[Harp-L] Dilemma

[Wilbur Euler]

The same for U.P.S. We always encouraged people to put the address inside the package as well as the outside. They will open a package and check for an address before it gets put in overgoods. 

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> On Jan 13, 2018, at 10:04 AM, Winslow Yerxa via Harp-L <harp-l at xxxxx> wrote:
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> Items can be lost if the address information/tracking number are lost due to damage to the package.
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> Here's the USPS page for lost, missing, or damaged mail:
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> https://www.usps.com/help/welcome.htm
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> You can file a claim for insured mail here:
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> https://www.usps.com/help/claims.htm
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> The USPS has a lost and found facility in Atlanta. 
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> https://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22351/html/info_005.htm
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> 
> They auction off lost items that can't be traced. Years ago I purchased a group of LPs in a private mail auction only to have them vanish in the mail. They later showed up on eBay posted by someone who had purchased them at that auction. At that point I no longer had legal recourse and ended up buying them again.
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> 
> Winslow Yerxa
> Producer, the Harmonica Collective
> Author, Harmonica For Dummies, Second Edition: ISBN 978-1-118-88076-0
>            Harmonica Basics For Dummies, ASIN B005KIYPFS
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