Am I on a watch list now? - Change for a nickel? gone bad.

[InspectorGadget]

My Change for a nickel? stickers order was in my post office box today; thank you Steve for the massive effort you put into this project.

Unfortunately, the envelope was ripped open -most likely but a sorting machine that couldn't cope with 25 stickers. Not including the bonus rogue snowboards sticker. Thanks again Steve. The postal service put the contents of the envelope into one of their WE CARE plastic bags and sent the package on its way.

Granted, there was no strange white powder in the envelope. At least, none that I am aware of; but, I would like to have seen the look on the postal worker's face when they picked 25 Change for a nickel? stickers our of their machine.

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[andyC]

Same thing happened to mine, but luckily they weren't damaged like that, justa shredded envelope.

[bio-smear]

I mailed an envelope to my dad one time that contained a key to my old pickup that I was storing on his property. It arrived sans key with a similar note. Now I assume the Postal Service can drive my truck whenever they want.

[PaSucks]

I just got a check I wrote to the DMV to renew my registration. The top corner was ripped off and I assume I now need to get another check to them so I can get my sticker. At least the sent it back so I know what happened.

[wi3dzmin]

Fwiw same "We Care" bullshit happened to mine. The original envelope was completely fucking ripped, none of the stickers were affected however.

[Lane Meyer]

I once mailed a gallon of Aloha Shoyu from Hawaii to Colorado, thoughtfully wrapped in all my warm clothes. Said shoyu decided Colorado was too cold, and somewhere over the Pacific it exited it's plastic home and hid in my clothes. As it was traveling third class, by the time it was trucked and trained to Colorado, the clothes had begun to, well, phunk. So, no box shows up at my doorstep. Weeks pass, which turn into months. Then, when i had long written off my clothes and purchased new ones, I got a letter from the USPS inviting me to their mail sorting facility way out by the airport in C. Springs. I get there, and after assuring the workers that they aren't dealing with anything more sinister than old soy sauce, am lead through this maze of machines, workers, and shelves upon shelves (like a library) of unclaimed "found property" (stuff that had fallen out of mail). Items included computers, cell phones clothing, tapes, etc. You name it. It was like Wal Mart.

We made it to the back corner of the warehouse, and I'm led through two airlock doors (I shit you not) into the Biohazard secure area (this was pre-9/11). There, on a stainless steel table, wrapped in plastic wrap and covered with biohazard stickers, was the tattered, moldy remains of my box. Picked it up, saved the non-perishable sealed things that I could, and threw the whole thing right into the dumpster.

Moral of the story - don't mail soy sauce. At least in a plastic bottle.

[Tatsuno]

Moral of the story - don't mail soy sauce. At least in a plastic bottle.

Hahahahahaha!!! There's a soy sauce producer named Tatsuno somewhere in Japan...I guess I'll have to keep this advice in mind! Hahahahaha...you said shoyu...

[jayfrizzo]

One of my roomates in college spent a winter in Vermont. The following summer after he was back in Florida he sent a care package back to some VT buddies: gloves one of them left in his truck, a shirt, and a bag of mushrooms stuffed in a glove, wrapped in the shirt. 3 weeks later the package wound up on our doorstep with a "return to sender" message on it. When we opened the box the bag of mushrooms was sitting on top.

We were freaking out, man.

[buckethead]

hmmm. wonder if countries that routinely open people's mail typically use that warm+fuzzy sort of language to accompany thieir intrusions.

brilliant!

[tradygirl]

Same thing happened to our stickers. Unluckily, the stickers were all mangled along with the envelope. Not one survived! Anybody got a few extra they would send our way?

[brice618]

Happened to me on a graduation card ... the money wasn't in it. When I got it. Jerks!

[freshie247]

Anyone remember Taylor Negron as the postman in Better Off Dead?Sounds like he continued his career in the Postal Service.

[steve]

yeah, the post office is obviously incapable of sending an envelope with more than 3 sheets of paper in it, even if you add up to 4 stamps for their trouble. I got one of those back - the envelope which had contained 50 stickers came back with the bottom half missing, and the stickers gone. Took 4 stamps to mail the fucking thing and all i got back was the apology note that you got.

i didn't mind doing this whole thing at all - until the PO started fucking up. that's something completely out of our control and there's nothing we can do about it, besides using padded envelopes, which I didn't spend the money on because i didn't anticipate the widespread fuckups of your fucking post office.

-steve

[sledneckripper]

Post Office security is pretty tight these days. I got a package torn apart because there was a radio clock inside of it.

[kona12]

Same thing happened to our stickers. Unluckily, the stickers were all mangled along with the envelope. Not one survived! Anybody got a few extra they would send our way?

Mine was ripped open and some damaged too but I can send a few your way. Drop me a PM and I will send some.

[rideit]

I never recieved any, I bet they are in a dumpster somewhere.
Can anyone spare 5-10?

[mtnjam]

Got my 12 with the envelope partially torn on the bottom. When I used to send B&P's for music trading I had no problem with the post office....'course that was in a padded envelope, but it suprises me that more tax forms aren't torn up by the sorting machines as those usually have 5+ pages in them.

rideit....PM me and i'll send 5 your way

[TAHOEDOWN]

Same thing here...very strange. I guess if I was the government, I would keep an eye on this group as well. Fortunately all but a few of my stickers survived. Thanks again Steve.

[jon gaper]

uv bin ona lst for a lng time

[InspectorGadget]

Same thing happened to our stickers. Unluckily, the stickers were all mangled along with the envelope. Not one survived! Anybody got a few extra they would send our way?

I will happily pay you in stickers for some White Rim trip consultation.

[rideit]

What do you want to know about the White Rim?

[Kya]

We must have gotten lots of these missing stickers! Our envelope arrived much like those described above.....but with many extras. Send me pm so we can share.

[steve]

i think i gave you a few extra because you sent me some stickers.. or were very nice.. or something.. i don't remember. (:

-steve

[powski3]

I hate the United States Postal Service. That is all.

[StuntCok]

Mine was ripped open by Japanese customs. There was an apology for doing so...