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Phoenix8008 · Post by **Phoenix8008** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:52 am

Oh man, that sucks. So sorry to hear that happened. I can only imagine the heartbreak of earning a gold issue and then having that happen to it. Hope you can get it straightened out (in all meanings of the phrase)!

cjv · Post by **cjv** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 9:37 am

Just found the complain tab for the USPS. Interestingly, it wasn't under "received mail".

nycjadie · Post by **nycjadie** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 10:45 am

This doesn't help the OP, but this mailbox changed my life between bent packages and stolen mail:
http://www.amazon.com/Architectural-Mai ... ed+mailbox" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I also have a plastic bucket next to my front door for packages. A necessity for being a collector in rainy Seattle. USPS, UPS and FedEx have all been great about 99% of the time now. When accidents happen, it's now usually do to insufficient packing.

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 11:31 am

cjv wrote:I don't really want to PM Dino since it isn't Valiants fault at all.

Although I may suggest to him that they stamp "do not bend" or something on the packages.

What do you think? It isn't their responsibility at all to send another one, and I don't think VEI should have to.

It doesn't matter if they stamp "Do Not Bend" or "Fragile" all over the package. I know that from experience.

See that priority mail envelope folded over on the left side? That was a delivery from MailOrderComics that had "Fragile" and "Do Not Bend" stamped on it. We've been through half a dozen mail carriers since then, each one worse than the one before. Our current mail carrier puts other people's mail in our box more than she puts our mail in there. The one before our current one didn't know English. The one before that rode around with a package of ours for a week before my wife managed to stop her one day to ask about it. She dug it out of a huge pile of boxes in the back of her SUV and as she handed it to my wife she said, "I just never know what to do with these!"

hawkeyeps · Post by **hawkeyeps** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 11:39 am

I wonder if she ever thought of taking them to the address that was marked on them

Magnus9178 · Post by **Magnus9178** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 12:19 pm

I would reach out to Valiant explaining what happened. Since then know how true a fanyou are I'm sure they would work something out.

kjjohanson · Post by **kjjohanson** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 1:51 pm

One of my co-workers was waiting for a delivery at work for about a week. Each day she would check online, and would discover a status update indicating that delivery was attempted, but no one was present, despite the fact that our office has an open floor plan and there's always someone here from 9am until usually well past 8pm. They simply didn't try to deliver, but said they did.

nycjadie · Post by **nycjadie** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 2:40 pm

kjjohanson wrote:One of my co-workers was waiting for a delivery at work for about a week. Each day she would check online, and would discover a status update indicating that delivery was attempted, but no one was present, despite the fact that our office has an open floor plan and there's always someone here from 9am until usually well past 8pm. They simply didn't try to deliver, but said they did.

UPS and FedEx do that constantly with us. My wife works at home, so she's there, proving no delivery attempt was made, just claimed.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Aug 27, 2013 3:45 pm

That's a shame about the book. Hopefully you can get the message across to the mail carrier not to do it again.

FormerReader · Post by **FormerReader** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:07 am

Daniel Jackson wrote:That's a shame about the book. Hopefully you can get the message across to the mail carrier not to do it again.

Ha! If you have figured out how to do that please tell me.

Sorry to hear about the OP's situation though. That is always a dreadful feeling.

MarrowMan · Post by **MarrowMan** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:05 am

I'd be like.

String · Post by **String** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:53 am

lorddunlow wrote:
cjv wrote:I don't really want to PM Dino since it isn't Valiants fault at all.

Although I may suggest to him that they stamp "do not bend" or something on the packages.

What do you think? It isn't their responsibility at all to send another one, and I don't think VEI should have to.
I think that actually encourages bending.

+1 QFT

Sorry to hear that friend. That's really inexcusable. I'd be *SQUEE* as well.

cjv · Post by **cjv** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 6:20 pm

Well, it has been sitting between two heavy boxes for a couple of weeks. The book is flat, but unfortunately it does has a slight crease in it.

cjv · Post by **cjv** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 6:20 pm

And to top it off, I never heard back from the post office with the company that I filed.

Intrepidxc · Post by **Intrepidxc** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 7:07 pm

Heath wrote:
cjv wrote:I don't really want to PM Dino since it isn't Valiants fault at all.

Although I may suggest to him that they stamp "do not bend" or something on the packages.

What do you think? It isn't their responsibility at all to send another one, and I don't think VEI should have to.
It doesn't matter if they stamp "Do Not Bend" or "Fragile" all over the package. I know that from experience.

See that priority mail envelope folded over on the left side? That was a delivery from MailOrderComics that had "Fragile" and "Do Not Bend" stamped on it. We've been through half a dozen mail carriers since then, each one worse than the one before. Our current mail carrier puts other people's mail in our box more than she puts our mail in there. The one before our current one didn't know English. The one before that rode around with a package of ours for a week before my wife managed to stop her one day to ask about it. She dug it out of a huge pile of boxes in the back of her SUV and as she handed it to my wife she said, "I just never know what to do with these!"

Holy mailbox jam, Batman! I've never had a problem that bad. Short of my Quantum & Woody #1 CBLDF edition (signed) that was pretty much ruined by the post office. Although I do blame CBLDF as they shipped the book in an envelope that was very easy to bend. The excuse I got was "that's the standard envelope for mailing comics". I sent them pictures of the packaging I've received from every online comic order I've placed. They never got back to me.

Carson · Post by **Carson** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:37 pm

At least it was bent long ways, not across the spine

*silverlining*

Sorry bud! Hope the talk with the postman goes well and prevents future damages.

Knightt · Post by **Knightt** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:47 am

CJV, you might want to invest in an NRA membership and subscriptions to the following magazines:

SWAT
Soldier of Fortune
American Rifleman (comes with NRA membership)
Rifle Firepower
Concealed Handgun

Also occasionally purchase a few firearm accessories from any number of retailers. Let 'em ding up any of those items and THEN complain. I'm getting packages (books, misc "stuff") delivered now right up on my stoop with a ring to the doorbell and a very pleasant "Here is your mail Mr. Gun-Owner Guy." All apparently handled with care.

It's a freakin' Mothers Day Miracle.

Shadowman99 · Post by **Shadowman99** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 6:46 am

Knightt wrote:CJV, you might want to invest in an NRA membership and subscriptions to the following magazines:

SWAT
Soldier of Fortune
American Rifleman (comes with NRA membership)
Rifle Firepower
Concealed Handgun

Also occasionally purchase a few firearm accessories from any number of retailers. Let 'em ding up any of those items and THEN complain. I'm getting packages (books, misc "stuff") delivered now right up on my stoop with a ring to the doorbell and a very pleasant "Here is your mail Mr. Gun-Owner Guy." All apparently handled with care.

It's a freakin' Mothers Day Miracle.

That's the way to do it

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:29 am

Knightt wrote:CJV, you might want to invest in an NRA membership and subscriptions to the following magazines:

SWAT
Soldier of Fortune
American Rifleman (comes with NRA membership)
Rifle Firepower
Concealed Handgun

Also occasionally purchase a few firearm accessories from any number of retailers. Let 'em ding up any of those items and THEN complain. I'm getting packages (books, misc "stuff") delivered now right up on my stoop with a ring to the doorbell and a very pleasant "Here is your mail Mr. Gun-Owner Guy." All apparently handled with care.

It's a freakin' Mothers Day Miracle.

Don't forget Shotgun News. And maybe some free catalogs - CDNN, Centirefire Systems, Sportsman's Guide, Midway, Brownell's and Dillon Press.

Shotgun News used to be more interesting but in the last several years, it has slowly turned into very little other than geegaws and thing-a-ma-bobs for AR-15s. But I still totally want a SpitzLead.

cjv · Post by **cjv** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 9:15 am

Knightt wrote:CJV, you might want to invest in an NRA membership and subscriptions to the following magazines:

SWAT
Soldier of Fortune
American Rifleman (comes with NRA membership)
Rifle Firepower
Concealed Handgun

Also occasionally purchase a few firearm accessories from any number of retailers. Let 'em ding up any of those items and THEN complain. I'm getting packages (books, misc "stuff") delivered now right up on my stoop with a ring to the doorbell and a very pleasant "Here is your mail Mr. Gun-Owner Guy." All apparently handled with care.

It's a freakin' Mothers Day Miracle.

HA!

myron · Post by **myron** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 1:40 pm

seem to remember something like this happening to a Magnus 0 a few years back...the guy blamed Dino up down and sideways about it happening, not the USPS...

might be a trend...

sorry to read about this Chris...it sucks

KXXX · Post by **KXXX** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 2:45 pm

I feel a *SQUEE* punch is in order. Totally uncool.

CylonSteve · Post by **CylonSteve** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 8:59 pm

As a former USPS employee, it could have been thrown in a box, and a very heavy package on top. Most folks whom had to sort the packages would generally throw the specific boxes with little to no care.
I'd yell at folks to be careful with packages, most the time I'd be yelled at by the said careless person. Their logic was they were doing it fast that way, and my method was slow. I even got written up by a supervisor for yelling at careless workers.

Its no suprise to me why the post office is going under. (decrease in volume of mail is huge factor).
I just got a job with Microsoft, and gladly left the USPS.

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