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USPS Delivery Confirmation
beneteau
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Bought a handgun on the auction side. The seller delivered it to his FFL to ship to my FFL. I asked for a tracking/delivery number--finally got one. Kept checking USPS website----nothing. Finally he told me the number was the insurance number. You can't track a USPS insurance number. The only place that can obtain info on an insurance number is from the USPS office that originally shipped the item.
I don't ship anything I sell without Delivery Confirmation.
I don't ship anything I sell without Delivery Confirmation.
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Seller went cheap and didnt use priority.
He may have used Priority. I've had it happen where the insurance number gets scanned instead of the Delivery Confirmation number. Maybe that flags it for the USPS so they know to drive over it with their truck and then blame the shipper for poor packaging.
i got one now i bought from gb with a tracking # for usps . aint worth a damn
40 cents is pretty cheap for tracking but its only basic, it isn't scanned at every stop like UPS or FedEx is.
? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
the insurance number was not trackable then. It was not even an accountable item. If the carrier neglected to get it signed for there would not be any record of the item after it was mailed.
You can't track anything through the post office unless it is scanned in when it is dropped off. On numerous occasions I've dropped off items with tracking numbers to be shipped only to watch the post office workers not scan them in and just toss them in a bin.
That happened to me once----so I started waiting in line and asked the clerk to scan it before I left.
Do you have to know each step a package makes before it gets to you? Or, does it only matter that it gets to you? For me, it's the latter.
When people call or email and want to know where their item is, I tell them, about the time you really start to get worried about it, it will show up.
Bought a handgun on the auction side. The seller delivered it to his FFL to ship to my FFL. I asked for a tracking/delivery number--finally got one. Kept checking USPS website----nothing. Finally he told me the number was the insurance number. You can't track a USPS insurance number. The only place that can obtain info on an insurance number is from the USPS office that originally shipped the item.
I don't ship anything I sell without Delivery Confirmation.
The tracking number for insured items is the insured number itself. When the package is delivered it will show the necessary information for you online.
The tracking number for insured items is the insured number itself. When the package is delivered it will show the necessary information for you online.
Wrong
an insurance number cannot be tracked online. From the internet: You can not track a package with the Insured Number at usps.com. However, your local Post Office can look up the Insured Number but should only do so if you are initiating a claim. This can not be done until 21 days after the date of mailing.
when you lose $1300.00 through an AUCTION SITE you take every precaution you can
He said UPS wanted so much paperwork to prove what he had on the truck (25 packages) that it was going to take him days to get it all done. He was seriously contemplating going Fed-Ex in the future.
quote:Originally posted by kimi
The tracking number for insured items is the insured number itself. When the package is delivered it will show the necessary information for you online.
Wrong
an insurance number cannot be tracked online. From the internet: You can not track a package with the Insured Number at usps.com. However, your local Post Office can look up the Insured Number but should only do so if you are initiating a claim. This can not be done until 21 days after the date of mailing.
You're right, there has been a change to the system. Have you tried to track it anyway, despite the time limit limitation? I would imagine the reason for the change was because people got wise to the fact that paying for delivery confirmation in conjunction with certified, insured, and registered mail was a total waste of money, since all numbers could be used for tracking.
ADDED: The last time I used an insurance number to track mailing and delivery of an item was a few months ago. As a matter of fact, I found out that the item had arrived to the delivering PO during the weekend.