[meteorite-list] usps insurance is fraud
From: Walter Branch <branchw_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:41 2004 Message-ID: <008001c33784$919556c0$7dc59f44_at_b4b9e1> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_007D_01C33763.0A622500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Everyone, I have had two claims with the USPS. Both were for large iron = meteorites. One never made it to Philadelphia and the other never made = it to Norway. The Philadelphia one was paid in about 6 months and the = Norway loss took about a year. Interestingly, the package containing = the one to Norway was damaged at the central processing facility in = Jacksonville, Florida. The package was returned to me with all sorts of = labels and apologies from the USPS. I had to photograph all the labels = as part of my claim. -Walter=20 ------------------------------------------ www.branchmeteorites.com ----- Original Message -----=20 From: harlan trammell=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 4:11 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] usps insurance is fraud we all buy insurance to ship our skyrox. but it is really for = peace-of-mind only- a big waste of money. when the _ _it hits the fan, = you are as lost as somone in a molasses canoe or an astronaut in space = with no fuel left and no air. anybody ever ACTUALLY collect insurance = money from the post office on a loss from the usps...? i didn't think = so. usps insurance is aCOMPLETE WASTE of MONEY- just read the form to = file a claim. you have to have the item , the receipt, etc.. oh, the = item! that means , you have to send it BACK to the sender and they then = say it was damaged THEN not during the shipping when you RECEIVED it - = therefore, it can NEVER be tendered properly for a claim - a = self-perpetuating KOP-OUT to avoid paying a claim- get it?! suppose you = DO get it all together and go waltzing into a p.o.- they just laugh!! = after that, it goes before a review board to determine if it was PACKED = right before a claim is paid. 99.99% you did not pack it right (and = there are no written, standards for packing or a way to verify that was = indeed packed right before sending anyway)and they say forget it. and if = you are one of the lotto winners who does get a claim, they give you = depreciated value less fees from stupid government assessed value chart. = in other words , you have no recourse whatsoever . so don't waste your = money. use fed ex. the private sector is ALWAYS better than ANYTHING = government. -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* = ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing = list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com = http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ------=_NextPart_000_007D_01C33763.0A622500 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Everyone,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have had two claims with the = USPS. Both=20 were for large iron meteorites. One never made it to Philadelphia = and the=20 other never made it to Norway. The Philadelphia one was paid in = about 6=20 months and the Norway loss took about a year. Interestingly, the = package=20 containing the one to Norway was damaged at the central processing = facility in=20 Jacksonville, Florida. The package was returned to me with all = sorts of=20 labels and apologies from the USPS. I had to photograph all = the=20 labels as part of my claim.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Walter</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><BR>------------------------------------------<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.branchmeteorites.com">www.branchmeteorites.com</A><BR>= </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dskyrox_at_hotmail.com = href=3D"mailto:skyrox_at_hotmail.com">harlan=20 trammell</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 20, 2003 = 4:11 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] usps = insurance=20 is fraud</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>we all buy insurance to ship our skyrox. but it is really for=20 peace-of-mind only- a big waste of money. when the _ _it hits the fan, = you are=20 as lost as somone in a molasses canoe or an astronaut in space = with no=20 fuel left and no air. anybody ever ACTUALLY collect insurance money = from the=20 post office on a loss from the usps...? i didn't think so. usps = insurance is=20 aCOMPLETE WASTE of MONEY- just read the form to file a claim. = you have=20 to have the item , the receipt, etc.. oh, the item! that means , you = have to=20 send it BACK to the sender and they then say it was damaged THEN not = during=20 the shipping when you RECEIVED it - therefore, it can NEVER be = tendered=20 properly for a claim - a self-perpetuating KOP-OUT to avoid = paying a=20 claim- get it?! suppose you DO get it all together and go waltzing = into a=20 p.o.- they just laugh!! after that, it goes before a review board to = determine=20 if it was PACKED right before a claim is paid. 99.99% you did not pack = it=20 right (and there are no written, standards for packing or a way to = verify that=20 was indeed packed right before sending anyway)and they say forget it. = and if=20 you are one of the lotto winners who does get a claim, they give you=20 depreciated value less fees from stupid government assessed value = chart. in=20 other words , you have no recourse whatsoever . so don't waste your = money. use=20 fed ex. the private sector is ALWAYS better than ANYTHING=20 government.</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR clear=3Dall> <HR> STOP MORE SPAM with <A = href=3D"http://g.msn.com/8HMFENUS/2728??PS=3D">the new MSN=20 8</A> and get 2 months FREE* = ______________________________________________=20 Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</BLOCKQUOTE></BOD= Y></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_007D_01C33763.0A622500-- Received on Fri 20 Jun 2003 07:35:01 PM PDT |
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