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i hate the USPS!!! updated!!!

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xospec1alk

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so my friend mailed me a dvd through the us postal service, along with some rent checks...someone at the post office opened up the envelope and took everything in there, including my rent checks!! how the hell am i suppose to pay rent now?!?!?!?!?

i guess postal workers have no damn integrity

i guess the post office has a little heart...my friend's dad just came over to give me the checks. whoever stole the DVD, mailed the checks back to him, and he just brought it down for me...whew.
 
Your friend is an idiot for not sending rent checks Express with delivery confirmation and insurance, no matter how good the service is.
 
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Your friend is an idiot for not sending rent checks Express with delivery confirmation and insurance, no matter how good the service is.
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what good would insurance do? i'd still be out the damn checks...i couldn't care less about the DVD, they can keep that...i need to pay the damn rent!!
 
Originally posted by: xospec1alk
Originally posted by: tfinch2
Your friend is an idiot for not sending rent checks Express with delivery confirmation and insurance, no matter how good the service is.
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what good would insurance do? i'd still be out the damn checks...i couldn't care less about the DVD, they can keep that...i need to pay the damn rent!!
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Nevermind, you're hopeless.
 
Originally posted by: tfinch2

Nevermind, you're hopeless.
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no no, please explain...im interested as to how this situation could have been averted...

and yes, i got an empty envelope marked "received without contents"

and a simple wire transfer would do no good, im subletting his apt, and the rent checks need to goto the landlord under his name..
 
Originally posted by: Fenixgoon
sending checks/cash in an envelope is always a bad idea...
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i send checks all the time with no problem, i think the DVD was what put it over the top for the postal worker
 
Originally posted by: xospec1alk
Originally posted by: tfinch2

Nevermind, you're hopeless.
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no no, please explain...im interested as to how this situation could have been averted...

and yes, i got an empty envelope marked "received without contents"

and a simple wire transfer would do no good, im subletting his apt, and the rent checks need to goto the landlord under his name..
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confirmation and insurance would insure that the package got to you.
instead, your friend was cheap
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Originally posted by: lrad50
Originally posted by: xospec1alk
Originally posted by: tfinch2

Nevermind, you're hopeless.
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no no, please explain...im interested as to how this situation could have been averted...

and yes, i got an empty envelope marked "received without contents"

and a simple wire transfer would do no good, im subletting his apt, and the rent checks need to goto the landlord under his name..
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confirmation and insurance would insure that the package got to you.
instead, your friend was cheap
/thread
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your saying that confirmation + insurance would have prevented a usps employee from opening the envelope?
 
Can't he put a hold on the check? Wait for it to be cashed and then call the cops and get the thief arrested? USPS also has a fraud detection section if I recall correctly from a previous thread about Netflix dvds being stolen. I believe mail fraud is a very serious offense in the US.
 
Originally posted by: Jassi
Can't he put a hold on the check? Wait for it to be cashed and then call the cops and get the thief arrested? USPS also has a fraud detection section if I recall correctly from a previous thread about Netflix dvds being stolen. I believe mail fraud is a very serious offense in the US.
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thats the other question....can anyone just cash these checks? i mean they were written out to the landlord...

oh and hes in HK rite now, and im trying to get a hold of him...
 
Originally posted by: Jassi
Can't he put a hold on the check? Wait for it to be cashed and then call the cops and get the thief arrested? USPS also has a fraud detection section if I recall correctly from a previous thread about Netflix dvds being stolen. I believe mail fraud is a very serious offense in the US.
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:thumbsup:

that should work 🙂
 
Originally posted by: lrad50
Originally posted by: xospec1alk
Originally posted by: tfinch2

Nevermind, you're hopeless.
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no no, please explain...im interested as to how this situation could have been averted...

and yes, i got an empty envelope marked "received without contents"

and a simple wire transfer would do no good, im subletting his apt, and the rent checks need to goto the landlord under his name..
Click to expand...

confirmation and insurance would insure that the package got to you.
instead, your friend was cheap
/thread
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I don't get why you are blaming him... you suggesting we should just let the system go on corrupt as it is with people stealing our mail and the only protection against that is to pay extra...

the post office, as a united states agency should insure with out extra cost that the mail is safe.
 
Originally posted by: xospec1alk
Originally posted by: Jassi
Can't he put a hold on the check? Wait for it to be cashed and then call the cops and get the thief arrested? USPS also has a fraud detection section if I recall correctly from a previous thread about Netflix dvds being stolen. I believe mail fraud is a very serious offense in the US.
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thats the other question....can anyone just cash these checks? i mean they were written out to the landlord...

oh and hes in HK rite now, and im trying to get a hold of him...
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were they mailed from HK? if so, how do you know they wern't pilfered before receipt by the USPS?
 
Originally posted by: altonb1
were they mailed from HK? if so, how do you know they wern't pilfered before receipt by the USPS?
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no no, they were mailed before he left for HK, and it wasn't like he just dropped it at a mailbox, he went up to the window, because it was weighed, and has that postal sticker on it rather than stamps.
 
Originally posted by: xospec1alk
Originally posted by: Jassi
Can't he put a hold on the check? Wait for it to be cashed and then call the cops and get the thief arrested? USPS also has a fraud detection section if I recall correctly from a previous thread about Netflix dvds being stolen. I believe mail fraud is a very serious offense in the US.
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thats the other question....can anyone just cash these checks? i mean they were written out to the landlord...

oh and hes in HK rite now, and im trying to get a hold of him...
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Only an idiot would deposit a stolen check.
 
Originally posted by: SirStev0
Originally posted by: lrad50
Originally posted by: xospec1alk
Originally posted by: tfinch2

Nevermind, you're hopeless.
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no no, please explain...im interested as to how this situation could have been averted...

and yes, i got an empty envelope marked "received without contents"

and a simple wire transfer would do no good, im subletting his apt, and the rent checks need to goto the landlord under his name..
Click to expand...

confirmation and insurance would insure that the package got to you.
instead, your friend was cheap
/thread
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I don't get why you are blaming him... you suggesting we should just let the system go on corrupt as it is with people stealing our mail and the only protection against that is to pay extra...

the post office, as a united states agency should insure with out extra cost that the mail is safe.
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Do you realize exactly how much more overhead that would incur (USPS insuring everythign)? I bet that the average cost of stamps would be $5.00.

*Every* organization has corrupt employees, and USPS is no exception.
 
Originally posted by: doze
What good is delivery confirmation if they don't require a signature on delivery?
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It's a scam service. I purchased a dvd, and it was shipped via usps w/delivery confirmation. Delivery confirmation said USPS delivered the package, but I never received it. Unfortunately, I have no meaningful recourse, since its my word against their tracking systems'.

 
Originally posted by: xospec1alk
my friend mailed... some rent checks... someone at the post office... took... my rent checks!! how the hell am i suppose to pay rent now?!?!?!?!?

postal workers have no damn integrity

the post office has a little heart... my friend's dad just came over to give me the checks... whoever stole the DVD, mailed the checks back to him, and he just brought it down for me...
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You don't know jack. Then envelope could've been torn open by the machinery and the contents dropped out. It doesn't make sense for someone to steal a DVD and mail back the rent checks. It seems a bit odd that your friend's dad was able to hand deliver the recovered checks whereas your friend didn't but instead took the checks to the P.O. to mail.

I wouldn't put myself in the position you put yourself in of being the middle man between your friend and the landlord. And if I were him I'd wouldn't want you as an intermediary in case you screwed up. I'd mail or hand the check to the landlord or deposit into his checking account.

 
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