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So, the person I'm elfing for has another question for me to pose to y'all. She obviously can't ask because her SS will put the pieces together and figure out who she is --
She's filed a claim with the USPS to have them attempt to locate her SS package that she shipped 2 day priority on Dec 7. She was contacted yesterday by a postal worker who was trying to gather more information. She told me that the postal worker seemed less than optimistic that the package would be found. There have been no scans since the package was delivered to the original PO. The package was insured for $50, so in the event the package can't be located, she should be getting some of her money back. Her SS is out of town until the 20th, so she will have to wait until then to know if the package has been delievered and just hasn't had updated tracking. If she waits until the 20th, only to find the package was never delivered, there's no way she can get a gift to her SS before Christmas. However, if she goes out to "repurchase" some of the gifts now, in the event the package WAS delivered, her SS will receive duplicate packages. She's asking if anyone out there in makeup land has had a similar experience and/or what y'all would recommend. She's pretty bummed out -- feeling like she's failed at SS and all her hard work will never been seen and her makeup goodies will never get loved!
Help her!
Goodness...
First no feeling like a failure - as a control freak it's hard for me to accept that there are things outside of my control but sending a box into the wild means that anything that happens is out of your control. I am surprised that given the number of people participating in this exchange that we didn't have more missing boxes - this has been a wild season. My substitute mail guy was telling me that this year seems to be busier and more harried than any other he's worked. He looked so stressed that I made him a cup of coffee and sent him off with a slice of the cinnamon bread I made earlier this morning. He's not a Zombie - he's a Libertarian.
It would be a terrible thing to stress shop just so she doesn't disappoint a person who I am certain is going to understand (this is an amazing group) that there is an issue. If her SS won't be home until the 20th - the best thing would be wait because it's more likely that the package was delivered and not scanned, especially if her mail is being held at her local post office. I have a box sitting on the table right now from Haute Look that still shows that it's in Chicago on the USPS site. A package that I watched the mail guy scan before he handed it to me by the way.
Worse case scenario if the package is lost she has her receipt the USPS will make good on the claim especially if they can't trace the package.
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