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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for the suggestions so far. I have printed off the tracking info and plan to go to my local post office tomorrow to see what help they might be able to give me.
Paul Bulgerin
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Yes, begin with your local post office--sooner the better. Good luck!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Keep in mind that ebay's tracking system mis-reports all sorts of oddities. It's not great software. Try using the link in the tracking to open the browser USPS tracking. Many times ebay stuff gets listed as Out for Delivery even though it's still in transit. I believe they do this to make their ship time metrics look better than they really are. It's also possible that the package wasn't scanned at the final destination, so the software might report the delivery attempt as coming from the last scanned facility. |
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 United States
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I agree. I always track directly at USPS. Relying on what ebay reports is hit or miss. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
25120 Posts |
I would just wait a day or two. USPS will sort it out.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
I went to my local post office. The clerk ran the tracking number and said it is for a package going to Florida. I would guess that somehow the seller sent me the wrong tracking number. I will contact him. The seller is newer on ebay (49 transactions with 100% positive feedback), so as of now I will mark this as an honest mistake. Paul Bulgerin
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I would guess that somehow the seller sent me the wrong tracking number. I will contact him. That seems possible. Hopefully that is all it is. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
I heard back from the seller in Serbia. He sent me the wrong tracking number. I checked the new number and it shows that the coin is in the US.
Paul Bulgerin
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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FWIW - if your tracking begins with ESUS then it was shipped by the seller using ebay Delivery Services. EDS is nothing more than bulk metered mail. USPS will not be able to track, they don't keep that info. Info is only updated on ebay when the barcode/qcode is scanned by USPS routing machines, and USPS sends a dump of those scans to ebay. If EDS says 'Delivered' that can only be produced on ebay by a scan in the destination city. If that city is different than your city I'm certain ebay would side with you, as a buyer. I swing a metal detector and have a knack for finding dirty old coins. Dirt coin restoration projects - https://www.prodetecting.com/restorationsDirt coin restoration blog - https://www.prodetecting.com/blog/ccawDirt coin dig videos - https://www.youtube.com/@prodetecting |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The coin arrived today. Mystery over.
Thanks for all the helpful replies to my original questions/
Paul Bulgerin
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Glad to hear that the mystery has been happily resolved.
Now, maybe pics of the coin? =)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Cool deal - crisis diverted!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Here is it. It's an uncleaned AE-1 (23 mm. and 4.08 grams) from Emperor Julian II (360-363 AD). I won the coin for $3.25 and shipping was $7.00. I'll see how it cleans up. Nothing special but I like cleaning bigger Roman coins.  Paul Bulgerin
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Excellent outcome, Paul! I'm looking forward to seeing your treasure after you've tidied it up.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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