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Marc S.""I am inclined never to submit cards again unless this loophole can be shut. Has anyone else ever had a grading company lose their card? ""
Well -- I agree that you seem to have been screwed, and this is a very unfortunate situation.
The potential solution in the future is to send your submissions separately. Do not combine submissions in one package unless each submission is over some critical mass of cards (e.g. 20 or 100+ each).
I wonder if you would have a claim against the USPS at all...? You sent a package, insured for $6,000 or whatever -- but what arrived at the final destination was a package only valued at $400 or so. Doesn't seem morally right to go against the USPS, though.
Whenever I have sent a small submission as part of a larger package -- I always include it in a large box, with the smaller submission marked "5-day" or whatever.