Yeah I agree with you, he’s definitely a REALLLLLL piece of shit, but on the other hand I think the threat of legal action or lack thereof is the most powerful tool I have right now, and if I tell the guy I’m not gonna pursue it if he gives my cards back then I’ll be true to that. (Not that he doesn’t deserve an assload of fines.)
Doing that is fine but I feel that the threat isn’t enough of a deterrent for him if nothing actually happens other than he gives them back. He is essentially getting away with it if that happens.
Why is everyone jumping the gun and wanting to threaten this person? You have the address. Google is a magical machine, get the phone number, call and explain the situation. They might say they threw the parcel out, they were waiting for someone to call so they can redeliver or perhaps even just drive the 20 min or whatever you said the distance was and talk face to face?
I’m sorry this mixup happened but this isn’t the first nor will it be the last
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I think everyone should be careful to not turn this into a doxxing witchhunt. Nobody has any idea of who actually signed for the package. Even using the signature OP can see a different name could have easily been signed. This address could have been one of a neighbor who someone strategically used knowing the owner would be away and knowing when the packages come. Don’t mail anything stupid to that address. Don’t call in threats.
The OP should 100% find out the phone number of that address and have a quick call with the resident. They should also call the local police and inform of the entire situation. I would think the USPS would want that to be done as well as they have money on the line over this. The local post office of the delivery zip code should be called and talked to about who was on that route delivering that day.
Unfortunately for OP there is a lot of detective work to be done on this still, but publicly listing addresses and potentially names/numbers of potentially innocent people is not something that should be done. It is nice to see that at least the USPS will pay out on insurance. ALWAYS INSURE packages that are worth a higher amount than you can afford to lose!
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PM’ed you info on some possible residents including a cell phone number. Again I would proceed with caution. Don’t start accusatory out of the gate. Start with a few questions and see where it goes.
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Do you have a legal advisory insurance or something? I think that would probably be useful…
Definitely file a claim at the police ASAP both against the person living at the address and the postman from USPS.
Also, shouldn‘t USPS involve their compliance department rather than just paying you the insurance money? This is either a huge mistake or fraud of one of their employees.
I think the more hesitant you are now the lower the chance of getting your cards back. Act fast…
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Bro I pray that this ends up well for you #Praying
I would make an Epic cinemapost about this but it feels kinda disrespectful, so just know that I feel for you and I am listening to Ludovico Einaudi while going at it ;(
Best wishes to you fellow collector.
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What in the actual fuck is happening… I messaged the guy and he never replied, and then here this is… I’ll call PSA tomorrow but omg I hope this is real.
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Oh my gosh?! This could be a miracle!
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It could be! Or someone emptied the box and sent it in to PSA just to troll me? Honestly I’m beyond confused right now, so I guess we just wait and see.
Sounds to me like the individual that received your package corrected the delivery mistake.
On the one hand, imagining that the person did this maliciously is an easy thing to think when there is so much to lose.
On the other hand, it could have been a complete mistake and the person who signed for it maybe was a 15 year old kid who’s parents weren’t home and he didn’t really pay attention or care and set it on the counter and then the Dad found it and sent it to PSA.
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@op
I think you should edit your post with his/her address written down.
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^This
At this point willyboy has all the info he needs/is going to get and we don’t want anyone using this info for illegitimate purposes, but the thread still serves a purpose so removing references to their info would be a good idea.
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That’s pretty amazing, let us know how it goes!
Being that it seems that the cards made it to PSA I think mods should remove the above names and the prior listed address. They never should have really been there anyways IMO. Doxxing even if/when someone is wrong is never a good thing. Glad to see that it looks like the recipient did the right thing. I would still follow up with USPS on determining exactly what happened so they can deal with it and keep it from happening in the future.
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wow that would be asweome bro!
Glad to see the box at least made it to PSA, I take it that the cards are still in there 
Just a heads up as well, USPS tracking can be screwy sometimes. I’ve had packages said they were delivered to the wrong address before or delivered to my house 2 days before it actually gets there. The length of time is takes for PSA to enter in packages, this seems like it MIGHT be the case of wrong tracking update and not delivered to the wrong address.
Almost certainly what happened is this:
Postman delivered to wrong address.
Recipient absentmindedly signed for package being delivered.
Postman freaked out because he delivered to wrong address which can cost him job.
Postman runs back to old address and asks for package.
Recipient hands it over completely confused and scared.
Postman redelivers successfully.
I have had the above happen to me in multiple states and I have been the wrongful recipient twice.
It can happen to anyone. And nothing you do with the postal service can guarantee it won’t happen to you. There is no way to avoid this situation, regardless of any guess or advice you might read. Unless you’re insured professionally as a business against the post office’s mistakes, it will be an uphill battle. The post office can take months to reclaim the package and can reassess the value of your package regardless of what you’ve declared and insured it at.
I’m glad this worked out for you. I’m also glad everyone got to see a real risk involved with mailing items of value.
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This is a valuable lesson for all going forward.
Use a shipping method that assumes it’ll get lost and has a result you can live with.
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NEWS FLASH: It won’t cost him his job. Their contract is strong. How do I know?
The following family members have worked for USPS
Uncle
Brother
Sister
Brother
Sister
Brother
Brother’s Mother-in law
From what I have been told, about the only thing you can do that is a fire-able offense is if they can prove theft.
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