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Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Mothballed Postal Trucks...
I won a BU 1888p Morgan on Ebay last Thanksgiving '03 for $30.
Paid by check, (I didn't insure it) and when the coin hadn't arrived in Honolulu from W. Virginia by New Years day '04 I sent the seller an email requesting he check his records. He wrote back and said he had a receipt that he had sent it First Class in November '03, but since I didn't insure it there wasn't anything he could do. (He had 100% positive feedback.) Well, chalk one up to experience, I just let the feedback die on this one, and made a resolution to insure everything from then on (I'd been lucky, never had anything lost in the mail ever.) Today a little bubble mailer showed up with an EF40 1888p Morgan, and a strange message rubber-stamped on it: (They have a rubber stamp for this?) Too bizarre, I'll keep the coin as a pocket piece... (See pic) http://www.ealoha.com/downloads/postal.jpg Moral of the story: (don't get me started...) -Ron Buelow |
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Ron wrote:
I won a BU 1888p Morgan on Ebay last Thanksgiving '03 for $30. Paid by check, (I didn't insure it) and when the coin hadn't arrived in Honolulu from W. Virginia by New Years day '04 I sent the seller an email requesting he check his records. He wrote back and said he had a receipt that he had sent it First Class in November '03, but since I didn't insure it there wasn't anything he could do. (He had 100% positive feedback.) Well, chalk one up to experience, I just let the feedback die on this one, and made a resolution to insure everything from then on (I'd been lucky, never had anything lost in the mail ever.) Today a little bubble mailer showed up with an EF40 1888p Morgan, and a strange message rubber-stamped on it: (They have a rubber stamp for this?) Too bizarre, I'll keep the coin as a pocket piece... (See pic) http://www.ealoha.com/downloads/postal.jpg Moral of the story: (don't get me started...) -Ron Buelow Thanks, Ron! That's priceless! Alan 'so thst's where my draft board notice went' |
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I've experienced this same rubber stamp, with a REGISTERED no less!
Ron wrote in message ... I won a BU 1888p Morgan on Ebay last Thanksgiving '03 for $30. Paid by check, (I didn't insure it) and when the coin hadn't arrived in Honolulu from W. Virginia by New Years day '04 I sent the seller an email requesting he check his records. He wrote back and said he had a receipt that he had sent it First Class in November '03, but since I didn't insure it there wasn't anything he could do. (He had 100% positive feedback.) Well, chalk one up to experience, I just let the feedback die on this one, and made a resolution to insure everything from then on (I'd been lucky, never had anything lost in the mail ever.) Today a little bubble mailer showed up with an EF40 1888p Morgan, and a strange message rubber-stamped on it: (They have a rubber stamp for this?) Too bizarre, I'll keep the coin as a pocket piece... (See pic) http://www.ealoha.com/downloads/postal.jpg Moral of the story: (don't get me started...) -Ron Buelow |
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"Alan Williams" wrote in message ... Ron wrote: I won a BU 1888p Morgan on Ebay last Thanksgiving '03 for $30. Paid by check, (I didn't insure it) and when the coin hadn't arrived in Honolulu from W. Virginia by New Years day '04 I sent the seller an email requesting he check his records. He wrote back and said he had a receipt that he had sent it First Class in November '03, but since I didn't insure it there wasn't anything he could do. (He had 100% positive feedback.) Well, chalk one up to experience, I just let the feedback die on this one, and made a resolution to insure everything from then on (I'd been lucky, never had anything lost in the mail ever.) Today a little bubble mailer showed up with an EF40 1888p Morgan, and a strange message rubber-stamped on it: (They have a rubber stamp for this?) Too bizarre, I'll keep the coin as a pocket piece... (See pic) http://www.ealoha.com/downloads/postal.jpg Moral of the story: (don't get me started...) -Ron Buelow Thanks, Ron! That's priceless! Alan 'so thst's where my draft board notice went' There is hope that they will find Jimmy Hoffa in a piece of 1975 era "supposedly empty" postal equipment. Did the postal equipt downgrade the coin, or do you think it was that way when it was sent? Dave --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.712 / Virus Database: 468 - Release Date: 6/27/04 |
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"Scottishmoney" wrote in message ... There is hope that they will find Jimmy Hoffa in a piece of 1975 era "supposedly empty" postal equipment. Did the postal equipt downgrade the coin, or do you think it was that way when it was sent? Dave Coin was previously cleaned, in a unsealed safety flip, bubble mailer was pristine. Thought about contacting the seller, but I see the writing on the wall here... (I said don't get me started... -Ron Buelow |
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He wrote back and said he
had a receipt that he had sent it First Class in November '03, but since I didn't insure it there wasn't anything he could do. (He had 100% positive feedback.) But doesn't it restore you faith in humanity, just a little bit, to know that the seller did indeed do what he said he would do, even though it was wrong? I mean, at least he didn't just rip you off! Isn't it better to know you were dealing with a putz than a thief? Regards, Tom |
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Stujoe wrote:
Ron spoke thusly... (They have a rubber stamp for this?) Too bizarre, That stamp is too funny! I wonder if they keep it next to their "We Don't Know Where The Hell Its Been" stamp. -- Stujoe In the interest of brevity, and to cut down on costs, perhaps they should simply buy and distribute a few thousand that bear a single four-letter word. ;-) Alan 'oops' |
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Yeah, and the "Found Proping Up Table Leg" stamp.
I had a christmas card turn up 12months late! When I told the sender that I had finally received it he said that saved him having to send another one this year. Mame "Stujoe" wrote in message .net... Ron spoke thusly... (They have a rubber stamp for this?) Too bizarre, That stamp is too funny! I wonder if they keep it next to their "We Don't Know Where The Hell Its Been" stamp. -- Stujoe |
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Stujoe wrote:
-That stamp is too funny! I wonder if they keep it next to their "We -Don't Know Where The Hell Its Been" stamp. well, no, because they probably can't find that stamp. -- # henry mensch / san francisco, california # |
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I got one of those years ago (probably in the mid 70's) when someone sent me
a check for an auction he had won. After waiting a reasonable time and not receiving the payment, I wrote him and asked if he had sent it. He said he had. But that letter and his original letter arrived on the same day. The original had that ("Found in supposedly empty equipment") stamped on it. Yours is the first I've seen since. -- Richard A thought: Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body. But rather it's to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "Wow! What a ride!!!" My coin Links: http://www.richlh.com/Coins/MyCoinLinks.htm Ron wrote in message ... I won a BU 1888p Morgan on Ebay last Thanksgiving '03 for $30. Paid by check, (I didn't insure it) and when the coin hadn't arrived in Honolulu from W. Virginia by New Years day '04 I sent the seller an email requesting he check his records. He wrote back and said he had a receipt that he had sent it First Class in November '03, but since I didn't insure it there wasn't anything he could do. (He had 100% positive feedback.) Well, chalk one up to experience, I just let the feedback die on this one, and made a resolution to insure everything from then on (I'd been lucky, never had anything lost in the mail ever.) Today a little bubble mailer showed up with an EF40 1888p Morgan, and a strange message rubber-stamped on it: (They have a rubber stamp for this?) Too bizarre, I'll keep the coin as a pocket piece... (See pic) http://www.ealoha.com/downloads/postal.jpg Moral of the story: (don't get me started...) -Ron Buelow |
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