Anyone else on here ever have our great postal service misplace a bow. Scanned into the post office on 10/7/17 and went to sorting facility. It has not been scanned anywhere since then. Estimated deliver was the 13th, so been 2 weeks past that. All I can get out of them is it may still be in transit. Hoping to get it here before an Oklahoma hunt I went on this weekend...Thanks"

Same thing here:

Looks like my wife's new stand has disappeared at the Memphis sorting facility. You would think the mail handlers would be able to afford their own hunting equipment.

Your bow could still show up, Good luck.

James

I had one that was going back and forth across the country.  Instead of priority 3 day it was 'priority two weeks'. They finally got it to me.

Try filing a claim, that's usually when they seem to find my stuff.

I don't think you can file a claim until the item is missing for 30 days. I have had them lose a Priority Mail items for several weeks.

I know what you are saying. I got a bow off the classifieds and it took my check a week and a half to get there. We already had plans to do something else but it finally showed up.If it were any other business it would go under.

QuoteOriginally posted by Ray Lyon:
I had one that was going back and forth across the country.  Instead of priority 3 day it was 'priority two weeks'. They finally got it to me.

I watched one come from Oklahoma to Des Moines then bounce from Des Moines to Minneapolis to Manly (where I live) to St. Paul to Des Moines and finally to Manly. The bar code got scuffed up somewhere along the line. Finally some enterprising soul must have realized he/she had seen it before and routed it back to Manly. The local P.O. could not explain why they sent it on to St. Paul. My name and address were clear as day, but the bar code apparently fooled them. Ain't technology wonderful? I think it's one of the reasons I prefer traditional bows...he types on his laptop computer...  

The sender (guy that put the insurance on it) must file the claim.  Can't do it for 30 days.  Out of many hundreds if not thousands I've had one get broken but none lost through USPS.

I had a part for our CNC go via UPS from Michigan to Dallas to Ft. Worth to New Jersey to Dallas to Ft. Worth and finally delivered.  Instead of 2-3 days it was 10.

Mike

Ten four he is aware and is waiting the 30 days. Just hoping it will finally get here and was wondering if others had experiences like this. Nice to know you have never had one lost and hoping this one is not...Thanks everyone!

Had a Postal Money order from Michigan to Wisconsin take 25 days Priority Mail. The bad thing was the guy shipped the bow on the day I sent the Money Order and I had it three days later. Used them all, Fed Ex, UPS and Priority Mail. They all have their issues but IMHO Priority Mail is still the best way to get something from point A to point B.

Of all the stuff I have sold and ordered, I've never had the USPS screw up.  I've had a couple things arrive with damage, BUT that was because of crappy packing by the shipper.  

Overall, I bet 99.9% of the items arrive timely and without damage...and I am not an employee of the post office or even know anyone who is.

Something to consider when you address a package in case the label gets torn,scuffed or that area is damaged where the label is placed is to always write your address and place to send on a piece of paper and place inside the package as well..If it is messed up beyond reading on the outside they may look inside to see if a note was left.Just tape or place a note inside where to ship to if lost or label damaged..
Just something I have done on a few and may help someone if that does happen..

I have had a couple of items been late from the post office.I bought a bow from a member here and sent the money order in a Priority envelope.I tracked it and it was stuck at a sorting facility for close to two weeks.It finally was delivered but the member said the envelope looked like it had been torn up and taped back together.But he finally received it,but took about 17 days.

Something as simple as 2 numbers switched in a zip code, can delay a package for days or even weeks.

QuoteOriginally posted by Blackhawk:
Of all the stuff I have sold and ordered, I've never had the USPS screw up.  I've had a couple things arrive with damage, BUT that was because of crappy packing by the shipper.  

Overall, I bet 99.9% of the items arrive timely and without damage...and I am not an employee of the post office or even know anyone who is.

2X on this post....  UPS on the other hand has screwed me up a time or two.

I haven't lost anything I shipped USPS, but I have noticed that it makes a difference which direction you send something. From Iowa to the east coast = about 3 days. From the east coast to Iowa = 6 to 8 days. Not sure why this is, but it's happened to me often enough to see a pattern. Must be because it's uphill from there     .

I'm leery of sending anything fragile or valuable via USPS. I shipped a bow to my brother-in-law. He worked from home to be sure to be there when it was delivered. No delivery. USPS says they delivered it to my brother-in-law's address and refused to pay the insurance.

in 8 years we have had 2  bows misplaced but every bow we have shipped has arrived and safe yours should turn up soon

Its getting bad for sure.Bought some Ribteks from Biathlonman in Kentucky and bought a bow from davycrockett both sent Priorty Mail same day.Took the broadheads 3 days from Kentucky to Tx and took the bow 4 days to go 70 miles.I sent Bigjim some bow limbs Priority Mail from Tx to Georgia,took 15 days.He sent them back same way only took 4 days.