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Pillar of the Community
United States
715 Posts |
I ordered the gold Sacagawea 25th anniversary coin from the mint. It was sent "signature required" which is standard practice for the mint when sending items of a certain value. I was out of town when the coin was delivered and received notice that the package was signed for and delivered. I had a trusted neighbor friend picking up my mail in my absence. She said that the package was left in my mailbox and she didn't sign anything. On one hand, "all's well that ends well," I guess, and I was saved a trip to the P.O. when I got back, but unsure about whether the post office would cheerfully refund my $2,000+ had the package been stolen out of my mailbox, such incidents are not unknown in my neighborhood, but rare. Then there's the matter of outright lying about the signature. Maybe my carrier was behind in their deliveries tha day?
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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howell, you were quite fortunate that nothing untoward happened with your Sac. Quote:
Maybe my carrier was behind in their deliveries tha day? Nothing surprises me anymore with USPS carriers. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Moderator
United States
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That is not cool at all.  I am glad the coin made okay. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3634 Posts |
Happy it turned out OK!
That kind of thing seldom happens where I live now but it was terrible in Houston, especially in my later years there when we only had temporary carriers assigned to our neighborhood. The POA had cluster mailboxes with locked compartments for 12 residents, and it wasn't unusual for stuff to get put in the wrong compartment, and I was rarely asked to sign for stuff. Fortunately during that time only one coin out of many hundreds of deliveries never eventually showed up, but it was a gold coin of course. I figured it was put in the wrong box and someone opened it and decided to keep it for themself...
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5661 Posts |
It seems that USPS stopped requiring signatures for "signature required" during COVID, and it's not clear that they ever resumed requiring signatures. I used to sometimes pay for signature required deliveries, but no longer. Since ebay considers items delivered if tracking confirms delivery, I wonder if USPS would accept responsibility for a lost package that was supposedly signed for? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
19110 Posts |
Interesting. I've purchased USPS 'signature tracking' as recent as yesterday. Of course, on the sender's end, deliveries always show as signed for.
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Moderator
United States
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I have had to sign for things (when required) the past few years after it had been paused during the pandemic. Maybe some branches never read the memo. |
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Valued Member
United States
216 Posts |
I've had it happen with both USPS & FedEx.
You can report it & open a case, but it doesn't mean it won't happen again.
I don't know the liability of someone forging a signature & the parcel being stolen, though.
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Moderator
United States
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you got lucky on that one. I have what I consider a very trustworthy Mail carrier - I talk to him almost everyday. One day I was late getting home and I was expecting a signature package. He rang the bell ( I have one of those ring cameras now) I answered that and asked him to sign it for me and place it in my mail box, which he did. (I also aimed my camera in such a way that I can see the mailbox too)  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Seems to be very location specific. Fortunately my mail carrier is usually pretty good where packages will need to be signed (I'm in the suburbs), but I've heard horror stories about delivery in the city.
Had a delivery once of a couple of tubes of ASEs one time and he rang the doorbell to give me heads up it sounded like the coins came loose and could hear the silver jingle inside.
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Posted 08/22/2025 1:48 pm
