[Exhibitman]

Why any AH would ship a small item of that value by any means other than registered "lose my job and maybe go to jail if I mess with the package" mail is beyond me. I get that it takes longer and is a PITA to do, so maybe offer it as an option at a higher cost?

Confronting the driver: I actually did this once with a USPS registered package (T206 Young portrait). The delivery missed me so i went to the office where they hold registered mail and where it was supposed to be stored the next morning, which is what the delivery attempt slip told me to do. It wasn't there, and the manager of the PO was pissed as hell. I knew the driver on the route was not the usual guy, so I went truck chasing. I found him and asked him nicely (not being ironic here) to check for the package. It was there. He'd put it back on the truck like any other package and hadn't followed protocol for registered mail and logged it back in for the night as he was supposed to. He was a probie and he got fired for it, so you know they are dead serious about registered mail. I got my card.