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Originally Posted By: mc
what exactly is Amish tracking system?


Its the Yoder system. Yo dar you seen a box?

Drum Rim Shot!!!!!!!!!

I've only had issues with the USPS shipping what was then Parcel Post. I shipped an old no-name 70s guitar amp that was lost and never recovered. I had purchased USPS insurance on it and had proof of the insurance, but the USPS would not honor the insurance because I couldn't produce a company catalog, company price list or an advertisement from back in the day. They said I had to have original material showing a picture of the amp and the original price. The small company was long out of business and there was nothing on the internet about the business.

I had sold it on eBay and had my own pictures and proof of the auction and payment via PayPal but it didn't make any difference, they still wouldn't pay the insured amount ($150). They treated it like an uninsured item and $50 was the maximum they would pay. I eventually just dropped efforts to get compensated and moved on..

I will say I've shipped a lot of items First Class and Priority Mail without a single issue, so no complaints on USPS service generally. I don't ship much now, but if I have an oddball vintage item I make sure I use Fedex or UPS.

after more than 20 years, my issues have been with UPS and FEDEX. I never ship high dollar guns any other way than USPS. the others wont pay damage over 1000 bucks on collectable guns no matter what coverage you pay for.

They all stink when something goes wrong.

I just spent 25 mins on the phone waiting for the U.S. Postal customer service representative to check on the progress of the search for my property. After 25 minutes and no one ever answering the phone, I hung up. But first, I listened to the message: "The US Postal Sevice, a service you can count on" for at least 500 repetitions. What incompetent clowns these people are. Yes, they really care about the US citizen.......I am so pissed I can hardly see straight.

I shipped a package priority mail to a well known gunsmith on the west coast containing a wonderful piece of english walnut for him to turn for me. It got there with a hole in the side of the box and the contents gone. It had a tracking number and they tracked it all the way to his house. Course they were tracking a now empty box. I had not insured it although I think it automatically had $50 worth of insurance. In summary I was hosed. Even claiming the $50 was a hassle to the point where I gave up. As I recall I sent them some pictures of the inside of the empty box and the hole in the side and they said the package had been packed improperly and they wouldn't pay. I mean the hole was in the bottom of the box. No doubt some machine caught it while sorting and ripped the bottom of the box out. Anyway, I gave up and said "Uncle".

I still use them because it easy (I can walk to the post office), but I now overpack everything and insure the hell out of it.

I have received several stock blanks that were not packaged. Just had shipping label stuck to blank. Bobby

Huh? That seems quite unbelievable. Can you get an e mailed picture of the twisted parts and post here?

they are on their way back to me now

I have always used USPS except 1 time years ago. I sent a MacNaughton hammer gun for some detail work and it was lost by UPS. I filed a complaint and claim.had it insured for 8K. Amazing how fast it showed up. In fact a supervisor hand delivered it to me 2 weeks later.

I was getting ready to send a stock and forend out USPS for checkering until I read your post Buzz. Gave me the hebe jebes so I checkered it myself.