UPS/USPS lost my bass

[mmbongo]

Some kid who works at the UPS store is enjoying your bass. Dang that stinks.

As far as your tracking number...it should show up on the UPS system NOT USPS!

 

[Maxdusty]

I have sent basses through this UPS store before with USPS click and ship. I have all tracking information. The UPS and USPS locations are 2 miles apart and this is a medium small town. I smell foul play.

Check with your local pawn shops just in case. Do it now as they have to hold all items they buy for 30 days just in case it's stolen. File a possible theft report with the police. Hope you have the serial number of the bass and proof of ownership.

 

[dkelley]

Someone at the store has your bass at home and is playing the crap out of it while they try to unload it on craigslists of your nearby towns. I'd bet on it

 

[hsech]

When I buy stuff on Ebay that is shipped via USPS there is always a tracking number, but probably half of the tracking numbers never have actual progress listed even after the item is received. I think it depends on the Post Office. Never, never, never ship anything over a few bucks without insurance.

 

[fourstringdrums]

I'm confused. The UPS store doesn't ship anything through USPS, unless you went through one of those mailbox stores that ship through UPS, Fedex and USPS.

I'm curious too, did you insure it? If you did there shouldn't be a problem. It might take a while and be a hassle but if they lost it, they owe you.

This is why I personally pack my own basses and print out a label at home. Then I just drop it off wherever I'm shipping it.

 

[coreyfyfe]

I'm confused. The UPS store doesn't ship anything through USPS, unless you went through one of those mailbox stores that ship through UPS, Fedex and USPS.

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[fourstringdrums]

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Oh that's right. I forgot about those services. But usually the item gets shipped through Fedex or UPS until it hits the central hub in the buyer's area and THEN it's handed off to USPS. I've never heard of it being handed over to USPS directly from the UPS store without having ever been on a UPS truck.

 

[Kmonk]

Most UPS locations are franchised and also have USPS P.O. Boxes. They do ship through the USPS. The shipper should always get insurance and a receipt which will contain the tracking number.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

DID YOU INSURE IT???

 

[coreyfyfe]

Oh that's right. I forgot about those services. But usually the item gets shipped through Fedex or UPS until it hits the central hub in the buyer's area and THEN it's handed off to USPS. I've never heard of it being handed over to USPS directly from the UPS store without having ever been on a UPS truck.

My mistake, I read it as it was shipped UPS to USPS not that it went direct to USPS.

 

[BlueTalon]

Most UPS locations are franchised and also have USPS P.O. Boxes. They do ship through the USPS.

Not to be nitpicky, but I think you mean UPS Stores, not UPS locations.

 

[TRyan5289]

The merger between UPS and USPS is called UPS surepost.
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[Ezrocks4u]

DID YOU INSURE IT???

I think the OP is dodging the question... Sigh.

 

[Jeff Scott]

I think the OP is dodging the question... Sigh.

You noticed that, too.

 

[Marley's Ghost]

Geez, it is insured. I have Hyatt legal plan through my employer, so I'm going to get a consultation tomorrow on how to pursue this.

 

[Dluxe]

Your best bet is to try and speak to the USPS Carrier who picks up at that location. Surely they'd remember a large package pickup at that location.

 

[Justice]

Did you insure it?
Call the police.
Get some tacos.

 

[Jeff Scott]

Burritos!

Did you put a declared value on the shipping document?
Is there a shipping UPS document?

 

[Marley's Ghost]

Let's review....

1) UPS store manager claims to remember giving bass to USPS carrier
2) I have called USPS a dozen or more times and visited the local office. I am getting ZERO response from them.

 

[MarkoYYZ]

Did you go back to the UPS store though? They are the ones you have to take this up with, not USPS.