Mastro/Legendary's Current Auction

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Leon

No doubt it's a conspiracy by the Post Office, since that is who you got your info from. I am sure they tell folks stuff all of the time to try to cover their tracks....

Well, I know one thing...I sure don't like that packages can be scanned in bulk on a skid. I'd prefer that each individual package was scanned in.

[bobbyw8469]

Well, I know one thing...I sure don't like that packages can be scanned in bulk on a skid. I'd prefer that each individual package was scanned in.

Too time consuming I guess......shoot, I am lucky if my postal clerks give me an "acceptance" scan when I hand them an item!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Well, I know one thing...I sure don't like that packages can be scanned in bulk on a skid. I'd prefer that each individual package was scanned in.

I will bet that what they meant (and I haven't confirmed this) is that they had all of the individual packages on a pallet. They were individually addressed and tagged (DC, Sig Confirm., etc...) The postal person picking them up took a hand scanner and scanned each one on the pallet. I used to do a ton of shipping and that is the way it was done. I would find it very, very difficult to believe that there is some sort of "bulk" system that the PO uses and scans a whole pallet of individual packages, going to different places, at once. How in the world could they track anything that way? Then again, maybe I am missing something here. Hopefully the package will get found. I am sure every single auction company has had to deal with a lost package or two....best regards and Happy Turkey Day....(poor turkeys)

[bobbyw8469]

Just thought I would give a quick update. Now when you punch in the tracking number, it states there is no sign of it. Like it totally got swept under the rug. Looks like the best deal I ever got on Heritage is a no-go.....

[buymycards]

Hi Leon,
The PO now has a manifest service for ebay/paypal customers, and it applies to anyone who prints their own postage and labels. Let's say that I sell 20 items on ebay, then I print the labels and apply them to the packages. I can then print a manifest that lists each individual package and shows the total number of packages. The postal clerk then scans the barcode on the manifest, so there is only one scan made. When you go online to look up the tracking info it will show all 20 packages as accepted by the Post Office and which manifest these packages were attached to.

The problem is that the PO doesn't check each individual package to see if it actually matches the manifest. I might bring in 20 packages, but they may not be the same 20 packages that are manifested, so a lot of trust is involved with the customers bringing in the packages.

UPS and Fed EX handle their larger customers in the same manner. In fact, at most post offices, we receive dozens of parcels every day that originated with Fed Ex or UPS, and these companies drop them off at the Post Office for final delivery. These packages are all manifested, but we do provide them with individual arrival scans because in the past we had lots of problems with the packages that actually arrived not matching the manifest. I suspect we will get to a point with PayPal and Click and Ship customers where we will need to scan every package that is associated with a particular manifest but many of these customers come to the front window and there just isn't time to scan each individual package and still keep the lines moving. The other issue is that these business customers don't want to wait in line while we scan 30 or 50 parcels, so they provide the manifest instead.

Rick

[Leon]

Rick- thanks for the update. I had no idea that 1 scan could scan all packages. I stand corrected. When I did mass shipping it was actually before the internet ....about 22 yrs ago. Life was so much simpler then

Bobby- sorry to hear of the issue. I still think your package will be found and please keep us updated on it. Worst case would be insurance but I know that isn't good because of the great deal you got. regards

[bobbyw8469]

Leon...one of my friends from the PSA message board had some basketball cards come up missing....he didn't think twice about it, until he saw what facility they came out of.....yep, you guessed it, COPPELL, TX!!! Seems there is a thief working at the facility who loves PSA graded cards!!!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Leon...one of my friends from the PSA message board had some basketball cards come up missing....he didn't think twice about it, until he saw what facility they came out of.....yep, you guessed it, COPPELL, TX!!! Seems there is a thief working at the facility who loves PSA graded cards!!!

I had a lost package of over $3k (far and away my worst ever) and it too never left the Coppell USPS station. I live about 20 miles from there and I too think there is a rat over there.