Another e4 USPS Thread

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So yeah a lot of you are probably tired of reading these and understandably so. So i recently made a purchase a little over $500 that says it was delivered on the morning of the 22nd to a parcel locker. I live in an apartment complex so all the mailboxes are in one area, and underneath the personal mailboxes are USPS lockers where they put things that are too large to fit in the personal ones.

When they put something into the USPS lockers, they leave a key in the personal box for you to get your package, standard stuff. However I got no key, so i contacted apartment management and they said sometimes it turns up in the wrong mailbox. Either way, they met up with a carrier the next day and opened the entire unit. The package was nowhere to be found. At this point I’ve eliminated the apartment complex having any knowledge or ability to help me.

I contacted my local post office and told them my scenario and the personal said they’d speak with the supervisor and carrier and get back to me in 30-60 minutes. 3 hours passed and no call, so I called again and got a different person. They looked at the GPS of where the package was when it was marked as delivered, and it was directly at the mailbox area. They again told me they’d contact the carrier to see what exactly they did with the package. About 24 hours later, still no call (shockingly).

So now what? Now I’m in a terrible situation where I’ve got a seller on my back (deservedly so) because he sent $500+ worth of cards which are now nowhere to be found. I’ve got no cards in my possession and a $500 hole in my wallet. USPS has no idea what’s going on. As far as they know, the package is sitting in my living room. Where do I go from here? I’m sure some of you have gone through something similar and I’m interested to hear what you guys did and what the outcome was. I’ve had instances where packages take longer than expected to be delivered, which I fully expect with the workload on USPS during this time. My worry is that as far as USPS is concerned, the package was delivered and the funds are going to be released, which obviously isn’t good for me.

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unfortunately USPS doesn’t take responsibility unless it is insured and most prob not going to in this circumstance because their system is flawed as you can see.
The best bet would be to maybe make a flyer for your apartment complex asking if someone took it. Lie through your teeth and give a sob story.
If not, it is a reality that these days $500 means a lots to some people but not others, USPS included.

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Your carrier blew it unless the seller put down the wrong apt number. It is 100% the carriers fault because he put the key in the wrong personal box. Did you ask him, “Dude, in whose box did you mistakenly put my key? You cost me 500.00 that was my entire savings and I’m devastated, all because of your damn incompetence.”

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