More missing tools

[filtered]

I really should have quit while I was ahead. After the missing wrenches from sawatch I should have just quit having tools shipped to me. Yesterday I shipped some extensions, the lady I complained to the first time waited on me and was a total ***** the entire time. Well guess what I get today. An empty box with a note saying the box showed up at the post office empty. So I go down again and ask what the deal is. I was told, sorry nothing we can do, not our fault. Exactly how is it not your fault? Oh it should have been taped better. Ok what the hell ever. So I ask for a refund for the shipping cost. How is it fair I pay for that too, when all I got was an empty box. I was told no.

So not only are they a bunch of liars and thieves, they are incompetent as well. I can see why the USPS is getting beat by UPS and FedEx. All my business goes to them from now on. This is twice I got burnt by them. I am just lucky the seller I bought the sockets from on ebay was nice enough to refund the money. Which isn't what really has me pissed off. It's the fact that these people can do whatever they like with your mail and there is nothing you can do about it. I don't know about the rest of you, but if I do my job wrong and someone gets hurt or stuff gets stolen or whatever i'm the one that has to pay for it.

I'm done ranting now.

 

[HankMurphy]

I feel your pain. Two of my last five Ebay purchases have arrived this way. I'm discussing it with one seller, and have to contact the other, whose shipment just arrived today...sort of.

I will probably have to go through the Ebay process. I feel sorry for the sellers. However, both packages were not packed very well. One was supposed to have six wrenches in it...and was a Chevrolet interior mirror box in its original life. The other purchase was supposed to be seven 1/2" deep sockets...sent in a USPS Priority Mail envelope.

Pack well, trade well.

 

[chevyboy91188]

glad I packed mine up nice and tight lol sounds like your PO ***** there sorry to hear about all the trouble they have caused

 

[Teken]

Filtered,

When I am done with all my purchases and see what I have left over. I will give you a shout and see what we can do to fill those missing tools alright!

 

[Hiball]

Filtered, It sounds like you are having some bad luck in the shipping deparment. I would definitely start investing in some Insurance, Yes is a Racket but you have to look out for number 1.

 

[barney rubble]

It sounds to me like you are having problems with sellers not packaging very well also. I have sold a bunch on Ebay and shipped a lot throught the post office and only had 1 complaint on a set of shock absorbers that I shipped. I sold 180 shocks shipped probably 150 of them USPS over a 6 months time frame and had 1 guy tell they got tore up. I personally think he was trying to jack me as he would not show a pic of what he got and just wanted his money back.

Now with that being said I ordered a rocker arm and a camshaft from out west a couple of weeks ago at work. I got a long box with a empty camshaft box inside and a rocker arm with a lot of packing paper. And it was a 83 Ford 2.0 Ranger shaft not a high demand item that someone would of know what it was by looking.

Oh and it came Fed EX. The box was taped originally pretty good but had been retaped when we got it.

 

[filtered]

The first one from sawatch I don't feel was a packaging issue. The box was taped pretty well. When it showed up the one edge was ripped along the corner. The padding was still in the box, and the box was taped shut. That one looked stolen. This one was the seller not taping the box well enough. She used a small flat rate box and it blew out the one end. It had 9 deep 1/2" drive sockets and 5 3/8" drive sockets in it. All of which were gone.

As far as insurance goes I guess I should just have it added to everything now. Maybe I should just get a job at the PO. Seems like one of the few jobs in the world were you aren't responsible for anything nor do you have to care or take pride in your work.

I also haven't heard of any issues with the things i've shipped to others. To my knowledge it's all made it there intact. Except for one person on ebay when I first started. I know that guy said he didn't get it but really did. I didn't get the confirmation on it, after 5 days he filed a claim that he didn't get it. My mistake on that one.



Edit: Well I just had the lady who delivers my mail stop by the house on her way to work. She asked about the tracking number and contents. She also seemed to care more about it than the 2 people I talked to yesterday at the post office. It's nice to see at least one person down there cares that they do a good job.

 

[Slip_Kid]

The USPS tracking is a joke, Fedex and UPS are much better.

 

[airbassador]

An empty box with a note saying the box showed up at the post office empty.
So not only are they a bunch of liars and thieves, they are incompetent as well. I can see why the USPS is getting beat by UPS and FedEx.

If you really think the USPS is stealing your gear in transit, you need to contact your areas Postal Inspector and give him as much evidence as possible. Those guys usually take theft by postal employees seriously and they may just need your incident to see a pattern of theft in one of the post offices.

 

[filtered]

If you really think the USPS is stealing your gear in transit, you need to contact your areas Postal Inspector and give him as much evidence as possible. Those guys usually take theft by postal employees seriously and they may just need your incident to see a pattern of theft in one of the post offices.

Like the lady at the post office was so kind as to point out to me time and time again. There's nothing they can or will do. They don't care. Besides I no longer have the box, last thing I wanted was a 25 dollar box staring me in the face.

Nope it's lesson learned, no more dealing with USPS, they are unreliable, incompetent, and some cases rude people. They don't care about my business, they get no more of it. I'll just take it else where. I just hope i'm around when karma catches up to these people.