(Stolen Package) Please be on the lookout!

[Wrigley2010]

Just want to give all my GUU brethren a heads up to please be on the lookout for these game used cleats. The missing cleats are a pair of autographed Dilson Herrera gamers with Mead Chasky Holograms. The cleats were shipped via USPS on December 4th with signature confirmation and a notice of attempted delivery was left on December 7th. Several attempts to pick the package up at the Post Office all failed. It's funny because I won these for such an insanely cheap amount ($50) that USPS refunded the standard priority insurance rate of $50 within two days of my claim being filed. The hardest part for me is knowing I got such a ridiculously great price on these and I'll never be able to add them to my collection.

I have honestly never dealt with more incompetence in my entire life as I have with the DeKalb Illinois Post Office. On top of that I am new to the area and this has definitely made me apprehensive to have anything shipped via USPS. To add insult to injury on my last visit the lady at the counter recognized her handwriting on the notice left for me, so she was the original delivery person. She could have cared less it was just another day in small town USA for her and selling a book of stamps to the lady behind me was a higher priority. It took everything in me to keep calm and not let her have it. I don't want to blow off too much steam here because this situation has left me very sour and I know some of you have lost much more valuable packages. Anyways, here are some photos. Please hit me up if anyone see's these surface!

[atomic912s]

Bummer....... USPS once lost a Jared Allen gamer of mine, lucky for me it turned up about 2 weeks later.....

[danesei@yahoo.com]

Wrigley, sorry to hear about your loss, but legally, they're no longer yours. The moment USPS paid out the claim, they became property of USPS and/or their insurance company. I hope they're found, but you'll have a problem claiming ownership at this point, unfortunately.

[Wrigley2010]

Wrigley, sorry to hear about your loss, but legally, they're no longer yours. The moment USPS paid out the claim, they became property of USPS and/or their insurance company. I hope they're found, but you'll have a problem claiming ownership at this point, unfortunately.

While you are correct in stating "they are no longer mine" your assumption that I'll have a problem claiming ownership if they're found is completely false. USPS has a "recovered article clause" that gives the claim payee the right to reimburse the claim amount to the USPS and take ownership of their package.

[danesei@yahoo.com]

While you are correct in stating "they are no longer mine" your assumption that I'll have a problem claiming ownership if they're found is completely false. USPS has a "recovered article clause" that gives the claim payee the right to reimburse the claim amount to the USPS and take ownership of their package.

Correct, but it's unlikely that they'll notify you about a $50 item being found. They'll likely just auction it off at their lost parcel auction.

[danesei@yahoo.com]

To clarify... by the time the public sees the cleats, they'll already have been sold by the USPS at the lost parcel auction, so I should have said that someone seeing the cleats wouldn't help you, as they'd already be the property of the individual selling them. They would no longer be considered stolen, unless you filed a theft claim with your local police. That said, I don't know if you can really do that now that you've already been paid out by the USPS insurance. Logistically, it'd be nearly impossible to reclaim ownership of the cleats, if they were indeed stolen. The only way you'd get them back would be if the package was lost in a USPS facility or truck. Once the package is opened, I'm not sure that any sort of a claim can really be made.

[Brandon's Bats]

I'm sure they will find their way back to you. I had a similar experience with a Cronin sealed baseball that was delivered to the wrong address by UPS. My idiot neighbor decided to open the package. Once he seen what was inside (I guess the idiot can't read) and thinking it had no value, he delivered it to me. Still fuming as I recall this incident.

[Wrigley2010]

I'm sure they will find their way back to you. I had a similar experience with a Cronin sealed baseball that was delivered to the wrong address by UPS. My idiot neighbor decided to open the package. Once he seen what was inside (I guess the idiot can't read) and thinking it had no value, he delivered it to me. Still fuming as I recall this incident.

Brandon, I hope they do find their way to my home safe and sound. I have zero confidence in my local PO so I won't hold my breath. So your neighbor opened a sealed Cronin Ball or just opened the package it was sent in?? If he broke the seal on the baseball I'd be furious.

[Brandon's Bats]

Brandon, I hope they do find their way to my home safe and sound. I have zero confidence in my local PO so I won't hold my breath. So your neighbor opened a sealed Cronin Ball or just opened the package it was sent in?? If he broke the seal on the baseball I'd be furious.

The idiot opened both the box used to ship it and the original Cronin baseball box. I was, and still am furious. Anyway, I hope it all works out for you soon. Good luck!!!

[danesei@yahoo.com]

I'm sure they will find their way back to you. I had a similar experience with a Cronin sealed baseball that was delivered to the wrong address by UPS. My idiot neighbor decided to open the package. Once he seen what was inside (I guess the idiot can't read) and thinking it had no value, he delivered it to me. Still fuming as I recall this incident.

Did you call UPS to file a claim? If they delivered to both the wrong address and person, you could claim that you didn't receive the package intact.