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Missing shipment

I recently made a purchase for $860 for a used item from a private seller. The seller shipped USPS Priority Mail. USPS tracking says that it was delivered. It was not by my door that day or for the next 3 days. This is the very first time in my many years of buying/selling that a package has gone missing. I live in a safe neighborhood. The seller did not insure it. We did not discuss insurance. I assumed that he would do so since $860 is a significant sum. He has 100% positive feedback – as do I. I’ll be filing a ’missing mail’ report with the USPS in the hopes that it will be located. But, since it wasn’t insured, will I be stuck with this loss?
steakster
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lak
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I'd phone your local post office regarding this and have the manager talk to the driver to verify what happened. I suggest this because my USPS delivery person usually is excellent however one time the tracking number showed a package was delivered to me but actually it was was still in the delivery jeep but mistakenly recorded as delivered.
I'm sorry for your loss, hopefully, the package will show up.
czarivey
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I have a cameras at my property so there's no way these lying crackheads can show me their status update without actually being there and dropping my package. When they hear conversation about security camera they freeze and start looking for your package HARD.
joecasey
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jnovak,
Hi joecasey, Because without someone signing for it, who says it was delivered at all? Even though the USPS says so ...
Well if package is important enough, OP had tracking# so why didn’t he arrange for someone at home waiting for it?

I only have issue with your statement

I always thought the package was the shippers responsibility until delivered safely to the recipient.

Don’t buyers have some responsibilities too? PayPal is a different animal.

IMO, it's buyers responsibility to negotiate a shipping method.   Never assume on anything that's important / expensive.
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mofimadness
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I had this happen to me several years back and thought the package was stolen.  Turns out that USPS delivered the package to the wrong address
Same exact thing here.
donvito101
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If USPS shows that the package was delivered then the seller is off the hook. It is up to the OP to do some detective work as to find out what happened. BTW ,insurance covers for damage, not for a delivery that was shown being delivered!
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