WrapN3MN - 2014-08-26 10:29 AM Went to my local post office this morning and the lady helping me seemed very helpful. She was going to call the center in our area to see if they still had it, and if not she was going to call some center in Georgia that receives all the lost items. She had me email her the picture of the hack, so hopefully she forwards that on with her request. She did say the green sticker was put on by them, because that is how they received the box. I'm assuming this means the box floats around empty until it actually gets in the car of the driver delivering the mail and they put the sticker on when its out for delivery. Looking at the postage, I do think she physically went and paid for shipping the box in person. There's no way the empty box weighs over 1lb either, like the receipt says lol. Clampitt Hacks are made out of horse shoes, so they are pretty heavy. It doesn't surprise me that it could push the end of the box out getting thrown around in transit. I just wish SOMEONE would have reinforced the package with at least some tape. . . last time I shipped an item they did this for me. I told her it was lost and she told me to keep her posted when I started looking into it further. That was the last contact I had with her, because I don't want to accuse her of anything or ask her to send a refund before I even get a chance to see if the hack is still out there and can be found. The lady at USPS told me to wait two weeks, and if nothing is found then I should go ahead and go online and collect the insurance. Obviously, I would try getting my money back through PayPal first though. I do feel a little hopeful, because she told me someone was in the same situation last week and already got their item back. . . but reading some stories on here makes me feel not so hopeful lol! I have no idea how a saddle could be "lost". . . sure sounds more along the lines of stolen. YIKES. I was looking at the box this morning, and it would be SOOO easy for a snoopy person to open the box and closing it again without anyone being able to notice. What the crap?

pabarrelracer - 2014-08-26 10:24 AM

True for those labels printed by home computers. The one on her package was post office generated. Not a home printer label!

Southtxponygirl - 2014-08-26 10:41 AM


Wow I would have never thought of something like that, how do you know all of this stuff?
I still say the hack was shipped, and someone may have took a likeing to it. 
 

SuckerForHorses - 2014-08-26 8:13 AM As a seller, you can print shipping labels right online, after entering in the size of the package, and the weight, and tape it to a box and drop it in a USPS box. This doesn't require ANYONE at a USPS shipping counter to handle or enter the weight of the box. It is entirely possible that a seller could go online to their paypal, say they are shipping an item, enter the box size, enter some random weight, pay and print the label, stick it on, and drop an empty box in some USPS location that accepts drops. Sorry I'm so skeptical, but a shady seller could easily do this, say "oh, so sorry, USPS must've lost it!" and really only be out the $2.50 it cost to ship an empty box, have $x.00 in their pocket from the sale of the bit, and turn around and sell the same bit to someone else for more money (or another empty box!) It's possible the seller didn't do this in the case of the OP and the USPS really did suck and they lost her bit; I'm just saying it is possible in general.

Running Roan - 2014-08-26 7:14 PM


And that is why mail fraud is a felony.