BEWARE!CAREFUL SHIPPING KNIVES THROUGH THE MAIL!!

[zed6309]

" i have no faith in any aspect of our government"
I'm with you on that!

I once sent a set of Buick Turbo cyl heads to puerto rico and the guy kept saying he didn't get them,but he was so cool about it it made me nervous and I thought he was lying..
It took me a month to get the P O there to find the box,but it delivered the next day,
I figured since it weighed like 50 lbs the postman didn't want to carry it and that's why it sat.


I was a shipper/receiver for many years and I know how to pack things,so I never had a package come open,but man some people have no idea how to do it! it's not rocket science..

Ive had this before when a buyer says he hasnt got the item but is very calm about it, i once had a guy saying that he postal service (uk) is slow and sometimes takes a week to come even though i sent it 1st class and usual gets there next day ? i sent him a email every 2nd day with the same answer, he ended up buying off me again even though he never got the other itme (well this is what he said) i gave up sending him emails in the end as i think he was trying it on strangly he never got back to me ever, in the uk you can pay extra to get stuff sighned for it cost some times a lot more,it anoyes me as if a item gets lost, its a nightmare getting money back from RM,also funny how when i send stuff to friends i dont bother with tracking and they always get the stuff next day with no problems, these days im oon edge till folk get there package,

[jerryd6818]

Several years ago, I ordered a couple of classic switchblades (one Olive Wood handle, the other Stag) from a place in Italy. I think the delivery time was given as a month to six weeks. After a couple of months they hadn't arrived so I sent an email to the individual.

His response was, "They must have been stolen from the mail."
My response was, "If that happened, it had to be in Italy because that doesn't happen over here." (I was still naive because it's a Federal offense.)

Another couple of emails in that same vein and at about the four month mark, the Olive Wood knife showed up. More emails with excuses incoming and "B.S. get a knife to me" outgoing and at about the six month mark, the stag knife showed up. I breathed a big sigh of relief and vowed to never again order from Italy or at least from that company.

[zed6309]

Several years ago, I ordered a couple of classic switchblades (one Olive Wood handle, the other Stag) from a place in Italy. I think the delivery time was given as a month to six weeks. After a couple of months they hadn't arrived so I sent an email to the individual.

His response was, "They must have been stolen from the mail."
My response was, "If that happened, it had to be in Italy because that doesn't happen over here." (I was still naive because it's a Federal offense.)

Another couple of emails in that same vein and at about the four month mark, the Olive Wood knife showed up. More emails with excuses incoming and "B.S. get a knife to me" outgoing and at about the six month mark, the stag knife showed up. I breathed a big sigh of relief and vowed to never again order from Italy or at least from that company.

italy is well known for posting problems, i have sent 2 there with no problems and one was a lile 2 copy, the other was a watch , both to the same guy who i trusted from a site i go on, but be warned about italy as there are big issues on packages going missing

[cattaraugus57]

I've always heard Italy was real bad for that as well..

[testcase]

italy is well known for posting problems,

Well the way Europe operates most of the Postal Workers have retired (with full pay) at age 29... Those that are still "working" have 51 1/2 weeks vacation and two days a week of union meetings so things run a little slow... Its called european socialism