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Old 09-14-2004, 12:40 AM   #1
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USPS Lost some of my stuff

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I had a set of electric fans and a trans am air intake mailed to me via USPS ground about 2 months ago now, and they still haven't gotten here, what does a guy do about it? Granted, I didn't pay that much for most of the stuff, but I'd still like to get it rather than have to go through some lengthy procedure to get my money back and have to get some new stuff anyways...
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Old 09-14-2004, 01:09 AM   #2
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Contact the seller, Russell, and see if they insured the package. The power lies with them. You basically can't do sh|t. Sorry.
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Old 09-14-2004, 08:02 AM   #3
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Do you know for sure the guy mailed it?
Did he get delivery confirmation or any tracking number?

Im not sure on the #'s but I believe all USPS packages are gauranteed for at least $100 value whether they buy insurance or not...insurance is only needed if the value is higher.
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Old 09-14-2004, 07:29 PM   #4
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Oh good gosh, I thought it said UPS. I had 3 paragraphs typed up here like a dill-hole.
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Old 09-14-2004, 08:21 PM   #5
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yeah i feel ya russ, i ordered the Classic Industries catalog (the $5 shipping option, 4th class mail) and that was ages ago, a month at least, and still no sign. Kinda sucks i might have p!ssed 5 bucks down the drain. Then again, it is an 800 page catalog so hopefully its still on the way. 4th class IS book rate....
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Old 09-14-2004, 10:44 PM   #6
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yeah i feel ya russ, i ordered the Classic Industries catalog (the $5 shipping option, 4th class mail) and that was ages ago, a month at least, and still no sign. Kinda sucks i might have p!ssed 5 bucks down the drain. Then again, it is an 800 page catalog so hopefully its still on the way. 4th class IS book rate....
They were backordered for awhile, especially their CD disk. Just give them a call and they will probably get you both out to you first class.
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Old 09-14-2004, 09:26 PM   #7
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russell, i keep getting swamped and have yet to get out of marching pratice after school to check on mybank acount, sorry for the delay, my post high jack is over
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Old 09-14-2004, 10:25 PM   #8
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No worries Sanity!
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Old 09-17-2004, 07:56 AM   #9
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Glad you got your parts Russell

Hey TwinTurbo.....maybe your shipments are being opened/inspected/stolen by customs in the netherlands.
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Old 09-17-2004, 09:11 AM   #10
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No, they are not because the boxes were returned to sender in the uS and if they had entered through customs here a tracking/billing label starting with 3SPL.... is stuck on the box, the custom papers are signed and tagged and so on. Clear evidence they never arrived here. Also, if you knew how tiny the american car scene is here and that I am probably the only one in europe with all those nascar parts on his car you'd see that no one could use those part, to joe average theya re worthless.

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Old 09-17-2004, 10:08 AM   #11
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Trust me TT you are not the only one in Europe with that kind of parts, not by a long shot. I'm under the impression american cars are far more popular in Scandinavia than they are in the rest of the Europe. I do know Finland and Sweden both have a huge, dedicated group of enthusiasts. From what i've seen in Finland we have a lot more American cars on the streets than in Germany, Denmark, France or the UK. That's just based on what i've seen with my own eyes. Sorry to hear about your ordeal with the USPS.
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Old 09-17-2004, 10:13 AM   #12
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I said in the Netherlands, all that stuff, if it were to pass through customs comes in at either Schiphol Amsterdam (air) or Rotterdam (boat), I know for a fact the parts never went through customs because I would get a nice stack of tax invoices for the parts. Scandinavia is not exactly next to the Netherlands. The american car scene in germany is a lot bigger than it is here.

Fact is, the stuff was stolen somewhere in the US, otherwise they wouldn't have sent the package back to the sender. The stolen packages are not the only problem, often parts arrive in boxes that look like they have been shot accross the ocean with a cannon, it's simply rediculous. I pay hundreds of dollars for the shipment tand I get a water coaked, banged up box. They even managed to break the snout off my brand new stock car products dry sump pump and they weren't too pleased when I presented them the bill for rebuilding it.
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Sorry to hear about your issue.

They don't honor insurance either.
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Old 09-16-2004, 07:27 PM   #14
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This shipment arrived today, everything is in good shape, thank goodness, lol
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Old 09-17-2004, 06:36 AM   #15
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USPS is a bunch of thieves, they "lost" so many of my parts it's not even funny.

One package I received was opened and surprisingly my portable sun scop (expensive) was MIA, they didn't do anything about it. A batch of ARP engine fasteners went MIA too. Another large box of mine still has to be delivered after 2 years, it was packed with high dollar racing parts amongst which were a wilwood 2 p2dal setup w/3 mcs (2 for brakes w/ bias adjuster and 1 for clutch), a lot of an lines & fittings, 2 modine oil coolers, a canton mecca electric oil pump, billet inline oil filters (screen type), cooler ducts a stefs oil/water seperator, an aeromotive a2000 fuel pressure regulator and lots of other stuff. That's thousands and thousands of dollars worth of stuff stolen and I'm helpless to do anything about it. I have cooled down since but man I was ready to take my chainsaw, hop on a plane and just behead some people over there.

Good to ehar your stuff did arrive. Someone over there in the US is building a nice race car, at lest he has some good parts to make a good start
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Old 09-17-2004, 11:12 AM   #16
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Hey guys!

I had a set of electric fans and a trans am air intake mailed to me via USPS ground about 2 months ago now, and they still haven't gotten here, what does a guy do about it? Granted, I didn't pay that much for most of the stuff, but I'd still like to get it rather than have to go through some lengthy procedure to get my money back and have to get some new stuff anyways...
Glad you got your stuff. Guess what, I am still fighting fed-ex about those seat belts I sent you last year, they are trying to charge me $76 for customs fees still. What a pain
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Old 09-17-2004, 12:56 PM   #17
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Glad you got your stuff. Guess what, I am still fighting fed-ex about those seat belts I sent you last year, they are trying to charge me $76 for customs fees still. What a pain
Still?!

I thought that you'd gotten that sorted out. It was their problem that they put that it was some stereo equipment worth a crapload of money, not yours... Seatbelts shouldn't have had anything but a brokerage fee on it, and that brokerage fee shouldn't be more than maybe 20 bucks Canadian...
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