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What would you do? 360 toolkit.. stolen by USPS?

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  1. vrsurgeon

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    #1 vrsurgeon, Sep 7, 2022
    So, I was moving from Minnesota to South Carolina at the end of June. Ran out of space and mailed the old toolkit from my 360 back here to SC. 3 days delivery, tracking number. (I know.. stupid)

    So we arrive back and miss the mail delivery by 2 hours.

    Well the mailman declares our house as "Vacant" and the package goes to the lost mail center in Atlanta. I go online and try to comment that I do live in my home, it's not vacant etc. I go to my postmaster and she emails that it will get to me it will just be late, etc etc. I know better. I know it's gone forever.

    So today I check on ebay and it's on ebay!!! So I call the mail fraud center and report it as stolen to the local cops.
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/374219169613?_trkparms=amclksrc=ITM&aid=111001&algo=REC.SEED&ao=1&asc=20160908105057&meid=4c33a72a935a4496b01f7710eacd5135&pid=100675&rk=1&rkt=15&sd=374219169613&itm=374219169613&pmt=0&noa=1&pg=2380057&brand=Ferrari&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci:1e918812-2ed1-11ed-818e-7af90520fead|parentrq:18f60ace1830a44ceb37cfc8ffff2d76|iid:1

    Seller states that he buys it in bulk from USPS as lost items. USPS apparently auctions your things if you don't notify them it was lost... like emailing your postmaster! I was never notified that the item was abandoned. ever notified that it was lost. What say ye? What to do next?
     
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  2. Viperjoe

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    #2 Viperjoe, Sep 7, 2022
    How can you be 100% certain that the item listed on greedbay was yours? Unique imperfections here and there (i.e. rust on the 17mm wrench)? Other?
     
  3. Aerosurfer

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    #3 Aerosurfer, Sep 7, 2022

    Got a link to where you can find Lost mail auctions from USPS?
     
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    #4 FerrfanFL, Sep 7, 2022
    total BS. I feel your pain. USPS SUCKS. They've lost more packages than they've delivered. Govt run businesses......well....ya know what you get......
     
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    #5 paulchua, Sep 7, 2022
    I'm so sorry to hear this. I would take it up with USPS and see how far you can get.
     
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    #6 hlfuzzball, Sep 7, 2022
    Not insured? Why not?
     
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  7. Dave Bertrand

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    #7 Dave Bertrand, Sep 7, 2022
    Let's be serious. You're not going to get anywhere with USPS nor the cops. It's not a big enough loss to bother with a lawyer either.

    You've learned your lesson....now make the ebay guy an offer before someone else buys it, and move on with life.
     
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    #8 vrsurgeon, Sep 7, 2022
    OK some followup..

    Yes. the kit is mine. I cut in the toolkit two extra relays. No other kit has that. The white around the top relay has my writing on it with the part number. It's mine... well it WAS mine.

    I've been on the phone with the USPS this afternoon. See.. no writing anywhere that you have to contact them for lost parcels. I have an email from the postmaster telling me not to do anything, it will be sent back to you eventually. Well that doesn't happen.

    I knew this would happen when it went to Atlanta distribution center. I knew it. So I bought a newer kit in better condition to replace it on ebay.
    So for anyone who has any mail that "gets lost".. just know that it will be auctioned and some guy will resell it. And you will be out $$$. I warned you here.

    Oh.. and BTW.. the dude on ebay forwarded me a picture of the USPS auction. They aren't selling a truckload of "lost mail" in the boxes that they don't know what it contains. Oh no. The auction by the USPS had my toolkit out of the mailing box. Someone at the USPS opened the box and took out my toolkit, and auctioned it as a Ferrari tool kit. It sold for $900+. Less than 60 days after it was supposed to be on my doorstep. All the while I was contacting them that I wanted it delivered to me. Fraud and Theft.
     
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  9. vrsurgeon

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    #9 vrsurgeon, Sep 7, 2022
    It's as useless a cause as trying to bail out the Atlantic with a pail. I knew this would happen and I bought a newer better one a couple months ago as a replacement. I knew it.

    Still doesn't make it right.
     
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    #10 vrsurgeon, Sep 7, 2022
    Thanks Paul. We all know won't do squat. It's endemic to the system.
     
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    #11 vrsurgeon, Sep 7, 2022
    https://www.govdeals.com/
    have at it. Be careful though.. you might see some of your "lost mail" there
     
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    #12 timwu12, Sep 7, 2022
    Wow, Curt, I’m so sorry to hear this, no wonder you were asking me about color differences for the tool kit a few months ago!


    Sent from my iPhone using FerrariChat
     
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    #13 audi_328, Sep 8, 2022
    Well, now I know what happened to my $140 boots that got lost by USPS a couple years back.
     
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    #14 Regular Guy 01, Sep 8, 2022
    Sorry to hear of your ordeal.
    You have the best attitude in the world, and I could only hope to take a page from your book.
    My wife and I often purchase from eBay and one of the questions I often ask is the history of whatever I am looking at. I have a concern of buying stollen items and this is why I ask. The seller could be lying but that's all I can do. I hate thieves and liars, but we know that they are out there. The chance to make money is stronger than the opportunity to do the right thing for some people.
    Thanks for sharing your story and opening our eyes to what is going on.

    Regards,
    GG
     
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  15. Dave Bertrand

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    #15 Dave Bertrand, Sep 8, 2022
    It sure doesn't. One question I have is how they determined (or decided) that the home was vacant? What gives them the right to even make that determination? If there's a mailbox, they should deliver. Period.
     
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    #16 vrsurgeon, Sep 8, 2022
    Now the full story is known! I Knew it would disappear…
     
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    #17 vrsurgeon, Sep 8, 2022
    The mail delivery dude has a lot of discretion in our mail! I don’t blame him.. I blame the system that provides no recourse to a mistake and takes your property and sells it!
     
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    #18 NYC Fred, Sep 10, 2022
    And USPS "insurance", as well as UPS is worthless.
    My wife returned some relatively pricey slacks to N-M.
    Never got there.
    But wait, we're insured w USPS!

    Har.
     
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    #19 Jack-the-lad, Sep 10, 2022
    Honestly, is any delivery service any good these days?
     
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