Contact your local postmaster and file a complaint. No one is allowed to open your mail by the person it is addressed to. This is a Federal offense.

I guess I'm lucky...my brother is the mailman and if I get a package he just goes in the house and leaves it on the counter.

My postal carrier is a woman and she brings every package to my front porch to a bench. She is great!!!!

Hi, This is my first time so here goes. I use to for a kids clothing company. It may be the dyes in the fabric or where it was made. We would fabric in from China that stunk to high heaven and even after we had it cleaned you could still smell it. Other times the clothing came in smelling of smoke or food. It had been made in the peoples homes, sometimes the smells would not come out. I would let the folks know who you purchased from. They will know if what they have smells or not, and can fix it. Did they insure your package. If so they will take care of that. I also think where you purchased it from will help you. Hope this helps. Mtn. Willow ;-)

Yes make a call to the Post Office - messing with the mail like that is a Federal Offense I think. It would be like anyone else tampering with your mail. I would be furious if that happen to me. If something doesn't fit in the box, the carrier should leave you a note so you can go to the Post Office to pick it up.

Send it back...get a refund and don't order from them again

Now that's what I call SERVICE!

:-)

I feel that the 'stink' of chemicals is simply from a newly printed stack of fabric. AIR it out good and you should have no problem. All new fabrics have formaldehyde in them, in case you don't know it. Have you been into the fabric store when a LOT of new fabric arrives? Then you get itchy eyes, runny nose, et? THAT is why!

I'd not do anything with the carrier, nor the company you bought it from. Simply AIR it out! Hope that I've helped you!

I'm so sorry you have trouble with delivery from your PO carrier. I do a lot of mailing out or receiving of mail with not much problem. My last incident with a Christmas card received had been damaged during transit but someone at the PO cut the damaged envelope nicely, and inserted that and the card in a plastic bag for delivery to me. I was impressed that they took the time to cut the damaged envelope.

Ooops, wasn't a plastic envelope but rather a PO envelope with see-through window specifically for damaged letters. On the back there is a pre-printed letter apologizing for the damage incurred.

I can't complain about my mail carrier other then if I don't shovel the snow path she doesn't deliver the package or my mail. What was that saying rain, snow and sleet doesn't stop the mailman from delivering. She is also good about putting mail in the wrong box. Thank goodness everyone who lives here are good about bringing it to the right person.

we use to have a postal carrier just leave boxes on the ground. Finally went to post office explaining, We got a box there just for packages of any kind including large envelopes. Hope it workd out for you OK? :)

If the packet got wet, it most assuredly happened with the carrier and not with the shop that sent it. What was the liquid that got the packet wet? If all is well with the fabrics, I'd just wash it and hopefully the smell will be gone. I would contact the shop, let them know what happened. Suggest maybe they change carriers or packaging method. Small box instead of envelope. Just a thought.

i haven't had that problem before. maybe you should contact the person that sent it to you and explain to them that the package was damage and smells and maybe they will send you new package.

if it arrived wet, and it smelled of chemicals, i would be cautious about what might have gotten spilled on that package. i would wash it several times. i might even take it to a laundromat to do it. there have been cases where chemicals (insecticides, pesticides, etc) have gotten spilled on things like shipments of jeans, etc, where people have gotten chemically injured by wearing them without washing them. i would be wary of anything that smelled of chemicals--and i would try to make the carrier follow through and track the source of the wetness! i would register a complaint, and would make sure somebody heard about it. (and i would wear plastic gloves when washing it, as well.) i'm just sayin' *hangs up nurse hat, gets off soapbox*

definitely would complain to UPS....quilt company sending items out certainly don't want that type of negativity from customers, and since they use the carriers all the time, should also file a complaint.

cae

Hope she doesn't get a tip at Christmas.