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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lehmansterms, post: 4307059, member: 80804&quot;]A couple years ago my mail carrier signed for a small parcel (single coin) coming registered from Cyprus. I never got the coin. When I complained, they said - and I quote - &quot;tough luck, you signed it and we have the signature&quot;. It then becomes a their word against mine situation and you will probably easily guess who won that one.</p><p>Don&#039;t count on postal inspectors siding with you over the carriers and postal office workers. If something is stolen by an outside person, they&#039;re very good about investigating - when it&#039;s in-house, well, encouraged by the practices of &quot;higher-ups&quot; in recent years never, ever to admit making a mistake, cover-ups are now the national standard, evidently, right down to single mailpieces lost through the negligence of, or outright theft by, postal workers.</p><p>That said, I&#039;ve received and sent hundreds of similar-sized parcels over the last two decades and this was the first significant loss. It was doubly surprising - in that it happened at all, and that it was &quot;excused&quot; by so obvious of a cover-up - they seemed proud of themselves. It was extra unfortunate in that it was a pretty nice Ptolemaic tetradrachm rather than some more modest piece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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