She Lost My Lincohn Chronicle Set!!

This is the problem with delivery confirmation. All it does is confirms that it was delivered SOMEWHERE. But there is no way to know if it was delivered to the correct address. And I wouldn't say yet that the mail carrier LIED, she may have very well "put it in the box", it just wasn't your box. The delivery time may help to track it down. You just need to know exactly what time she started the route and where she was in the route at that time. That should narrow it down to just a few streets and then you just have to go door to door and ask each person if they got your package. Of course that may not work for two reasons. One the people may not be honest, and two if it is like my town the mail carrier scans all the items that need scanning except for the registered mail before they start their routes. In that case the "delivery" time bears no relationship to the time it was actually shoved into a box someplace.

I just remember an incident that happened to me. they delivered my mail to the correct house number, but, it was on the wrong avenue. The person was honest and brought mine to me, but also said that he wouldn't do it again, it's the post offices problem he said, and he'll send it back. maybe if you checked same address just 1 block over in each direction on a different street or avenue. maybe this will help..... best luck Sam

I have been reading this .. hoping for the best ..

Please give us a good update

We never received a small box of a five year olds birthday gifts from her grandpa..... and it showed it was delivered too.
We wondered if there weren't "mailbox thieves" in our new neighborhood. Teenagers who couldn't care less what is actually "in" the box.....they just want to steal it to look inside and see. Basically meaning..... it might not matter at all whether or not the outside of the box hints at "coins" being inside.
Hope that didn't happen here. Best of luck.

I got myself a post office box for my valuable parcels. I have mailbox across the street for regular mail and I don't feel comfortable having valuables left in there. Often times the snow plows knock the boxes over. Its a WISE investment.

The package is gone! From last conversation, the boss lady would write a report to the management and call me about the result. I was on a business trip from last Tuesday to Friday. I will call in Monday. Most likely she stole it or lost it. I would feel bad if she get fired in this economy but not too bad. Afterall I never lost a package before. If she still keep her job, I will insist that she be re-routed.

Some people steal for profit(Bernard Madoff), other steal for thrill(Winona Ryder). A postal worker can steal for either or both reasons. I don't believe a few here said that she would never steal to risk a stable job. Stable job also means no excitement, no thrill.

Looks like I have to buy one from ebay.

It's certainly possible that the postal worker stole your coins. It's also possible that she put them in the wrong box, or that someone took them out of the box when they were delivered.

I suppose that the end result is the same whether the loss is a result of theft, incompetence, or an honest mistake, but I'd hate to find out later I caused someone to lose their job when they were innocent of wrongdoing.