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Oh, Marijke, I'm sorry this happened. I'll keep my fingers crossed that
the PO finds the quilt. Keep in mind that delayed/lost have been reported to show up. This is a good reminder for the rest of us to spend that little extra time and expense on shipping our treasured gifts. I've always felt a bit paranoid when it comes time to ship a quilt (and since I don't finish a quilt that often, I'm a mess when it's traveling), so I have tended to go a bit overboard, using one of the big name commercial companies for the task (and even packing the quilt as if it would be traveling under water). All the big guys now have slower delivery services that are more cost-effective than overnight, along with online tracking of the package and requiring a signature upon delivery, so ask about the options. -- KCK ( in Texas) Take out the DOG before sending email Website: http://kckintz.home.att.net/ "Marijke" wrote in message .. . I'm so upset! I made a hug quilt for someone in a site I'm active in. The post office lost it. No, it wasn't insured. No tracking. I know. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Anyway, it's no good to anyone else but the intended recipient but just in case it does turn up somewhere, I posted photos of the blocks and the finished quilt at http://photos.yahoo.com/sesesi, just click on cockatoo's hug quilt to see them :-(((( Marijke, in Montreal - where the postal system has lost more of her things than she can even remember. |
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You have to watch it though. Those guys in the brown shorts
have tracking all right. We tracked some computer parts all over the country then the pkg. went into one of their stops and never came out! In the US there are large PO's that have all the lost or damaged stuff in a big room you can try to find your stuff in. ( I guess they are regional. My DS went through the one in San DIego looking for some lost photos. She said it was really sad. There were whole photo albums (weddings and such) and lots of things (probably like your hug) that were really going to be missed. Keeping my fingers crossed for you. Taria KCK wrote: Oh, Marijke, I'm sorry this happened. I'll keep my fingers crossed that the PO finds the quilt. Keep in mind that delayed/lost have been reported to show up. This is a good reminder for the rest of us to spend that little extra time and expense on shipping our treasured gifts. I've always felt a bit paranoid when it comes time to ship a quilt (and since I don't finish a quilt that often, I'm a mess when it's traveling), so I have tended to go a bit overboard, using one of the big name commercial companies for the task (and even packing the quilt as if it would be traveling under water). All the big guys now have slower delivery services that are more cost-effective than overnight, along with online tracking of the package and requiring a signature upon delivery, so ask about the options. -- KCK ( in Texas) Take out the DOG before sending email Website: http://kckintz.home.att.net/ "Marijke" wrote in message .. . I'm so upset! I made a hug quilt for someone in a site I'm active in. The post office lost it. No, it wasn't insured. No tracking. I know. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Anyway, it's no good to anyone else but the intended recipient but just in case it does turn up somewhere, I posted photos of the blocks and the finished quilt at http://photos.yahoo.com/sesesi, just click on cockatoo's hug quilt to see them :-(((( Marijke, in Montreal - where the postal system has lost more of her things than she can even remember. -- Please visit my web page at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/taria/index.htm See my Siberian Cat, Lilly, at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/lillypage/lillycat.htm |
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I wasn't going to name names before, but Taria, you've reminded of why I
only use FedEx to ship anything really important to me, like a quilt. Having worked in an office over the years, I have noted, all too well, how the various companies and agencies treat packages. Oh, I think Airborne does a good job too, but FedEx beat them to the punch in getting all the shipping on the personal computer and has many more places to drop off the packages. I pay for 2nd day air and hope for a clerk that will just weigh the package instead of plugging the measurements of my own box into the computer. -- KCK ( in Texas) Take out the DOG before sending email Website: http://kckintz.home.att.net/ "taria" wrote in message ... You have to watch it though. Those guys in the brown shorts have tracking all right. We tracked some computer parts all over the country then the pkg. went into one of their stops and never came out! In the US there are large PO's that have all the lost or damaged stuff in a big room you can try to find your stuff in. ( I guess they are regional. My DS went through the one in San DIego looking for some lost photos. She said it was really sad. There were whole photo albums (weddings and such) and lots of things (probably like your hug) that were really going to be missed. Keeping my fingers crossed for you. Taria KCK wrote: Oh, Marijke, I'm sorry this happened. I'll keep my fingers crossed that the PO finds the quilt. Keep in mind that delayed/lost have been reported to show up. This is a good reminder for the rest of us to spend that little extra time and expense on shipping our treasured gifts. I've always felt a bit paranoid when it comes time to ship a quilt (and since I don't finish a quilt that often, I'm a mess when it's traveling), so I have tended to go a bit overboard, using one of the big name commercial companies for the task (and even packing the quilt as if it would be traveling under water). All the big guys now have slower delivery services that are more cost-effective than overnight, along with online tracking of the package and requiring a signature upon delivery, so ask about the options. -- KCK ( in Texas) Take out the DOG before sending email Website: http://kckintz.home.att.net/ "Marijke" wrote in message .. . I'm so upset! I made a hug quilt for someone in a site I'm active in. The post office lost it. No, it wasn't insured. No tracking. I know. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Anyway, it's no good to anyone else but the intended recipient but just in case it does turn up somewhere, I posted photos of the blocks and the finished quilt at http://photos.yahoo.com/sesesi, just click on cockatoo's hug quilt to see them :-(((( Marijke, in Montreal - where the postal system has lost more of her things than she can even remember. -- Please visit my web page at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/taria/index.htm See my Siberian Cat, Lilly, at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/lillypage/lillycat.htm |
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I'm so sorry to hear they lost your quilt. I'm so paranoid about them
loosing things that I always insure my parcels. It really is cheap at $1 for $100 insurance. -- Cheri On Vancouver Island, Canada http://community.webshots.com/album/37734846yfGJnU http://community.webshots.com/album/61509381aKArQw "Marijke" wrote in message .. . I'm so upset! I made a hug quilt for someone in a site I'm active in. The post office lost it. No, it wasn't insured. No tracking. I know. Stupid, stupid, stupid. Anyway, it's no good to anyone else but the intended recipient but just in case it does turn up somewhere, I posted photos of the blocks and the finished quilt at http://photos.yahoo.com/sesesi, just click on cockatoo's hug quilt to see them :-(((( Marijke, in Montreal - where the postal system has lost more of her things than she can even remember. |
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