USPS refund for late shipping and delivery failure

OLS · 07-08-2013, 02:04 PM

Sorry Peter, believe me, it was a long one. it took longer than I thought.

Look, everyone reading this thread. In a simple pass for NC cigars, I can
see working the angles, jawing at the USPS, having some kind of feeling
of entitlement to recourse. But there are other times when I have told people
who are hollering about what they are gonna 'tell their vendor' and 'what they
are gonna demand from their vendor', I tell them JUST EAT YOUR LOSS and
understand that there are times when you take an AWFUL RISK to get what
you want, that some people would have you not be able to buy in this country.
You don't make a stink, you accept the inherent risk you should have know about
and you learn your lesson. If that means you never buy from a particular entity
again, then so be it, plenty of fish in the sea. TOO much scrutiny to make a stink.

I made a USPS error that cost a botl his entire investment. I bought insurance to
help him in case of catastrophe, whether they USPS did it or the catastrophe was
my own stupid rush at the mailing kiosk. The shippee chose not to file a claim. But
the regulations state that the sender or the receiver may file a claim, and I was flat
out not going to file one. I am not an idiot. Once it was clear the USPS was NOT going
to deliver the package, which as of today is sitting on the same tracking details that
were showing for some two months ago now or better, I asked the shippee if he would
accept a package of compensatory smokes that would be nowhere near his original loss,
and ended up being approximately 2/3 of his money's worth, he told me to ship them.
This is why I get pi55y when he pops up veiled insults in all these type threads. He is
smoking the cigars I sent him with one hand and calling me a douchebag with the other.
I SCREWED UP...BADLY. Not intentionally, but badly. But I bought insurance for him the
same way I have bought insurance for many dozens of people. But I am not filing a claim
and I am not returning cash when my cigars are in the mail with the correct address and
had arrived in the correct city and have not had a tracking update in two months. ANd I am
certainly not filing a claim when he has already accepted, received and smoked the cigars
I sent to make up for his losses.

Bottom line is, don't play in a big league park if you are not prepared to lose.
I respec the OPs sudden desire to stop the bleeding. I am not trying to show
how I am the good guy and someone else is the bad guy. I know over half of the people
here likely think I was wrong from beginning to end and did NOT do what I should for a
BOTL. I understand that. I do not buy insurance for a novel way to throw ten bucks in
the street, however.

07-08-2013, 02:04 PM	#37
OLS Suck It Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Brad Location: TN Posts: 7,912 Trading: (19)	Re: USPS refund for late shipping and delivery failure Sorry Peter, believe me, it was a long one. it took longer than I thought. Look, everyone reading this thread. In a simple pass for NC cigars, I can see working the angles, jawing at the USPS, having some kind of feeling of entitlement to recourse. But there are other times when I have told people who are hollering about what they are gonna 'tell their vendor' and 'what they are gonna demand from their vendor', I tell them JUST EAT YOUR LOSS and understand that there are times when you take an AWFUL RISK to get what you want, that some people would have you not be able to buy in this country. You don't make a stink, you accept the inherent risk you should have know about and you learn your lesson. If that means you never buy from a particular entity again, then so be it, plenty of fish in the sea. TOO much scrutiny to make a stink. I made a USPS error that cost a botl his entire investment. I bought insurance to help him in case of catastrophe, whether they USPS did it or the catastrophe was my own stupid rush at the mailing kiosk. The shippee chose not to file a claim. But the regulations state that the sender or the receiver may file a claim, and I was flat out not going to file one. I am not an idiot. Once it was clear the USPS was NOT going to deliver the package, which as of today is sitting on the same tracking details that were showing for some two months ago now or better, I asked the shippee if he would accept a package of compensatory smokes that would be nowhere near his original loss, and ended up being approximately 2/3 of his money's worth, he told me to ship them. This is why I get pi55y when he pops up veiled insults in all these type threads. He is smoking the cigars I sent him with one hand and calling me a douchebag with the other. I SCREWED UP...BADLY. Not intentionally, but badly. But I bought insurance for him the same way I have bought insurance for many dozens of people. But I am not filing a claim and I am not returning cash when my cigars are in the mail with the correct address and had arrived in the correct city and have not had a tracking update in two months. ANd I am certainly not filing a claim when he has already accepted, received and smoked the cigars I sent to make up for his losses. Bottom line is, don't play in a big league park if you are not prepared to lose. I respec the OPs sudden desire to stop the bleeding. I am not trying to show how I am the good guy and someone else is the bad guy. I know over half of the people here likely think I was wrong from beginning to end and did NOT do what I should for a BOTL. I understand that. I do not buy insurance for a novel way to throw ten bucks in the street, however.