[meteorite-list] LOSS OF METEORITE BY UPS

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:54:11 -0500
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Hi Don and List,

I've had a couple of similar experiences with USPS. One time I bought
a lot of old historical papers online, and it took almost 3 months to
arrive via Media Mail. I had given up on it when it showed up one
day, out of the blue.

Another time, I shipped a telescope to a buyer via Priority. It
should have arrived in 3-4 days, tops. After about 3 weeks, he had
not received it and so I sent him a refund. Two days after I sent the
refund, it showed up.

If USPS is consistently inconsistent. ;)

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 12/19/11, Don Merchant <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com> wrote:
> Don't give up hope. Several months ago I purchased a meteorite hunting book
> from a seller on eBay. (I know your situation is a bit different monetary
> wise, but both items have a common in that they still need to be delivered)
> This was shipped media mail and was told delivery to be about 10 days or so.
> 4 weeks later I inquired to the post office on this and gave them the number
> the seller gave me. The Seller did ship the book the next day of the auction
> as he said, and the package was last at a Pennsylvania USPS Office, mind you
> the package was sent from Indiana going to New York State. Make a long story
> short, the USPS could not track it any further then to Pennsylvania and I
> was told to sit tight as it was media mail, it supposed to be slow. So I
> asked the clerk if it would of been faster if the Seller had shipped by
> Amish Horse & Buggy Express Mail. She was not happy....nor was I. I
> basically chalked it up to lost or stolen but leaned more toward lost. Low
> and behold one day I looked in my mailbox and there was the book. After 56
> days the book arrived! Intact and in good order. Some time these 1 day, 2
> day deliveries screw up too, just like any delivery, plus the mad Xmas rush
> does not help. Hopefully sooner then later this will be found Count. I'm
> Counting on it!
> Sincerely
> Don Merchant
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> To: "Count Deiro" <countdeiro at earthlink.net>
> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 10:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] LOSS OF METEORITE BY UPS
>
>
>> Hi Count,
>>
>> That really stinks - to put it poetically.  ;)
>>
>> It also reinforces my belief that UPS blows.  I had numerous problems
>> with them in the past and their customer service is horrible.  I'd
>> rather burn a package than give it to them.  I haven't used UPS in
>> about 5 years now and I will never use them again.
>>
>> If for some reason I cannot ship via USPS (such as a customer requests
>> an alternate method), then I use Fed Ex.
>>
>> Count - I wouldn't expect much sympathy or any sort of action to
>> rectify the situation on the behalf of UPS.  You'll get a lot of nice
>> talk and smooth words, but no action.
>>
>> Well, I hope your meteorite eventually shows up.
>>
>> I've been waiting over 8 weeks now for a valuable package from Canada
>> and it is gone - I'm not sure who stole it, Canada Post or USPS.  But,
>> this is one of only a small handful of problems I have had with USPS
>> over the years of shipping thousands of packages.  By contrast, I have
>> only used UPS about 10 times, and almost every time there was some
>> sort of problem.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
>>
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>> On 12/19/11, Count Deiro <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> Seasons Greetings Listees,
>>>
>>> Whish I had lee distressing news to share. It seems that UPS has lost my
>>> shipment of a CAT MOUNTAIN
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