USPS Insurance Claim Beware!

I am happy to hear you won this battle with USPS. I have had bad experiences with USPS earlier in which they lost the package or just got me an empty box cut in pieces. Couldn't get any compensation whatsoever. But reading your experience makes me hopeful for the future.

I knew there was a catch to this and they would hassle you to get your insurance claim the way they lose packages.

dang, I know this is an old thread, but USPS put the insured value on the outside of the package. I never saw this before on my insured packages, maybe it was because of what it was?

but my main point is that it is just another reason to privatize the USPS.

There seems little chance that a coin/package insured at over a thousand or two will make it to its destination. what if it was insured value on the outside in a small box (I am pretty sure the post office would know this was a valuable coin or jewelry) was $20,000? it seems to me that it is begging to be stolen by the post office or the grading service. glad to see it finally worked out, I was bamboozled, yes, bamboozled at all the stalling tactics and dirty deeds by the post office.

that being said, I did sent in a very valuable coin (over 20k value) to png through my coin dealer to have the coin graded, I would have had a do-do in my pants if I had seen this thread before I received my coin back.

mike

remember, just because you are paranoid does not mean that someone is NOT out to get you...

The reason I say to privatize the USPO is because nearly every time I go to the post office, there ALWAYS is a looooong line (usually about 15-20) customers waiting to get to the counter, of which there are usually only TWO people "assisting" the customers, while I see about a half-dozen of other employees involved in "make it look like I am busy" mode. I saw that there were THREE other employee counter positions that were closed besides the two that were open.

We would never put up with this if it was privately owned, as they know if they fail the customers, the customers will just go someplace else. I do not go to the post office to mail anything now (with rare exceptions), I just drop off my package at a PRIVATELY RUN BUSINESS packing and mailing center.

sure, it is more expensive this way, but I get in and out within a reasonable time instead of spending an entire lunch hour at the post office. besides, whenever have you seen ANYTHING run by the government (like congress) that is nothing but incompetent, corrupt, using way over-charged items or whatever (you know... the $100 toilet seat or hammer syndrome), lazy and overpaid employees who know they can't be fired. the government even loses money at the capital cafeterias.

ok, maybe I just got a bad attitude, but I do not believe I am being unrealistic. these days, if you point out a factually negative topic in many areas of government-ran enterprises or just people, you are automatically labled a "hater" or whatever... the fact that it is the truth and factual is not even a consideration...

ok, I know there are good and competent employees there, I do not wish to paint all of them with the same brush.

ok, that does it with my rant... for now haha... mike

4504: You might want to do some research as you seem to be quite mistaken with the way the USPS operates. Also, your assertions about privately run business are solely your opinion, although you present it as though it was fact. I can give you COUNTLESS examples of horrible service and terrible mishaps at private companies.