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Scammed by USPS? (4 Viewers)
- Thread starter doublebooyah85
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I use Pirate Ship and Shippo. Both require weights on FRBs. So might not be click n ship, but it allows ya to ship from home.
From looking at the label, those were shipped from the Mobile shipping stations or from a teller. But that's the exact label the stations print out when you auto weigh and use self service.
The receipt should show the weight of the packages when they were shipped I'm only on page 4 of this thread this sucks all the way around
Or Columbo, if not investigating a homicide in LA.
This is why always do insurance on anything expensive but then again who knows how difficult it is to get the money back when something like this happens I'm only on page 5 still a lot more to go but always insurance on anything expensive
legend672
Full House
With Columbo you already know who did it. Then they show you how he figured it out
U can print labels out and put the exact weight on it
Again I'm only on page 5 but if there was no pics shown of the boxes prior to shipment that sucks but if there was a picture of the receipt it should show the weight of the packages
OP
OP
Read the entire thread before commenting probably just repeating what everyone has said
BirdCage
Flush
There's been a lot of talk about insurance, but in this case, when would insurance actually cover the loss? In my mind, unless the sender could prove that the chips were actually shipped and that the buyer prove that they didn't pull a swap, meaning that a paper substitution occurred along the shipment journey, the claim would be denied. So unless an investigation determined that the boxes were tampered with while in the possession of USPS, insurance wouldn't come into play here.
Otherwise, you could just ship and insure "gold bars" and collect insurance when bricks arrive.
Otherwise, you could just ship and insure "gold bars" and collect insurance when bricks arrive.
ssanel54
Flush
Agreed, I believe insurance is to cover damage or loss. Missing/wrong item is between buyer and seller. Both should be filing claims if neither of them did anything wrong.
Yeah, insurance will cover a "lost" or "missing" package; said package was delivered, albeit the arrival of purchased contents are questionable, the "parcel" did arrive.
eBay has an "Item not as described" return for refund policy but I do not believe USPS insurance would cover this sort of discrepancy.
You must be wealthy eating at a five guys in 2025
So definitely Columbo then…
Yeah whenever I've shipped heavy boxes 10 lbs or more I tape that thing so crazy it will never open also for anyone shipping heavy things use filament tape it's fiberglass tape works great again sucks this happened hope it gets resolved
sucky situation - hopefully whoever put the paper in the box gets prosecuted
@doublebooyah85 - the weight of the chips with packaging is probably pretty close to the range of those boxes.
Average weights I have:
$1 - 9.85
$5 - 9.13
$25 - 8.03
$100 - 9.3
$500 - 8.53
Don't have actual weights for the below, but guesstimates:
$2.50 - will be around 9g - def above 8g and below 10g
IHC chips - should be in the 11g to 11.5g range
@doublebooyah85 - the weight of the chips with packaging is probably pretty close to the range of those boxes.
Average weights I have:
$1 - 9.85
$5 - 9.13
$25 - 8.03
$100 - 9.3
$500 - 8.53
Don't have actual weights for the below, but guesstimates:
$2.50 - will be around 9g - def above 8g and below 10g
IHC chips - should be in the 11g to 11.5g range
To alot of people 5k and or 2.5k is a lot of money if he truly did ship the chips I can see where he wouldnt want to take a 2.5k or 5k loss either same way you don't want to take the loss and no matter how wealthy someone is $ is $
But also he has to take responsibility and try to go to his local post office n do everything he can to help the situation as well can't all just be on you
And who knows how well insurance would have worked out but as a seller I know anything over $500 I offer the buyer to pay for insurance cause really at the end of the day once someone ships something it is out of their control question remains did he really send out the poker chips or stacks of paper only the seller and God will ever know that
This isn't a mur*er if u took that paper to the cops asking them to fingerprint it they would just look at you and be like this dude belongs in a hospital
Sorry
bergs
Royal Flush
What ssanel is saying is that we shouldn’t paper over the fact there is an intrinsic trust between 2 people that have worked together for a long time.
bergs
Royal Flush
It’s worth point out that buyer has enough paper to print the Gutenberg bible, tho.
That ship sailed 10 pages ago didn’t it?
How many more ways does it need to be said that @SpaceMonkey420 is a fraud or how to proceed with getting a refund?
OP
OP
haha I get it but he was rattling off a new reply with each page he read lol
I don’t see the weight on the receipt but the label was likely applied at the counter. It does look like they took to the counter where the label would have been applied with the weight.
Is there an update if seller has been communicating with you? I get the Sabbath silence up until sunset yesterday or whatever his particular take on the rules are, but how about today? Have you called or texted him?
This is PCF after all. @justincarothers might have just gotten his 2nd request on how to order Tina’s today.
OP
OP
Zero communication today, after talking with him yesterday and him not offering me any refund or sending a refund to a third-party via arbitration I have no reason to reach out to him anymore.
Next week I’ll be meeting with the post office inspectors however, I won’t be giving any more updates. I think everyone can make their own judgment and I would like to keep any further resolution private.
@Tommy might as well lock this thread
Next week I’ll be meeting with the post office inspectors however, I won’t be giving any more updates. I think everyone can make their own judgment and I would like to keep any further resolution private.
@Tommy might as well lock this thread
Yeah whatever I be rattling where I f'd up was reading this whole thread in the first place
Anyone who spends over $500 let this be lesson get Insurance
Again hope u get your money back
OP
OP
Update!
@SpaceMonkey420 has reimbursed me w a 100% refund and opened a usps investigation.
As I originally said, I would split the loss 50/50 and that’s where we landed.
@SpaceMonkey420 has reimbursed me w a 100% refund and opened a usps investigation.
As I originally said, I would split the loss 50/50 and that’s where we landed.
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