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Re: Registered Mail went missing!
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lugnet.market.shipping
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Mon, 1 Apr 2002 19:06:24 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Frank Filz writes:
> Brian Darrow wrote:
> >
> > Evan,
> > Was Geordan's parcel sent via registered mail? I'm trying to find out
> > this same question. Is there any need to send something registered if
> > all the post office can do is tell you it's lost when it never shows up!
> > I already new my package was lost! I want to kow where it went "lost"
> > hence the reason for sending it registered.
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> What you are getting with Registered mail is that the item is shipped in
> a locked container. This means only postal employees ever have any
> chance of handling it. It doesn't really confer any additional services
> (there are other services for tracking and such).
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> FUT: lugnet.market.shipping
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> Frank
That is true, but there is more to it than just that. I just called the local
postmaster to confirm my understanding about how 'registered' mail is handled.
Registered mail has to be signed off at each step of the way. Each office that
transfers it to another office (at least in the US) has to account for each
piece of registered mail. When it leaves the country, rules in other countries
may vary on how they handle it, but while its in the US there should be a
positive handshake at each step where it is handled. Should it go missing, it
should be fairly easy for the USPS to determine the last point it was accounted
for. At least thats what I was just told.
Ray
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| (...) USPS Form 542: "Inquiry About a Registered Article or an Insured Parcel or an Ordinary Article" must be filed to trace the package. I currently have an insured package MIA to the Netherlands. I filed the form over a month ago and am still (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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| (...) What you are getting with Registered mail is that the item is shipped in a locked container. This means only postal employees ever have any chance of handling it. It doesn't really confer any additional services (there are other services for (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shipping)
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