SNES preservation project on hold due to missing $10,000 package
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Re: SNES preservation project on hold due to missing $10,000 package
#2Had some shoes ordered that got hung up in the NJ hole for nearly a month. The company had already started a claim by the time they got here. Also DHL to USPS, which the shipper said was the only practical option from their region (poland). I can relate. Hoping his shows up late like mine, but googling the issue did not leave me with much hope. A lesson to insure your valuable shipments at the least.
Re: SNES preservation project on hold due to missing $10,000 package
#3I suppose that you have now learned to not trust the United States Postal Service with your $10,000 package. FedEx or UPS do cost a little more, but in this case I think you would agree that it would have been worth it.
Re: SNES preservation project on hold due to missing $10,000 package
#4Good luck, I appreciate your archiving efforts.
Re: SNES preservation project on hold due to missing $10,000 package
#5As a hopeful note of optimism: I recently sent a large, expensive package (worth around $1500) cross-country via USPS. The package was sent out mid-December. According to the tracking it made it all the way to the destination Post Office. After that...nothing. It just never progressed. I filed both a mail search requests, and an insurance claim. I received nothing but radio silence on those as well. Fast forward to about a week ago when the package just shows up on my doorstep without notice. Hopefully byuu's package eventually does show up.
Re: SNES preservation project on hold due to missing $10,000 package
#6I suppose that you have now learned to not trust the United States Postal Service with your $10,000 package. FedEx or UPS do cost a little more, but in this case I think you would agree that it would have been worth it.
If you read, it was sent by DHL from Germany. Within Germany, DHL is the defacto choice for courier. The problem is where DHL hands it off to USPS for US delivery, since DHL has pretty much pulled back from trying to compete directly with Fedex and UPS in the US48 market.
Re: SNES preservation project on hold due to missing $10,000 package
#7Maybe it blew over to the neighbors front law, I just found my $130 package over there.
Re: SNES preservation project on hold due to missing $10,000 package
#8>Obviously, it should have been insured for the full value. But please understand that hindsight is 20/20. The sender chose the insurance amount, and had no reason to suspect the package would be lost, and that we would be given no help on the matter. It's not unreasonable to believe a mail carrier would try to avoid the need to pay out 1000 Euros worth of insurance by not losing said package.
That's some really high expectations there.
If you want to send something to another country and aren't willing to lose it? Buy a plane ticket.
It's essentially impossible for the carriers to prevent this from happening given their volumes.
Re: SNES preservation project on hold due to missing $10,000 package
#9I'm confused -- has it been verified that this package cleared customs? Because if not that could be the delay here.
Re: SNES preservation project on hold due to missing $10,000 package
#10>Obviously, it should have been insured for the full value. But please understand that hindsight is 20/20. The sender chose the insurance amount, and had no reason to suspect the package would be lost , and that we would be given no help on the matter. It's not unreasonable to believe a mail carrier would try to avoid the need to pay out 1000 Euros worth of insurance by not losing said package . That's some really hi…
For UPS anything over $1000 is considered high value and treated differently.