Holiday Postal Woes - 2023 Edition

[jchcollins]

Originally Posted by bnorth

Overall I believe they do a great job but I reserve the right to throw a hissy fit like a spoiled little kid anytime a package doesn't arrive on time.

Agreed. I've been on eBay 25 years as well. I've only had two packages outright lost in that time. One (outside of eBay) was a trade a few years back, where the trader's end on it's way to me suddenly just "stopped" tracking. Filed a report and went through all the motions; never heard anything from that again. Anyway, that guy wound up getting a fairly nice '59 Topps Roger Maris for free.

The other time was maybe 5 years ago when I used to get packages delivered at work (hint - extra steps = extra risk - avoid!). It was marked delivered, but surprise surprise - neither the carrier or my mail room staff had it. Gee wonder what happened. Someone pocketed themselves a nice graded Fleer Update Puckett RC - is what happened...

All in all not terrible for nearly 3 decades worth of buying and selling, and eBay actually wound up reimbursing me on the Puckett. But I too reserve the right to complain...