One of my worst nightmares come true

[Bill Murphy]

What USPS service did you use? Registered as everyone recommends? I would take a shot at summoning your postmaster into court on a negligence suit. One of our members from your state once recommended that an actual lawsuit summoning an employee into court usually stops any argument with a car dealer over service disputes. USPS did not provide the service you paid for. Get them in front of a judge. Accuse the postmaster of negligence.

[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

USPS did not provide the service you paid for. Get them in front of a judge. Accuse the postmaster of negligence.

Sue a Federal employee in civil court for not adequately performing his Federally mandated obligation?... or should it be tried in a Federal Court? Isn't that like suing the Federal Gummint?

Gawd, it could take a decade...

John, I wish you the very best of luck and I sincerely hope the outcome is more than satisfactory for you.

[John Truitt]

Priority mail (2 to 3 days) with tracking and delivery confirmation.
Tracking states it was accepted and left acceptance facility on day of mailing and has been in route to a sorting facility in the same city of mailing for the past 6 days. (20 minute drive from one to the other)
I physically went to the sorting facility and they have no record of it ever arriving.
I have contacted the superivser for the acceptance facility and they are starting an investigation.
Possibly lost or stolen by an employee. It is in a 38" by 12" by 12 wooden coffin/ craft. Way to big to be over looked. Weighs in at over 23 pounds total weight.
For now I am playing their games and it would appear at their mercy.

[Richard Flanders]

Defnitely ones worst nightmare. Good luck John.

[6pt-Sika]

[QUOTE=John Truitt;62425]
Possibly lost or stolen by an employee. It is in a 38" by 12" by 12 wooden coffin/ craft. Way to big to be over looked. Weighs in at over 23 pounds total weight.
[QUOTE]

I wouldn't say possible but rather "more then likely" !

[6pt-Sika]

I "assume" the sorting facility you went o was in the Richmond area and if I'm not mistaken the facility in in the Sandston are around Richmond .

Anyway if that facility is anything like the one in Dullus Virginia I am surprised you found anyopne there that spoke english and could give you an answer of any type !

I've been to the Dullus facility several times over the last 10 years for buisness related things and just let me say . It was a cluster then and I can only imagine how it is now !

[Pheasant Slayer]

Originally Posted by John Truitt

Priority mail (2 to 3 days) with tracking and delivery confirmation.
Tracking states it was accepted and left acceptance facility on day of mailing and has been in route to a sorting facility in the same city of mailing for the past 6 days. (20 minute drive from one to the other)
I physically went to the sorting facility and they have no record of it ever arriving.
I have contacted the superivser for the acceptance facility and they are starting an investigation.
Possibly lost or stolen by an employee. It is in a 38" by 12" by 12 wooden coffin/ craft. Way to big to be over looked. Weighs in at over 23 pounds total weight.
For now I am playing their games and it would appear at their mercy.

You would think they would have security camera's at these sort of facilities. Sorry to hear. I hope it works out.

[David Weber]

Good luck getting your gun back. I have zero faith in our post office and ship everything by ups. Their tracking system is out of this world.

[Holeshot]

I have also switched to UPS. Had 2 guns disappear in the USPS, never to be seen again. They were delivered to post office and never left according to confirmation. Hope you get lucky and all turns out well. Dave

[Fishtail]

You're getting freaky a little too soon. Don't forget you're dealing with people who have all but given up.

The last two times I returned my Trojan to Doug Mann for his special brand of stock butchering, the USPS lost it for about a month. They showed it was received at the post office 1/4 mile from my house, then absolutely no idea where it went. I went through the usual indignation, then it suddenly appeared as intended - about a month after it was shipped.

My opinion? One of two possibilities - someone in the USPS recognizes it is a gun and stashes it away to see if anyone raises much stink over it. They're hoping they can quietly cart it home once things cool down. Or, someone on the USPS is anti-gun and does whatever he can to make things tough on gun people by purposely losing it.

I'll bet if you were shipping curtain rods they would never get lost.