USPS Crazy Happy Ending!

[joshb]

A couple, three weeks ago I bought some bullets off the Classifieds, sent payment and the box arrived broken. There were 30 some bullets still rolling around in the box. Crap!!! I notified the seller and he very graciously put my payment back in the mail to me. A bummer for both of us!
This morning, I went down to check my mailbox and found his envelope sitting under a doubled plastic bag of bullets with an apology from the Post Office printed on it! Almost all of the missing bullets were in the bag!
This is wonderful, yet perplexing!
How did they know a bunch of loose bullets were meant for me? I got the broken box a week ago, so all they had was 400 loose bullets rolling around.
My wife is a bit perturbed! She thinks that “everybody knows” that I’m the local “gun nut” and, given the current climate, government representatives will soon be knocking on the front door. She’s a bit reactionary, but she does have a point. How did they know?

The box:
A week later, the bullets:

 

[Kracken McGraw]

I’m sorry, but I find your wife’s comments a bit humorous while I’m enjoying my coffee this morning!

 

[NorCalMikie]

government representatives will soon be knocking on the front door.

Trust me. THEY know EVERYTHING!!

 

[BP1]

They were rolling around all over the place inside the vehicle and finally drove them nut’s enough to round them up and give them back..

 

[DiffEQ]

My postal delivery woman knows more about me than my kids.
Thankfully, she's a pro-2a person.

 

[jpx2rk]

It's because "they care", just like the bag says.

 

[6.5 forever]

Trust me. THEY know EVERYTHING!!

I'm in trouble then.....

 

[rwj]

Ask the local postmaster?

 

[chop house]

ok @joshb. here is how you rehabilitate your usps image:

last year i started somewhat regular contributions to the Shriner's hospital. obviously the word got around and now it is a rare day that i do not get at least 2 or 3 solicitations of some sort from the non-profits. the list is endless, it seems, with everyone having a mission to save something, from alpacas to zebras... so, in my letter carrier's eyes, i am the one of the most philanthropic people on the route. completely upstanding!

call it misdirection, call it camouflage, just don't call about car warranties....

 

[snert]

You need to hustle down to the PO. Go in visibly shaken. (taking a double dose of exlax will give you the proper pale and sweaty appearance). Demand to see the Postmaster. In your best fearful conspiritorial whisper voice tell him that you believe someone in the area is planning a overthrow of the local constabulary. Holding the evidence with a long pair of BBQ tongs, offer your proof saying that someone in his operation is trying to set you up as the fall guy.

You will confirm the suspicions of everyone in your county that you are a liberal Easterner from a coastal state and are really friends with "Brandon". Just that quick the government will dismiss you as one of their own and you are off the hook.

You can thank me later...

 

[alf]

You guys need to up your game with your packaging, and use copious amounts of strapping tape every & all directions.....

Just like Frank's Red Hot, I put that shit on everything......

 

[jdh47]

It's best to use a lot of good tape. They all are pretty abusive on packages. A long time ago I bought a little Williams 1/2" boring bar off ebay and when the Envelope it was packaged in came there was a hole in the corner and no contents.

 

[nakneker]

Josh is trying to be nice and not mention my name, I was the seller. I typically use scotch 2inch strapping tape, I buy it in bulk on EBay where you can find at a reasonable price and the stuff is indestructible. I even get complaints I use too much. In this case the Post Office quoted me 70.00+ dollars to ship bullets I sold for 160ish. The Post Office lady suggested I use a flat rate box, they were in a PO box that was smaller but not flat rate. So I transferred them over to a large flat rate box on my tailgate and packed that box with as much stuffing as I could so the bullets wouldn’t move.

Josh receives the pictured box With a couple bullets still in it. He was nice about it when he sent me the picture, I refunded him his money ASAP because it wasn’t any fault of his and thats the way I am anyways. Me and a josh have had multiple transactions and his friendship is more important than bullets or $$. The first thing I thought is I should have just taken them home and used strapping tape like Alf suggested, thats what I usually do anyways as many of you know. Lesson = don’t get impatient, take it home and do it right.

Either the PO made a note of the intended address when they had a mess on the floor and then resent it or someone’s guilty conscience got the best of them. I tend to think it was the first option, it just took them a week to get it done. Either way karma smiled on both Josh and myself and the bullets eventually arrived.

Now it’s time for my weekly motorcycle ride with the wife. We usually go grab a burger a couple hours away up high in the White a mountains of Arizona, Almost as therapeutic as reloading

edited; added pics of the short ride. 8-9500 feet, very dry, drought conditions but still scenic. Monsoons are due anytime, clouds have been gathering in the afternoons. We’ve had a few teaser sprinkles but thats it so far,

 

[joshb]

I wasn’t EVER going to “out” you! Not my style!
Just a thought for everybody: In the PO, they have tyvec envelopes for free. They don’t tear or break open. I once bought 500 pounds of bullets. They came packed in tyvec envelopes in taped Priority boxes and I didn’t lose 1 bullet!

Hmm......maybe that’s what got me on the “list”?
Another paranoid thought is that my house here in Delaware is about 3 miles from Joe’s house. Maybe I’m on a few lists?

 

[joshb]

You need to hustle down to the PO. Go in visibly shaken. (taking a double dose of exlax will give you the proper pale and sweaty appearance). Demand to see the Postmaster. In your best fearful conspiritorial whisper voice tell him that you believe someone in the area is planning a overthrow of the local constabulary. Holding the evidence with a long pair of BBQ tongs, offer your proof saying that someone in his operation is trying to set you up as the fall guy.

You will confirm the suspicions of everyone in your county that you are a liberal Easterner from a coastal state and are really friends with "Brandon". Just that quick the government will dismiss you as one of their own and you are off the hook.

You can thank me later...

But......then they’ll want my bullets as evidence! NO WAY!!

 

[sw282]

Had a somewhat different response from my local post office on a box of burst bullets.
l get a call, the postmaster in Augusta Ga saying he has ''AMMO'' scattered all over his desk from a burst box addressed to ''ME''. Sending ammunition thru the US Mail and he was going to pass this violation on to the postal inspectors. l'm a bit shaken and said, ''l will be right over''. When l get there l see this burst box of 240gr Hornady 44cal XTPs scattered all over his desk. l quickly said, ''Sir, that's NOT ammo. Those are BULLETS.'' He looks at me questioning, ''What is the difference?'' l asked for a minute. Ran out to my truck and grabbed a couple rds from my 38spcl. l set about explaining the difference between bullets and AMMO. All ended well. lt seems he was a recent transfer from the land of Pace's Picanti Sauce. ''NU YAWK CITY''

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Josh, may you always be upwind of Joe’s house!

 

[dfrosch]

Just guessing that you've gone back to Delaware for the summer? Don't think they would've found the correct owner in Texas.

 

[Markman]

I’ve used my wife’s food vacuum sealer for loose brass and bullets to keep things in a “solid state” during shipping. They can’t break loose and roll around.

 

[Rob01]

You guys need to up your game with your packaging, and use copious amounts of strapping tape every & all directions.....

Just like Frank's Red Hot, I put that shit on everything......


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100%!!!! I just sold 4 boxes of 1900 180 HAP bullets weighing 50 pounds in the large flat rate boxes and two wraps of strapping tape around the corners of the box and then a few wraps around both ways and none of them ever broke open. Strapping tape is the answer.