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Originally Posted by Manabi
That happened with Steam's biannual video game sales. It used to be that there were flash deals throughout the two week sales period where four games were discounted more heavily than normal. It was a lot of fun checking in regularly to see what was discounted next and picking up some games dirt cheap that you may have never considered otherwise.
Now everything's discounted at the max discount the entire sale and discounts aren't as steep because of it. It's boring. I still try to wait for the sales to buy stuff, but that's just my hoping to save money, not excitement.
Years ago I'd shipped a failed SCSI card back to the company for repair/replacement via USPS. The card had a lifetime warranty, so I insured it at the value that a new card would cost. Weeks later, the company still hadn't received it. I went to the post office to file a claim and the postmaster argued with me saying it wasn't actually worth the price of a new one because it was used. I pointed out repeatedly that the card had a lifetime free replacement/repair warranty.
They did finally let me file the claim, but then the card magically arrived a few days later. I remain convinced someone at that post office tried stealing it, then realized they'd get caught when I filed my claim and quickly put it back in the mail. After that I never used the local post office again, I'd go to the one at USPS' distribution center in Knoxville, TN since I was going to college at UT then. I was shipping a fair bit of stuff during that period.
I haven't had much trouble with the post office where I live now, just that one where I was living during college. And both my failed shipping incidents were definitely not the fault of the USPS. Amazon simply never shipped the items per their own tracker. They just pretended to by giving me delivery estimates.
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During Covid, I shipped a customer's ring to a gemstone company to match the stones. Shipped USPS Priority Express. USPS showed it was delivered. I called the company, and they had no record of it arriving. I filed a claim with USPS and the local post office that had delivered the package told me that it was delivered. The driver said he walked up to the door and set the package down and a brown-haired woman opened the door and picked up the package. My packages are always checked to get a signature. During Covid the drivers were supposed to get the customer's name and electronically enter it as delivered. The driver did not do this. The company sent me the video from the front of the building with a two-hour window on each side of the supposed delivery. During that time frame two employees went to lunch and returned, Fed Ex made a delivery and UPS made a delivery. No where did a USPS employee make a delivery. USPS refused when I asked to send them the video. I even contacted the fraud division and got no where.
Apache