[meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.

[R N Hartman]

Example:   Once I purchased a pricy slice of NWA 482 and asked Mike Farmer 
to send it overnight express, and two weeks later it had not arrived.  I 
just happened to be at the postoffice talking to the manager in the back 
where stuff comes in when a bag of parcel post packages arrived.  Right on 
top was my "express" package!   So there is hope!  Often I find when a 
package fails to arrive on time it is misdirected to a wrong zipcode 
thousands of miles away, but it eventually gets delivered, usually after a 
delay of a couple of weeks.

Ron

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Fujihara" <fujmon at mac.com>
To: "Mike Miller" <meteoritefinder at gmail.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 9:30 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question about lost shipment and what to do.


> Aloha Mike,
>
> Sorry to hear about your package going AWOL, but as everyone has already 
> mentioned, there is hope that it will eventually arrive at its 
> destination.
>
> FWIW, despite everyone's grim perspective of the USPS, I have found their 
> service to be exemplary, especially when compared to UPS who gouge us in 
> Hawaii and lose or damage packages on a seemingly regular basis.  Gotta 
> also remember that its the busiest season of the year for the post office, 
> who are operating under a constrained budget with less staffing than in 
> years past.  Good luck getting your package to its destination Mike!
>
> gary
>
> On Dec 21, 2010, at 6:18 AM, Mike Miller wrote:
>
>> Hi all, I shipped a priority flat rate box on Dec 6th and it was
>> scanned and left the Las Vegas sort facility on the same evening. Now
>> ever since it has just said it was in transit to its destination. I
>> did use a signature confirmation. The bad news is it is a meteorite
>> that I sold for several thousand dollars.......I know but it is too
>> late to register and insure the package. I am hoping there is some one
>> who investigates something like this because I don't think the item
>> was lost it was in a flat rate box, hard to miss that lying on the
>> floor. So if it is gone then I am guessing someone has stolen it.
>> Input would be helpful....and I guess the moral of the story  is
>> shipped expensive items insured and registered, they can go missig
>> even from state to state.
>>
>> -- 
>> Mike Miller 3835 E Nicole Ave Kingman Az 86409
>> www.meteoritefinder.com
>>      928-757-1378
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