posted July 24, 2000 02:16 PM            

I looked at the paper he gave me and noticed that the "signature required" was not checked, I saw him across the street and approached him, i told him that it may belong to the tenent living in my house and that he might be expecting a package, i also showed him that the signature wasn't required, He responded by telling me that A signature was required otherwise my tenent can pick it up at the post office at his leasure. Even after showing him that the signature wasn't required he still wouldn't give it to me. NOthing seemed weird, he was my regular mail man and i didn't notice any strange cars however i would never sign for anything.

posted July 24, 2000 02:23 PM            

I should have signed and gave it to my girlfriend and told her to get the hell out of here, that way if they come knocking on my door and search, they'll find nothing. she would have been long gone

posted July 25, 2000 08:57 AM            

Dexter

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posted July 25, 2000 11:39 AM            

I do agree that his postman is a damn jackass though, and that isn't the first time I have heard of them requiring a signature for something that really doesn't need it. unless it was express mail...

good post ARISTIMUQO!!

posted July 25, 2000 11:41 AM            

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posted July 25, 2000 02:44 PM            

Chef

posted July 26, 2000 12:31 AM            

Another detail about my situation is concerning the time frame involved. I ordered it about 10 days ago internationally. Considering it was international, thats relatively quick. I think that it would have taken alot of effort by the government to set up a sting operation in that short amount of time.

As you can see i'm obviously justifying and rationalizing reasons to sign but i don't care!

Swollen, i approaced him a second time after he tried to deliver it. I told him that it was likely a package belonging to my tenent. he said " do you want to sign for it then" when i declined i expained that i didn't want to be responcible for anyone else's mail. He just smiled. I showed him the card and told him that i didn't have to sign, he just replied by saying that i did. It was pretty much like beating a dead horse. ya know. Also due to the contents of the package i didn't want any unnecessary attention.

posted July 26, 2000 08:22 AM            

It is not typical of post offices to require signature on an ordinary overseas parcel post package -- but it is not extraordinary, either. I wonder what goes through the minds of these people in the post offices. Maybe they don't have experience in receiving international packages and just want to cover their asses.

I am beginning to think that this "don't sign" thing has been blown way out of proportion and fed by the relatively tiny percent of people who've gotten stung. Go ahead, flame me.

If one wants more surety in package delivery, I suggest going with a domestic source, even if it's more expensive generally. There are tradeoffs, however. I surely wouldn't want to be the client of a domestic source who got busted -- and that happens more often than individual users getting stung, I'm sure. If one wants generally lower prices, good customer service, and can stand a few week's transit period for packages, I would suggest going with an overseas source.

If the package arrived in an unusually short period of time, I agree with Pete; it would be pretty amazing for the Feds to mount a sting.

I'll repeat my earlier suggestion: Sign for the package.

Dexter

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Strength and Honor.

posted July 26, 2000 12:51 PM            

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