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Hello all...... I just thought I would warn everyone sending out their bears to be very smart. Do take all precautions, insuring, delivery comfirmation, etc.
I have heard of packages getting lost in the mail but thought it would never happen to me because all these years all the bears I have mailed have arrived safely.
I just had a special one of a kind expensive bear not get to the new owner. I did insure the package and have all receipts and did everthing right EXCEPT. I wanted to save a little on shipping so did not insure to the full amount (less about $100) So, I don't know how much I will get from the PO on my claim and it will take up to 60 days they tell me. I will make the customer a new bear but it won't be the same and I feel very upset about my bear being out there in the COLD world.. and LOST!!!
HOpe this will save another bear, Janet
That is so horrible Janet and you would think that with insuring the Bear, that it would arrive at the
destination safely. Can they not track the parcel? What Country was it going to?
I sure hope that it turns up either at the intended destination or returned back to you.
Flying Fur StudiosThat is soo sad! All that work and effort and who knows where that little bear would be?? I hope everything turns up while you are trying to sort it all out.
Thanks for the advice though, I'm very bad about not getting insurance. Try to keep it cheap for my customer, but I guess it's not worth it.
Soo sorry Janet 
Patsy Lake BearsOh Janet don't say that I am waiting on Matilda getting the bear I posted off to her last week. I would have thought it should be there by now...... fingers x'ed
LuxembearsDon't give up hope yet, Janet. I have had, and heard of others, having the mail misdirect a package. It still may turn up or end up being returned to you.
It just figures, though, that the one time you insure for less...it appears lost ....at the moment.
I did have a package get lost only once...to the state right below us, Illinois. The post office was really fast about getting me a insurance check for the amount it was insured for. As long as you have your reciepts you'll be okay.
Best of luck...and give it a bit more time. Fingers crossed it will show up.
Posts: 3,540I've got my fingers crossed that its just in mail limbo... poor little bear If you've got delivery confirmation, can they track it via that number? I do hope he'll turn up for you...
Thanks gals for you thoughts about my lost bear. It does not look good because this bear was mailed in mid Dec so it has been a long time. My customer did not notify me that she did not get it until mid Jan. because of the Christmas rush, they went on a vacation etc. Anyway, I did file a claim right away and just talked personally to someone at the PO this morning to see what was going on as I had not heard anything for weeks. They can't find it and the tracking number does not show at the PO I sent it too. (it only went to the next state ..NE)
So nothing to do but wait now and I don't want to send a replacement until I have the insurance money to cover myself again.
Janet
Posts: 8,574Awww Janet,
Its an awful feeling to have one of your kiddikins go astray. I am so sorry. Hope things work out in the end. I just had a package arrive that was mailed jan 17th......So maybe there is still hope?
dilu
Posts: 3,540 Oh that is a shame! How on earth can you lose a package if its only going to the next state over??? 
Maybe the Christmas rush has it shoved in a corner....I did have that happen years back. It was quite literally a box shoved in a corner, and they managed to find it for me once the seller and I started tracking it....nothing wrong with the address or anything... so perhaps there is hope still...
Past Time BearsSooooo sorry, Janet . . . what a huge bummer! Fingers crossed that the bear shows up at some point!
