How the USPS handles "fragile" packages...

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  • JohnnieBeBlue
    JohnnieBeBlue Posts: 630
    Good lord. You could have at least labeled this thread NSFW GORE.
  • korn-1
    korn-1 Los Angeles, transplanted from Chicago Posts: 930
    edited December 2014
    Ouch, i just shipped out a few records recently, including Yield in a trade with someone here. Also waiting on a few records, including another copy of Yield... hope none of them arrive like that. Good luck getting a refund outta them, that's rediculous!
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    tempo_n_groove said:

    A very playable yield is now a taco…
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    Guy I traded it with had insurance and I filed a claim. We shall see how it goes...

    Did you order this via 10c ?
  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,039
    Dang, man, that stinks. I just don't get it.....their one and only job is to get something from point A to point B in a safe and efficient manner. How packages can get so banged up, I mean you have to really try to F something up that bad, is beyond me @-) . Hope you're able to work out everything and get a refund.
  • whofeelslikeadrank
    whofeelslikeadrank Posts: 2,702
    edited December 2014
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Did you order this via 10c ?

    =))

    ps - T_n_G... dude, that more than blows. i didn't meant to make light of a terrible situation. hopefully you get the cash you need to buy a replacement from USPS.
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  • ldent42
    ldent42 NYC Posts: 7,859
    it's worth noting that the holiday season probably contributed to this poor record's demise. Dunno if USPS does it but Fed Ex and UPS both hire seasonal help at this time to handle the increased volume of packages. It also means that more shit gets tossed around carelessly.

    I'd walk right in to the post office and ask to speak to the manager with that thing in my hand. It will be a COMPLETE waste of time and energy, and will serve absolutely no purpose as they won't do anything about it, but you never know.
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,754
    Thanks everyone. It hurts because that's only less vinyl in the world. I'm very thankful that the trader had insurance too.
    I've never received something damaged like this so out of 1000 things shipped it's not that bad. It's just a shame.
    Hopefully I get refunded and I can locate a replacement.
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    sorry - to see your vinyl ruined porn
  • juddboz80
    juddboz80 Posts: 2,141
    edited December 2014
    The lady at my local post office told me not to write "fragile"....but write "breakable" because everyone writes fragile on everything

    So sad to see one go down....u should have a funeral and give her a proper burial!
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    Cant buy what i want cause its free....
  • Brane_of_JFK
    Brane_of_JFK Maryland Posts: 1,901
    tempo_n_groove said:

    Yeah now let's see if I can get some money out of the post office… Totally bummed.

    They are usually good at resolving claims...it just takes a minute
  • waw
    waw Posts: 61
    That sucks!!!! I sincerely hope USPS is much better to deal with on their claims department than UPS is...
  • doctorvik
    doctorvik granger, IN Posts: 123
    happened to me with into the wild - but it wasnt marked fragile -- was folder over (it takes some force to fold a record in half) and shoved in my mailbox ...
  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    my friend had his No Jeremy single folded in a similar manner. 10club was nice enough to replace it

    but there is a special place in hell for the bastards that do this to records.

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,862
    MT132914 said:

    maybe these guys were involved
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueT-CAGtiqk

    Those motherfuckers. X(

    I am constantly paranoid about my stuff in the mail/courier system. I have had pretty good luck with it, but these horror stories, especially with USPS, keep me worried with every purchase!!
    That SUCKS Tempo! =((
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  • High Fidelity 2000
    High Fidelity 2000 New Mexico USA Posts: 4,439
    Heart breaking. What a bunch of crap. Hope your insurance comes through. It's so ridiculous how sometimes the last possible step (putting it in the mailbox) is what gets some stuff. I love (hate) when photo mailers have PHOTOS DO NOT BEND and they stuff them in the box. This is worse because it seems like that would be really difficult to bend that much. Like somebody was TRYING to fuck it up.
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  • Papaljuice
    Papaljuice Jacksonville Posts: 504
    That really sucks! I just paid a chunk of change for the 1st issue of Ten and it came mangled in the mail. I wish I new someone with the sleeve in decent shape.
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  • Damiens
    Damiens Posts: 774
    That's brutal man, so sorry to see that. Best of luck with the insurance.
  • Peacefrog1975
    Peacefrog1975 Posts: 787
    Damn!
  • HesCalledDyer
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    Yikes!
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  • front spacer
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    I just got a soggy and creased poster tube in the mail today from 10C.

    And of course, mail innovations doesn't offer the automatic $50 insurance like regular USPS priority packages do.
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