Lost e94 lajoie from Canada

[byrone]

If a card is stuck at Jersey City, that is a U.S. customs issue, not a post office matter

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by byrone

If a card is stuck at Jersey City, that is a U.S. customs issue, not a post office matter

Even if it's a Standard shipping package being shipped from Connecticut to California?

[scooter729]

Boston to Florida via Jersey City isn't a customs issue...

[pete zouras]

I called the Jersey City center today and was pleasantly surprised when they returned my voicemail. He said with Canadian tracking, the next place the package would be scanned would be at my hometown PO. So while it looks like it's stuck in JC, it's really in transit.

From the tracking number I gave him, he said it should've gone out the next day--based on other items received that day (some already delivered). He said I could "start worrying" if it didn't arrive by Friday, when he said to file a postal search form 3760 to possibly recover it from a some place in Atlanta (where lost mail goes).

When I bought the item the seller assured me that it would be shipped with maximum insurance. He paid extra for upgraded tracking which turned out to be less reliable than first class. I figured I was covered by Paypal in the event of loss and did not think I would have to resort to that. Next time I'll be more circumspect about delivery options for out-of-the-country purchases.

If this ends up the way I think it will, there'll be one fewer e94 lajoies out there; yet another way in which a already limited population of cards is attrited.