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Re: Registered Mail went missing!
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lugnet.market.shipping
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Mon, 1 Apr 2002 19:25:28 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shipping, Ray Sanders writes:
> 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).
> >
> > FUT: lugnet.market.shipping
> >
> > Frank
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> 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.
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> 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.
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 trying to get the status. This step must be completed
before the USPS will take the insurance claim. Unfortunately the form does
not have a 'submitter' copy and there is no phone number or website to
contact for an update. Its like dumping a form into a black hole and
waiting an awkward amount of time for something to shoot back out.
-Rob.
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| (...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shipping)
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