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When you absolutely want chaos, remember to use the postal service.

Our ups/fedex/dhl business overnight comes the next day 99% of the time. There are rare days, mostly from weather, when it doesn't, but they always know where it is.

My situation was similar to others here. I was selling an expensive German air rifle for a friend (Feinwerkbau) on gunbroker. The price was pretty hefty and a guy bought it and paid me. IIRC it was a little over 2 grand. I sent the gun out and insured it for the sale price. The guy sends me an email a week later and says that it hasn't updated since it left my post office and went to the next mail center and wanted me to call to check on it. I called and they tell me they can't find it and to make a claim. I made a claim. They denied my claim for missing info. Appealed and added a sales receipt that showed the price I sold it for and how much a new one costs. They denied it again, no reason given. I appealed yet again and they ignored me. About a month past by and I was literally going to send the guy a check with his money back (I kept him in the loop the whole time). I couldn't believe it when I woke up the next day to an email from him saying that it showed up on his door step. In the end we were both happy but it was over a month of me expecting to be out over 2k for trying to do a favor for a friend.

The above was my only issue with USPS ever.

Has anyone ever tried using an AirTag or Tile to track a package? I am headed out-of-state for a hunting trip, and I'm going to put an AirTag in my gun case. I've never used one before, but it looks like it would be cheap insurance. The battery is supposed to last a year, or more.

It's gotten to where I hate to send more than a bill via USPS!

I bought a Marlin .356 on GB several years ago. USPS somehow broke it through the wrist. The shipment was insured for the purchase price and USPS bought it for that amount. Right now I’m waiting on another rifle that is delayed and possibly lost. Time will tell.

It’ll be interesting to see how your tracking compares to that of the USPS.

They suck, wife bought me a nice framed duck stamp image from my birth year, it wouldn't fit in mailbox so they sat it by the driveway, in the rain. It was ruined. I have a covered front porch about 30ft away. USPS denied the claim and said my driveway was an acceptable drop off spot, even in the rain.

I will say USPS tracking is very hit or miss, I wouldn't go crazy just yet.

We have had zero issues I can ever recall with USPS. I"m sure something some time. But I don't recall. Fed Ex has sure messed up some things though.

We did file a fraud issue on USPS money orders paying something we never received and that was a total failure but I kind of expected that. Learned my lesson there.

After filing a small claim a couple of years ago I found out that the final insult of USPS insurance is that, even though they lost or damaged the shipment in handling, insurance doesn't reimburse the shipping.

I haven't shipped any guns USPS but I know they have a theft problem. A couple years ago my wife sent a birthday card to a grandson. She put several $20 bills inside the card. When it got there, the envelope was cut open, retaped, and no money. Somebody was opening obvious card envelopes looking for cash or gift cards.

R-C,

I had the same thing happen last year when I sent a birthday card to my sister. The USPS eventually made an arrest in that case.

Cards stand out and are easily targeted. I now ship cards in a flat rate priority mail envelope.

They do reimburse shipping. There is a line on the claim form to list shipping cost.

I'm waiting on a package through UPS that is the third attempt for the same thing from the same company. There tracking sucks.

Had chainsaw parts leave Edinburg Texas yesterday morning via free shipping with FedEx. Those parts were at my back door in middle Appalachia as of an hour ago.

These shippers can do it if they want to.......

Yep, and apparently they're tired of actually talking to people about it.....

Received a call from the Sr Louis post office yesterday, they haven’t received it.
Gentleman was polite but didn’t have any real info beyond that it’s not looking good.

I’m fairly certain my brand new broken Supergrade is in the ghetto of Montgomery AL, thanks USPS.

Dam shame

Blame your trump installed postmaster general louis deJoy’s actions. They vowed to destroy the post office, and he's still at it and diligently following trumps orders. Most incompetent person to have ever been installed in charge of such an important agency. Of course, as were all trumps appointees.


Phil

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