Originally Posted by tbomachines

Agreed, USPS is crap. Last month I ordered a nice ring for my gf for our 5 year anniversary. Nice thing with a huge topaz gem in the middle surrounded in diamonds. Shipped USPS with confirmation delivery (signed). After 2 weeks it never arrived at the sorting facility in NYC. I called up USPS and opened a claim. They told me it was the vendor's fault, and the vendor assured me they shipped the piece (small place). I went back to the vendor who took care of me and sent a new one out via UPS. Strangely, about 5 hours after I opened the claim, the package mysteriously showed up at my local post office (tracking info completely devoid of information until just that point). Funny how that works... Anyways I will NEVER ship by USPS again. This one was too much of a close call. Anyways she was happy in the end I actually have 2 rings now (the one from USPS was damaged, go figure) and I haven't had the chance to send it back yet.