Someone at the post office now has a nice Busse knife...

Greg45 said:
That'd be really funny if it wasn't so sad. :(
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It's actually not quite as bad as I described, but it's still bad. I thought the post office had drop kicked it off of the truck until I saw the thing of duct tape across the corner. For some reason the guy thought it was a good idea to mold the cardboard around the bowl back of the guitar. No padding for the bottom, back or front of the guitar, but there was some loose paper around the neck.

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There isn't really anything you can do to stop people from poorly packaging your purchased goods before they send it to you :thumbdn:
 
Pretty rare that it happens. Follow good practice guidelines and you improve the odds a lot. Check FEEDBACK for guys who pack real well. A big knife will tear its way out of a carton very easily. You wouldn't believe what ends up loose in the mail.
 
TrailWolf said:
Man that really stinks to hear that your knife went missing - I know the feeling and it just stings...



PM incoming :thumbup:
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I hope you don't mind, but I really wanted to share how generous you are. When I said I was without a mid sized busse, trail wolf generously offered to let me borrow a tankbuster. Busse folks really are the best. Honestly though, I have more Busses, just none that size. I'll be ok for now, I'm just more annoyed than anything. I'm waiting for the guy to email me back to see if he insured it for the correct ammt, I think he did though so i'm not overly worried. They know the package was sent, and what it weighed when it got here so we'll see.

Thanks again man.
 
I always make it a point to wrap stuff in a way that compresses the cardboard sleeve at the handle end (to keep it from spreading and allowing the handle to slide into the sleeve) and holds the sleeve in place at the tip (to keep the sleeve from sliding off in that direction). That seems to help a lot with making sure nothing comes poking out of the the package.

edit: Not saying your knife came out of the package that way, but the packing of them is definitely an issue, and I've packed a few in ways that were probably not a good idea, so it does worry me.


Either way, it sucks that it didn't make its way to you, and I hope you get it resolved quickly.
 
UPS ONLY.
Insurance claims through UPS in the past have only taken me a few weeks at the most to obtain. The USPS however had my blood pressure up for the better part of 5 months over a $120.00 claim for a package that was shipped & mutilated within 60 miles of where I mailed from. For anything other than a letter or something small that can be repaced quickly and cheaply I will NEVER trust the USPS.

Then again, look who runs it. ;)
 
Feel for ya m8, hope you gat it sorted fast.

I package my stuff well. I get the box and stuff it full of paper all around or popcorn then tape that sucker good. I shipped the knife only once before though and it had the original cardboard sheath to make sure it didn't cut anything as well.
 
Mine showed it was scanned last into one of their distribution centers and simply never left. The people I spoke to at the PO did not give a hoot about that and would do nothing until it supposedly sat there for over a month, to then give me the run around to get the claim filed.
 
Mike sorry to hear about this Bro!!! I agree with the others and hope it was insured for the full amount and not some abbreviated amount cause someone was to cheap to cover it. Boy crap like this chaps my arse.
 
about one year ago , i exprienced like your's.
i bought a BUCK 889 , that thing cost me 110 USD from a seller in china, but the package is empty ! at last the shipping company paid back to me.

I hope you can get it back！
good luck ,dude.
 
I'm not going to say "the seller packed it poorly" until I go and check out the actual package. I'm just going to have the policy of the other person shipping first from now on with trades, because no he's going to have his knife, and i'm going to have a possible check from the PO in god knows how long.
 
Oh dang. I have a $450 McGizmo Haiku titanium flashlight that the USPS tracking system says was delivered to me Friday at 10:10. Uh, no it wasn't.

I really didn't need to read this thread. I hope it all works out for you- I really feel your pain.
 
Simon520 said:
Oh dang. I have a $450 McGizmo Haiku titanium flashlight that the USPS tracking system says was delivered to me Friday at 10:10. Uh, no it wasn't.

I really didn't need to read this thread. I hope it all works out for you- I really feel your pain.
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"Delivery Confirmation" simply means that the carrier has made the delivery (or at least claims to have). Doesn't mean that you received it.

Valuables should be insured and require signature confirmation.

Really valuable stuff is best sent by Registered Mail. It is slow and costs a little more, but it has signatures at every step of the delivery chain.

btw, I thought that it was the seller who makes the claim on an insured package, no?
 
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resinguy said:
"Delivery Confirmation" simply means that the carrier has made the delivery (or at least claims to have). Doesn't mean that you received it.

Valuables should be insured and require signature confirmation.

Really valuable stuff is best sent by Certified Mail. It is slow and costs a little more, but it has signatures at every step of the delivery chain.

btw, I thought that it was the seller who makes the claim on an insured package, no?
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I thought the seller was supposed to too, but the guy at the PO told me to come down and talk to the post master about a refund. I tried contacting the seller but he hasn't responded yet. I just wish I could do a rewind on this whole thing and not do it.
 
resinguy said:
Really valuable stuff is best sent by Certified Mail. It is slow and costs a little more, but it has signatures at every step of the delivery chain.
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Actually, registered mail is the most secure. They use special tape to insure no tampering with the package, and the package has to be signed in and out of secured storage so they literally have a trail of everyone in the chain that has had access to the package. Registered mail is what a lot of jewelers use.
 
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