No, you steal them (one ream at a time) from the copier room at work of course!
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Scammed by USPS? (4 Viewers)
- Thread starter doublebooyah85
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My first job at the age of 15 was working at Staples. I worked there through high school, college and after. I can't imagine how many reams of paper have passed through my hands, dragging pallets of 40 cases with a manual pallet jack (know how heavy those are?) carrying cases out to people's cars, stocking reams on shelves? I've seen my share of paper.
LeLe
4 of a Kind
I not proud of this but when I just started working and studying part time at night, I "borrow" a lot of paper from the copier room to save moneyYou used up a lot of paper last time when studying.
BirdCage
Flush
If this is going to turn into a paper confession thread perhaps others should be encouraged to come forward…
You used up a lot of paper last time when studying.
I ship from home and all my labels have weight on them posted ... But USPS doesn't care unless it's lbs off, not Ozs.
Paper is made of cotton. Chips are made of cotton .....
justsomedude
Royal Flush
It’s just multiple added steps that could potentially catch a scammer…
If you are NOT scamming some one and taking 5-10 pics of your packing process, it’s a mindless routine task.
If you ARE scamming someone, you have to stop what you’re doing, swap the real merchandise with other material, then retake photos hoping nothing significant has been documented along the way.
In this case it also shows a break of protocol— as seller previously sent pics of shipped packages on prior deals.
ssanel54
Flush
I think it’s somewhat logical to relax a bit when you have done previous transactions together.
Hmmm...this is a screenshot using Click-n-Ship. There are no further steps, nor a place to add a weight for flate rate. It only comes up if I change it to to "I have my own package or envelope":
Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
Not sure if this was mentioned but in order for the label to have a weight on it wouldn’t that imply that it was labeled by USPS after drop off? IME shipping Priority flat rate never required a weight even when I do the self service kiosk. Is there no sign of the original label?
If not it seems very easy to swap boxes and stick a label on it since the flat rate boxes are all uniform.
If not it seems very easy to swap boxes and stick a label on it since the flat rate boxes are all uniform.
Moxie Mike
Full House
Yes it trains on publicly available information but it's not indexing the web like a search engine does. And even if it did, the last dataset it trained on was from April 2024 so this thread wouldn't be in there anyway.
In this case, all I did was paste the text from both his posts with minimal context for analysis. ChatGPT wouldn't 'search the web' to provide an answer in that instance.
I'm not 100% sure this is exactly true.
Sabbath is over @SpaceMonkey420
What have you done to further your investigation? Have you filed a police report yet? Filed a report with the USPS? I know if I were blameless I would be doing everything in my power to find out what happened to the chips.
What have you done to further your investigation? Have you filed a police report yet? Filed a report with the USPS? I know if I were blameless I would be doing everything in my power to find out what happened to the chips.
OP
OP
@Tonysquander you would have refunded me
Those packages each come with $100 of insurance. I know that’s peanuts compared to what was lost, but I would make a claim for that as well. The real value would be in getting a whole different department, and even more eyes, looking at this issue in addition to whomever is already looking at it that you’ve contacted.
Pretty sure the shipper is the only one who can make the claim.
Another red flag if he doesn’t…
LeLe
4 of a Kind
Huskerchipper
Flush
To me this story, for all practical purposes, is over. This was a SCAM.
Anything you hear back will be an attempt to create an ounce of credibility or plausible deniability to what happened to the package.
Sorry, there are way to many questionable things that are all pointing in the same direction. Obviously Craig's reputation is impeccable here and nobody questions his involvement.
SpaceMonkey420 has admitted repeatedly about struggling financially (nothing wrong with that in itself), has acknowledged an upcoming wedding (that shits expensive). He approached Craig privately offering a fantastic deal (contrary to previous dealings). To me, he had a VERY odd reaction to finding out that Booyah received paper and initially offered little assistance. And as Dennis mentioned, how ridiculous the notion is that someone at the USPS would steal the chips and refill the container with paper, perfectly matching the weight....(GTFOH). You are going to snatch the product quickly and go, not fiddle around with it. Every ounce of common sense points to a scam. Everyone's worst nightmare doing business on here. I am sincerely sorry to hear of Booyah's experience. I can't imagine what went thru his mind opening those packages.
Anything you hear back will be an attempt to create an ounce of credibility or plausible deniability to what happened to the package.
Sorry, there are way to many questionable things that are all pointing in the same direction. Obviously Craig's reputation is impeccable here and nobody questions his involvement.
SpaceMonkey420 has admitted repeatedly about struggling financially (nothing wrong with that in itself), has acknowledged an upcoming wedding (that shits expensive). He approached Craig privately offering a fantastic deal (contrary to previous dealings). To me, he had a VERY odd reaction to finding out that Booyah received paper and initially offered little assistance. And as Dennis mentioned, how ridiculous the notion is that someone at the USPS would steal the chips and refill the container with paper, perfectly matching the weight....(GTFOH). You are going to snatch the product quickly and go, not fiddle around with it. Every ounce of common sense points to a scam. Everyone's worst nightmare doing business on here. I am sincerely sorry to hear of Booyah's experience. I can't imagine what went thru his mind opening those packages.
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philhut
Flush
Looking @spaprevious posts he seems to be quite the gambler....(yes i know its a poker chip site). But debts are debts and things can get out of control like other addictions. Crackheads etc will steal from their own family. I worry this may be a case of "taking your money" and calling your bluff.
When I joined the site again several years ago there was a long post about a fraudulent sale from a member others seemed to know well. Sad this happens it's been a great "RELIABLE!" community on this site from my experience.
When I joined the site again several years ago there was a long post about a fraudulent sale from a member others seemed to know well. Sad this happens it's been a great "RELIABLE!" community on this site from my experience.
I cant read all the posts, especially the long winded ones, so maybe this has been pointed ut already.
It occurred to me that because the weight paper is dead on to what the label is, 100% the labels were printed at the PO. when they were dropped off at the PO. Paid for, Printed, and scanned at time of drop off.
It occurred to me that because the weight paper is dead on to what the label is, 100% the labels were printed at the PO. when they were dropped off at the PO. Paid for, Printed, and scanned at time of drop off.
OP
OP
I don’t know why he won’t send me half the money, but I did start to open the investigation with the post office. I even offered for him to send half the money to someone else for arbitration.
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