I hate the Post Office
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From: Nashville
Maybe the Postal System has gone down hill, but I used to collect / trade Hot wheels. I have bought / sold / traded well over 1000 times with 1 lost package and even that one I think the other guy just lied.
I have only had 1 package get beat up enough to file for an insurance claim.
I have only had 1 package get beat up enough to file for an insurance claim.
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From: Irvine, California
Are you kidding me? You Ex-geek! I've looked up some of my childhood toys (Transformers - mid '80s) on ebay. Those mint-condition toys run up to $1000 only.
But you know, it makes you think that if you didn't open up and play with those damn $5.99 toys when you were a kid, you could sell a few "Hot Wheels Super Rare Redline Blue Rodger Dodger" to buy yourself a CF ASM door panel.
But you know, it makes you think that if you didn't open up and play with those damn $5.99 toys when you were a kid, you could sell a few "Hot Wheels Super Rare Redline Blue Rodger Dodger" to buy yourself a CF ASM door panel.
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When we mailed our wedding invitations out, we had a couple of family members who didn't get their inviation until almost 1 year after the wedding!! The envelopes looked like they had sat in a puddle and been stepped on every day with muddy boots! It did help that they finally arrived, as they were pissed and thought we didn't invite them!!
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From: Drexel Hill, PA
Originally Posted by Incubus,Oct 24 2006, 08:52 PM
I needed to make a credit card payment, and I had a day or two to do it. I sent the check First Class Express Super whatever (the fastest available). I was assured that the letter would get there by the deadline. To my dismay, the letter NEVER got there...anywhere. The post office just messed up. I just randomly made a call to the bank to ask about a loan or something and got an ugly response..."Seeing as how you're not paying your bill".
I pay IN FULL, EARLY, EVERY month. This one time I waited and got screwed...Lucky for me, I had the receipt from the post office along with the check # to back up my statement.
Now I do all that crap online.
I pay IN FULL, EARLY, EVERY month. This one time I waited and got screwed...Lucky for me, I had the receipt from the post office along with the check # to back up my statement.
Now I do all that crap online.
to the OP, i've heard that the post office x-rays packages. someone probably saw the iPOD with no insurance and said "score!"
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Originally Posted by timrocks311,Oct 25 2006, 05:51 PM
dude, everytime i get a little late on a payment (which isn't often...i'm not that much of a slacker) i just call the company i'm sending it to and tell them it is in the mail, and i ship it normally. everytime they've said ok, they mark it as in route, and dont worry about it.
to the OP, i've heard that the post office x-rays packages. someone probably saw the iPOD with no insurance and said "score!"
to the OP, i've heard that the post office x-rays packages. someone probably saw the iPOD with no insurance and said "score!"
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From: Nashville
Originally Posted by AlX Boi,Oct 25 2006, 10:28 AM
Are you kidding me? You Ex-geek! I've looked up some of my childhood toys (Transformers - mid '80s) on ebay. Those mint-condition toys run up to $1000 only.
But you know, it makes you think that if you didn't open up and play with those damn $5.99 toys when you were a kid, you could sell a few "Hot Wheels Super Rare Redline Blue Rodger Dodger" to buy yourself a CF ASM door panel.
But you know, it makes you think that if you didn't open up and play with those damn $5.99 toys when you were a kid, you could sell a few "Hot Wheels Super Rare Redline Blue Rodger Dodger" to buy yourself a CF ASM door panel.
I wish my parents had set aside 50 redline hotwheels from that era,....they were like $.49 i think..... so $25.00 then = $50k-100k now.
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From: Lake U-turn
Originally Posted by Scot,Oct 25 2006, 11:59 AM
I wish my parents had set aside 50 redline hotwheels from that era,....they were like $.49 i think..... so $25.00 then = $50k-100k now.
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Originally Posted by RBC3,Oct 25 2006, 09:46 AM
When we mailed our wedding invitations out, we had a couple of family members who didn't get their inviation until almost 1 year after the wedding!! The envelopes looked like they had sat in a puddle and been stepped on every day with muddy boots! It did help that they finally arrived, as they were pissed and thought we didn't invite them!!
A lot of people that works at the P.O. cares about costumer service, unfortunately, a lot of them does not. It goes for all level of the employee structure.