Robin, USPS Registered mail is not bulletproof either. Last year I sent out my NH 10ga barrels to Brad Bachelder for refinishing. I shipped it USPS registered and payed to have it returned the same way. I noted on the way out there was no scanning to show the package's progress on the trip. When BB was done they called to tell me my barrels were shipped, USPS registered, insured and gave the tracking number. My barrels went overdue in arriving. I became a very squeeky wheel with the Postmaster where they were shipped from. Several days went by with no success. It was then I started to hear how sometimes Registered mail does get lost, no gaurantees etc. Finally the barrels were located, allegedly sitting in a safe in a Chicago mailing facility. When they found them they said all set you'll have them in a week. I was already 15 days from shipping which allows for an insurance claim to be filed. I politely complained some more and asked them to make up for the inconvenience I had to deal with and asked they be overnighted from Chicago. They were on my doorstep the next day.

John, congrat's on getting back your gun and opening your own practice, it's expensive I know, but will pay handsomely in the future. Good luck

Very good news, Dr. John, congratulations on both getting your Parker back and your new practice.

Glad you got'er back !

Great News on finding you gun John. Best of luck in the Practice. If I need my teeth worked on I will send them to you insured and registered.
Al
Chesapeake

Al thats a good one. I like it. :rotf:

Take a lesson from the scene in "Animal House" where the 'Hitler Youth' switch the mimeograph carbon (remember them?!) copy of the Psych 101 Midterm Exam that the old front office docent throws in the trash, knowing that the 'Deltas' will send a man by later that night after the trash is emptied, thinking they've got the answers that will help them ace the exam. Your 'hazardous waste' disposal manuever is now a very dated but effective version of the same thing, usually triggered by the realization that the 'perp(s)' are close to being cornered and facing a federal mail fraud rap. Easiest way out? Trash the item after lining up another wastrel operative to retrieve it from the dumpster so everyone can get well before it hits the landfill or the furnace. If not and the item goes 'grease', , no one along the investigative train is any the wiser. No one makes any money, but then no one goes to jail either. Remember, these doofi (plural of doofuses) are clever but not too bright; when it's time to confront reality, most of them will opt for a clean pair of Jockeys rather than lock and load under the NightSun.