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What to do... US Postal Money order not received.

I've Priority mailed a US Postal Money Order for $610.00 to purchase audio equipment here on AudiogoN. It's been 13 days now and the Money Order has not yet been received ! I've told the seller that he could sell the equipment to someone else so he isn't held up. In the meantime, i'm both stuck without the equipment and embarrased about what has happened. Now, I have to wait 60 days to get my funds, provided the Postal Money Order has not been cashed! What can I do now? What could I do to avoid this from happening in the future? This has never happened to me before. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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natalie
404 posts
 
Be patient.
alexanderj
139 posts
 
Definitely use the delivey confirmation option. Cheap peace of mind. USPS really slows down if there is an incorrect zip code on the lable or they key it incorrectly when processing.
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swampwalker
5,138 posts
 
As far as I know, delivery confirmation only tells you that it was delivered, but does not allow point to point tracking for tracing purposes. You can use certified mail which requires that everyone who handles it sign for it (used to send cash, securities, etc.) or express mail for overnight service.
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rmml
204 posts
 
I agree with Swampwalker if the money you need to send is more than $300 the $12 for express overnight mail is very much worth it for peace of mind. If less than $300 certified mail for around $2 is a good choice also.
Another tip for sending a money order via USPS is include a dark piece of paper and sandwich the money order on it so it's not obvious what's inside.
killerpiglet
374 posts
 
USPS is a joke; we costantly get mail from other people in the neighborhood, and sometime from across town. We've filed a list of complaints that is now in a folder several inches thick.
The screw ups continue, as they do nothing to correct the problems.
The USPS is a feeble, pathetic, incompentent organization.
Most of the problems seem to arise when the regular postman is out, and they put in a sub. The sub makes mistakes, we report them. They still use the same idiotic subs, so mistakes continue.
Makes me very angy, there seems to be nothing we can do about this.

KP
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