Bummed - thought I'd bought a penguin foot . . .
 

Paid for it last Wednesday, Seller provided tracking on Saturday, but it never showed accepted by the PO. Today seller gave me back my money. Said package had been returned to them by PO - package was ripped up and nothing inside.

Would have loved to get a picture of the package - only way I'd buy the story. I think the seller got a better offer. Oh well, it was a lot of money so maybe it's a good thing LOL!!

So I'll keep looking.

The real bummer, I passed up a few other items because I'd blown my budget - :)

Dratz, I agree, I would want to see the package.

Cathy,

Sorry to hear that. I also find it a bit hard to swallow, you should of have gotten a tracking number and notice of "dead mail" if on the up and up. If legit, the seller was extremely negligent in shipping and packing. Maybe it's a sign something greater is headed your way.

Jon

Sounds like the time. Won the bid for a 221 featherweight. And was later notified it was "Stolen". Really now.

Judy in Phx, AZ

If the item had been taken to the post office, the tracking would have shown it accepted and then returned. Yeah, sounds as if the seller changed his/her mind. Was this eBay? If so, I'd watch to see if it gets relisted. If so, I'd drop eBay a note.

So close. So close. DD bought a 15 Singer in a bentwood case on Ebay. When it came, the spool pin had gone though the top, pin was broken off and the dowels in lower case were broken and it came in pieces. We poured it out of the box. It was wrapped in bubble wrap only. When we sorted it out, the machine was fine. I replaced the pin and DH replaced the dowels in the base and we refinished it with a little cosmetic repair. Notified the seller and she had insured it for well more than it was worth. She wanted us to file a claim and split the money with her. Can you imagine? Not that the P.O. couldn't see through that anyway. It is hard enough to get them to pay a legitimate claim for sure. We just said, no thanks, and boy was she steamed. I think it serves her right. She is still probably mad because she didn't get a payoff. You never know about people.

You didn't tell them it was worth much more than they were asking did you? LOL

I'm not buying that story for one second. First off - the post office doesn't work that fast, and secondly, the post office would have sent it on it's way to you in one of their famous clear envelopes imprinted with their useless apology for their machinery eating your mail so you could see the damage as soon as you opened the mailbox.

Bummer - that elusive penguin foot......................... Hope another comes your way soon.

Sorry to hear your lost. I doubt that the story is true. When my friend mailed a baby quilt in a priority envelope, the USPS delivered the printed address label. The quilt never did show up so my friend had to make another baby quilt quickly. Be sure to always tape a label securely to the package you are mailing.

HelenAnn- I paid right around current FMV for it, but I think someone may have been willing to pay a premium for it.

So if this did get "lost" by the PO - the seller should be putting in a claim and won't be out funds. However with the PO never showing the tracking number as being accepted, I also don't think it ever made it to the PO.


With the ability to print shipping labels and prepay the postage online through eBay - it's easy enough to create a label and then never take it to the PO - though then the seller is out the postage. For more valuable stuff, my husband always waited at the counter and made sure it got scanned, and 15 minutes later when he got home it would show up that way. Less valuable items he'd put the box on the drop off counter, instead of waiting in the line. And sometimes those would not show up for a few hours.

And always when shipping a package include an address label on the inside of the package and tape it to the item.

I do this. And take photos. Then send photos to recipient along with tracking numbers so everyone is aware on both shipping and receiving ends. Helps the claim better if needed.Another reason to take good photos of the quilts and especially if you've camouflaged the label into the quilt. My cousin takes a photo of the overall quilt, then the quilting and where the label is. She often quilts a small label into the quilt. This helps her to identify the quilt if she would ever need to post a lost or stolen quilt. Then those photos can be posted on the website of FB page of "Lost Quilts Come Home". Can do the same with machines.

I am so sorry. I know you have to be bummed. The story is sounding pretty lame, and that doesn't help either. :(

I had the early high bid of $5 on a $30-35 item that a Seller listed with a low starting bid recently. Later, when the 7-day auction got close to closing at $5, the Seller suddenly cancelled all bids. When I asked why my bid had been cancelled, I was told that the item came up missing in his office.

That could certainly have happened, so what could I say, but I wondered if the low bidding response had spooked him into closing the auction. I just had to take his word for it and go on.

CD in Oklahoma

I have a bunch of (stick-on) tracking slips w/numbers. They aren't scanned into the system until accepted by the PO, after postage has been paid. The seller could have easily given a legit tracking number (with no cost to him/herself).

"The case of the missing Penguin" Sounds funny, but would be VERY irritating!

I'm sorry that happened.
Rodney

What it's "worth" was set by the seller and agreed to by the buyer. The seller should have fulfilled their end of the agreement. Obviously, I'm not buying their story. If it's an eBay seller, I'd file a complaint about it. If it was an auction and they wanted to garner a minimum price, they can set that when posting the item.

That stinks...
I does smell a bit fishy...although I have received things back from post office in really bad shape.
Keep a watch on that ebayer...I would bet that it will be relisted in a couple of weeks.

Recently, same thing happened to my sister in Ky. She mailed a package to her daughter in Texas, after 2 weeks ,the daughter still had not got the package. My sister called the P.O. and gave them the tracking number. It got tracked down to Memphis in the dead letter file , the bottom was cut out of the box ,the top with address ,etc was still intact,and the box was empty. They say it could have been one of the machines that cut the bottom. She's just not buying that story.They can't do anything about it ,because she didn't take pictures of what she mailed her.so what the heck is going on in the postal service now?

Seriously? What proof would a photo be? Someone could take a photo of anything and then send something completely different. I call malarkey on this one!

Thank you to all of you commenting on this post...I've learned a lot. I haven't mailed that many items, but will be in the future, as we have a grandson in the Air Force and will be able to send care packages once he is done with basic training. And we have a daughter living in the Pacific Northwest who will be getting packages from time to time. Thank you again!

I had no idea what this foot was, so I Google it.
After seeing it, I'm very upset for you.
So sorry, I hope that another will come your way.