month and I have filed for two searches with FedEx. Nothing. I cannot file a claim because as far as they know, I still have the package. Why didn't the school post office mark it as received? Well, I was told that only the distribution centers can scan the label. That doesn't help me one bit. So, I am out $1,000 and the initial shipping cost. I would have been better off to keep the coins as the real ones were still worth around $400. At this point, I believe a postman or postwoman with USPS saw the package and decided to take it home since it was not being tracked. I do not believe they would have been able to guess they were coins since I pack well. </p><p><br /></p><p>I wish I knew what lesson I am supposed to learn as it was expensive enough. Do not trust my school with FedEx? Do not trust FedEx? Do not trust USPS? I don't know. It is my first package to totally vanish. To top it off, the last guy I talked to at FedEx told me that sometimes packages get shipped to their destination without ever getting scanned. Really?! What good is tracking then?</p><p><br /></p><p>I am still hopeful about working out something with the seller. I will still be out a lot, but hopefully he will send a partial refund. He has been very communicative and is a 100% positive seller with thousands of feedback received.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="JoshuaP, post: 26752910, member: 114157"]Probably not helpful, but here is a recent story about my worst experience: I bought a lot of coins for $1,000. It ended up having a couple counterfeits, so I returned them. The seller sent them to me via USPS but oddly sent me a return label with FedEx. I packaged them up and dropped them off at my school post office, which deals in USPS, UPS, and FedEx. A week later, there was no tracking movement. I went to the campus post office and asked about the package. "Yes, we remember receiving your package," I was told. When I explained that the tracking number still showed the package as waiting to be dropped off, I was told that it might have been accidently given to USPS since they don't do much with FedEx. If that was the case, I was told that USPS would hand over my package to FedEx a day or two after they received it. To make a long story short, it has now been a month and I have filed for two searches with FedEx. Nothing. I cannot file a claim because as far as they know, I still have the package. Why didn't the school post office mark it as received? Well, I was told that only the distribution centers can scan the label. That doesn't help me one bit. So, I am out $1,000 and the initial shipping cost. I would have been better off to keep the coins as the real ones were still worth around $400. At this point, I believe a postman or postwoman with USPS saw the package and decided to take it home since it was not being tracked. I do not believe they would have been able to guess they were coins since I pack well. I wish I knew what lesson I am supposed to learn as it was expensive enough. Do not trust my school with FedEx? Do not trust FedEx? Do not trust USPS? I don't know. It is my first package to totally vanish. To top it off, the last guy I talked to at FedEx told me that sometimes packages get shipped to their destination without ever getting scanned. Really?! What good is tracking then? I am still hopeful about working out something with the seller. I will still be out a lot, but hopefully he will send a partial refund. He has been very communicative and is a 100% positive seller with thousands of feedback received.[/QUOTE]
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