[Hallicrafters] lost package

[Jim Wilhite]

There is a couple of USPS choices you can make.  1. Certified Mail that 
is easier to track and if you want accountability then, 2. Registered 
mail.  Each time a registered package is handled the handler must sign. 
Then document the value and insure for that amount.  Be sure about the 
documentation.

Registered mail has certain packaging requirements so you should study 
them before using.  It is more expensive but with expensive things like 
gold it is the only way to go.  Certified is more expensive as well but 
if it is necessary to have documentation of delivery, then they are the 
best way to ship.

And don't do anything through a payment service that has access to one 
of your bank accounts.  That is just plain dumb.  If you are in that big 
of a hurry there is Western Union or reputable, reliable companies, you 
can even use bill pay through your bank with the recipient's routing 
number.  Pay Pal definitely is not a good way to do business as far as I 
am concerned.  You may be ok if you are in business and watch your 
accounts all the time, but what hobbyist does?

Jim/W5JO


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "grg" <w5grg at w5grg.net>
To: <Hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 12:41 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] lost package


> Mike, in running your tracking number, it looks like he had a PO Box 
> at
> the Riverview, FL/ PO, since it was available for delivery there.
> I think PayPal requires a Signature Confirmation, as do most internet
> service  providers for absolute proof of delivery.
> In 1997 I got screwed out of a $132.00 USPS MO payment sent to a 
> company
> name in El Paso , TX ( I am also in TX about 525mi east of El Paso).
> The ebay fraudsters got the MO cashed at the PO , even though it was
> made out to a company and according to USPS rules, could only be
> deposited in a bank, since a company cannot be id'ed like a human. In
> filing my complaint at the PO (I was one of 5 who got screwed on ebay 
> by
> the guy)I got no traction even at the main PO in SA TX. with the PO 
> guys
> who wear the guns and are behind a secure door, they are called postal
> inspectors, but seem to do nothing to help anyone, at least not me.
> In complaining to my local postmaster, he explained that each PO is
> independently run and even though there are "rules" what happened at
> your PO is pretty much up to your local Postmaster.
> I would have sent your parcel insured, signature confirmation and pick
> up at the local PO only do not deliver.
> You might call the Postmaster at the Riverview PO and see if he  can
> help or explain what happened.