[78-L] A note to any users of the US Postal Service

[David Lennick]

On the other hand, they e-mail me whenever there's new mail, and they phoned me 
two weeks ago about another matter. So it's not as if they don't know where to 
find me. Even a notification DROPPED INTO THE PO BOX (where I wouldn't have 
found it) would have been something.

dl

On 9/27/2013 12:03 AM, Rjholtin wrote:
> I will bet my entire Ken Griffin collection that the reason they did NOT contact you is because They, too,  would have had to pay the international postage to contact you - and they ain't about to pay that, either.  There is noway the US Post Office is going to contact anybody by any means other than the USPost Office - not by phone and certainly not by e-mail.  They will do things the wayu they've done them for 200 years.
>
> Anybody have any other experience on  this phase of the question?
>
> Sent from my iPod - which explainz the bad typjng
>
> On Sep 26, 2013, at 10:24 PM, David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>  wrote:
>
> I'm having problems with the PO I use in Lewiston NY, which closed my box last
> month (payment was late) and didn't send me any notification but merely began
> returning items to the senders, in some cases marking them "moved/left no
> address". My first knowledge of this was when someone who'd had items mailed to
> my box was contacted by the seller. I've been renting this PO box since 1995
> and am known to the staff, I update my contact information regularly, and when
> I paid them last Monday and said I thought I should have been notified, they
> agreed. New postmaster seems a little dippy (he wasn't aware of the price
> structure or the late fee). I think they got some 'splainin' to do.
>
> dl
>
> On 9/26/2013 7:59 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> To all who sell and ship records on eBay or through private auction.
>
> This is a warning that the United States Postal Service will NOT honor insurance that you might purchase on 78s or any other collectibles sent through the mail.
>
> I recently had a shipment of 78s broken due to mishandling by the US Postal Service. I had purchased sufficient insurance to guarantee the value of the records, but when they refused to honor
>
> the insurance, I filed a claim. After waiting for two months, I received a notice saying that I had mailed "prohibited" items, and therefore they will not honor the insurance. I checked their website to see why
>
> 78s are not covered. Under a lengthy list of standard and prohibited items (which include things like flammable chemicals, body parts, and firearms), comes this:
>
> http://about.usps.com/publications/pub141/standard-prohibited-and-restricted-items.htm
>
> "COLLECTIBLE AND/OR IRREPLACEABLE ITEMS (ANY ITEM WORTH MORE THAN ITS ORIGINAL PURCHASE PRICE OR THAT IS NOT COMMONLY AVAILABLE) INCLUDING
> BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANTIQUES, FINE ART OR COLLETIBLE COINS AND STAMPS."
>
> So, if you use USPS insurance, you are simply wasting your money, because they will not cover any damages as a result of their mishandling of the package.
>
> Cary Ginell
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