Card Vanished While In USPS Facility; If You See This For Sale, Please Holla.

[nsaddict]

Sorry this happened Matt, but your title is NOT fact. While I'm sure it does happen, it's a tiny percentage. The processing machinery has a much higher chance of being the culprit than theft when a card (or anything else) becomes separated from it's bubble mailer. Sometimes letters show up "received without contents" it could be the machinery and other times the sender never sealed it properly. Every item does come in contact with many hands and machines along the way. Have you continued to follow up with with USPS including pictures?

[MattyC]

Originally Posted by nsaddict

Sorry this happened Matt, but your title is NOT fact. While I'm sure it does happen, it's a tiny percentage. The processing machinery has a much higher chance of being the culprit than theft when a card (or anything else) becomes separated from it's bubble mailer. Sometimes letters show up "received without contents" it could be the machinery and other times the sender never sealed it properly. Every item does come in contact with many hands and machines along the way. Have you continued to follow up with with USPS including pictures?

Richard,

Good point and I apologize; I was going off of what my Post Office guy told me was likely the case, but it is not fact-- I have adjusted the title of the thread accordingly.

Thanks for all the good vibes, obviously not end of the world stuff but figured it could not hurt to put the word out among fellow collectors. It's a small world and ya never know.

[calvindog]

This is a crazy story -- I had no idea this sort of thing actually happens.

As an aside, the other day I received a letter sent regular mail from a client with a large check inside -- and the envelope was completely slit open from side to side -- with the check still there. Crazy.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by calvindog

This is a crazy story -- I had no idea this sort of thing actually happens.

As an aside, the other day I received a letter sent regular mail from a client with a large check inside -- and the envelope was completely slit open from side to side -- with the check still there. Crazy.

Jeff, I have that happen commonly with envelopes, but the goods are always present.

Knock on wood, but I've never had anything stolen by the post office. There are ways to discourage people from opening your packages, but that fact has been lost in this thread. People get hung up on the special USPS-sanctioned box thing with all the wonderful USPS emblems and markings all over it, but in reality, their boxes are just boxes. Fools can screw up any tool.