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

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

A postal worker can tell by the amount of postage (approximately anyhow) how much a package is insured for, so what's the difference whether something else is written on the outside?

If it's shipped through ebay's click n ship option you can hide the amount of postage on the package...it will just say $0.00.

[buymycards]

Hi Matt, what happened to your package really sucks. There really is no good excuse for it. The machines are designed to handle packages, so even though it was probably machine damage, it should not have happened. If it was stolen, the thief eventually gets caught and maybe your card will be recovered. With more and more part time, low paid, no benefit employees, it seems like we are seeing a LOT more instances of employees stealing stamps, money orders, and mail.

Work with the Postmaster and make sure that he/she contacts the mail recovery center in Atlanta, which is where all of the loose items end up. Make sure the Postmaster contacts the lost and found/loose in mails department at the local processing plant. Insist on dealing with the Postmaster, not anyone else. Make sure the Postmaster contacts the Postal Inspection Service, and ask for copies of all emails and correspondence in regard to your case.

Just so you know, over the past few years I have mailed hundreds of packages, mostly first class, with very few problems. However, about a month ago I needed to send an Express Mail to my son in Colorado. When the package was received in Alamosa, (it took 3 days), it looked like it was run over by a fork lift. The package was opened and the contents were missing. I contacted everyone one that was involved in the process and I raised a lot of hell, but nothing ever turned up. I am still REALLY pissed off.

If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know, but I'm not sure how much I can do.

Rick

[ZenPop]

...that's a beautiful card... and this is coming from a die-hard Giants' fan.

The '50 set is absolutely glorious. I hope you recover your card in swift fashion.

[Republicaninmass]

Any package that says "eBay" or any address with 'sportscards' might add well say steal me. As a high insured amount and that is just more temptation

[MattyC]

Yeah, when you think about it, the shipping label said ebay and 'insured,' on it.
It did not say the postage amount, just "postage paid," by a Pitney Bowes machine.

However it did also contain the ebay seller's ebay ID.

All an enterprising and quick-witted thief would need to do is whip out his smart phone and look up the seller's ID on ebay, and see they deal in sports cards. Then the thief would be reasonably certain of the contents, and do the deed.