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Packages Tied Up with Strings

surfk — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:56:53 GMT

Or is that duct tape and a length of suspicious wire??

I received the weirdest package today.

It was delivered by the USPS.

And it was inside one of their sealed clear plastic sleeves stating that it was received in the condition it was delivered.

I had ZERO clue as to what was inside or who had sent it.

I had been expecting a couple of things from AMAZON but this had nothing on it identifying it at all as being either from Amazon or any business affiliated with it.

It was the size of something I had ordered. But then it could have contained really anything.

It was dark, stained in some sort of slick though dried ooze.

It reeeeally looked like something either from Amazon OR...the Uni-Bomber.

And it was MY MISSION to guess which!

Even the return name and address were nearly missing due to the threatening stain of ooze.

I almost tossed it.

Well, first, I almost called the FBI.

And then the CDC to see what I could use on my hands and lungs should I be touching or inhaling some mad man's homemade concoction.

I even cursed the United States Post Office for delivering such a device, I mean, package. Gosh, what if their mail dogs hadn't sniffed anything but there was still some sort of a deadly detonator inside???

Hey, weirder things have happened.

Then I thought: Maybe someone sent me a deadly spider and in processing, it got squooshed and now I'm handling traces of its poisonous venom...sent to me from someone clearly without concern for me.

But then, I thought, "Who would that be?"

I remain in good standing with all of my past lovers.

And I know so few South American drug lords these days.

WHO would want to see me killed by the bite of the deadly Brazilian Wandering Spider???!!!

But being a dope, I instead tried to hobble together what I could of the return label.

I then went to AMAZON and sure enough a few of the letters did match the original vendor of the item I had purchased through Amazon.

I've bought a lot of things from Amazon but this one was the weirdest, most anonymous, tainted-looking package of any I have ever seen come from them. Most of the packages are marked somewhere with something that says, "AMAZON".

Anyway, I took the dare (hey, life is short) and opened the package. Why, I wasn't blown up or anything. (Although...how long does it take for anthrax to kick in???).

In the end, sure enough it was my item.

Clear Lucite sunglasses. Made in Italy and perfect for glamor days.

And they didn't even cost me my life in my quest to be chic and cool. (Always the best part).

Re: Packages Tied Up with Strings

PatsyCline — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 23:03:13 GMT

@surfk wrote:
Or is that duct tape and a length of suspicious wire??

I received the weirdest package today.

It was delivered by the USPS.

And it was inside one of their sealed clear plastic sleeves stating that it was received in the condition it was delivered.

I had ZERO clue as to what was inside or who had sent it.

I had been expecting a couple of things from AMAZON but this had nothing on it identifying it at all as being either from Amazon or any business affiliated with it.

It was the size of something I had ordered. But then it could have contained really anything.

It was dark, stained in some sort of slick though dried ooze.

It reeeeally looked like something either from Amazon OR...the Uni-Bomber.

And it was MY MISSION to guess which!

Even the return name and address were nearly missing due to the threatening stain of ooze.

I almost tossed it.

Well, first, I almost called the FBI.

And then the CDC to see what I could use on my hands and lungs should I be touching or inhaling some mad man's homemade concoction.

I even cursed the United States Post Office for delivering such a device, I mean, package. Gosh, what if their mail dogs hadn't sniffed anything but there was still some sort of a deadly detonator inside???

Hey, weirder things have happened.

Then I thought: Maybe someone sent me a deadly spider and in processing, it got squooshed and now I'm handling traces of its poisonous venom...sent to me from someone clearly without concern for me.

But then, I thought, "Who would that be?"

I remain in good standing with all of my past lovers.

And I know so few South American drug lords these days.

WHO would want to see me killed by the bite of the deadly Brazilian Wandering Spider???!!!

But being a dope, I instead tried to hobble together what I could of the return label.

I then went to AMAZON and sure enough a few of the letters did match the original vendor of the item I had purchased through Amazon.

I've bought a lot of things from Amazon but this one was the weirdest, most anonymous, tainted-looking package of any I have ever seen come from them. Most of the packages are marked somewhere with something that says, "AMAZON".

Anyway, I took the dare (hey, life is short) and opened the package. Why, I wasn't blown up or anything. (Although...how long does it take for anthrax to kick in???).

In the end, sure enough it was my item.

Clear Lucite sunglasses. Made in Italy and perfect for glamor days.

And they didn't even cost me my life in my quest to be chic and cool. (Always the best part).

Fun!!!! I hope you enjoy your new sunglasses!!:-)

Re: Packages Tied Up with Strings

MyGirlsMom — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 23:06:05 GMT

I've received packages similar to what you've described. They originated out of the country and was the handy work of U.S, Customs. Sometimes they re wrap the package nicely , while other times thy were taped up so tight, you couldn't open them.

Re: Packages Tied Up with Strings

betteb — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 23:10:36 GMT

Too strange and too funny surfk. So this must have been an Amazon vendor and not something that says, "Sold by XX and fulfilled by Amazon?"

I stick to Amazon or fulfilled by, 'cause I'm a big chicken.

Re: Packages Tied Up with Strings

GingerPeach — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 00:28:22 GMT

Now there's a story to share with your co-workers, colleagues, friends in Italy! Such tension, such drama, and a grand resolution. Mah-ve-lous!

My USPS story today is just annoying and, so far, has no happy ending. :-(

The QVC tracking said my package was put into my mailbox today. I checked. No package.

Once in a while, mail for my address goes to a home a few streets over. That street starts with the same letter of the alphabet as my street and the house number is identical.

I drove to that home but the fellow who lives there said no package came. (He is a computer-geek type so would not be interested in the Susan Graver multi-chain tassel necklace I was expecting.)

I am leaving a note, written in large letters with a Sharpie, to leave in the mailbox for the mail carrier tomorrow. I already wrote the note but if anyone has any suggestions on wording, I'd love to hear them.

Re: Packages Tied Up with Strings

VioletEyes — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 01:17:36 GMT

I really enjoyed your thread, SurfK and I am happy to see you back. You would be greatly missed by many of us.

Enjoy your new sunglasses. You lifted my mood this evening and thanks!

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Justice4all — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 01:28:59 GMT

'Neither rain nor snow nor heat nor gloom nor ricin....'

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sailor_moon — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 01:53:17 GMT

@GingerPeach wrote:
Now there's a story to share with your co-workers, colleagues, friends in Italy! Such tension, such drama, and a grand resolution. Mah-ve-lous!

My USPS story today is just annoying and, so far, has no happy ending. :-(

The QVC tracking said my package was put into my mailbox today. I checked. No package.

Once in a while, mail for my address goes to a home a few streets over. That street starts with the same letter of the alphabet as my street and the house number is identical.

I drove to that home but the fellow who lives there said no package came. (He is a computer-geek type so would not be interested in the Susan Graver multi-chain tassel necklace I was expecting.)

I am leaving a note, written in large letters with a Sharpie, to leave in the mailbox for the mail carrier tomorrow. I already wrote the note but if anyone has any suggestions on wording, I'd love to hear them.

If your mail carrier is a guy, politely inform him to deliver your package before you kick him in his.

Re: Packages Tied Up with Strings

homedecor1 — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 01:57:24 GMT

Well I'm still MAD at post office!!! I very carefully packaged 6 un-used Bath & Body works candles to send to my niece. When I say enough bubble wrap, cardboard, stuffing to pack 4 boxes. Marked the box Fragile/glass even the clerk marked it! Then I sent priority mail because it gets special handling to the tune of $26.90! Really????

every one of them was shattered!!! I don't know if they dropped it from a building but there is no way they should have broke!

now I tell her the box is full of broken glass to toss it! I go to PO with my receipt w/insurance -- the claims dept wants to know if I have the original box and contents!!!! What!!!!

then claims decides pics would be OK...then they deny my claim as "not responsible for any glass items!" Gotta love the postal system😁😁😁😁

Re: Packages Tied Up with Strings

GingerPeach — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 02:07:18 GMT

@sailor moon wrote:
@GingerPeach wrote:
I already wrote the note but if anyone has any suggestions on wording, I'd love to hear them.
If your mail carrier is a guy, politely inform him to deliver your package before you kick him in his.

@sailor_moon

Can you come over and speak to him for me?

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onewhiteSparrow — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 02:17:51 GMT

surfk, Cute story.... wild mind you have. LOL

Re: Packages Tied Up with Strings

KarenQVC — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 03:34:22 GMT

Gosh--the drama. But, then I remember I would have practically nothing if I didn't shop online.

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homedecor1 — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 03:42:59 GMT

Surfk: I love when things go wrong and we can have a sense of humor! Great story!

I recently refilled a mail order subscription (5 back pain patches 5x5") a few days later this huge styrofoam box came NO return address just stamped perishable!

it was around my hubby's bday he was so excited he opened it thinking he got the Lobstergram kit again -- so disappointed 5 back packages with dry ice packet! I'd say he was excited because we've been married 38 years and he's never opened even junk mail addressed to me!!

That nite it was hot dogs and beans for him!!

Re: Packages Tied Up with Strings

surfk — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 18:04:41 GMT

@MyGirlsMom wrote:
I've received packages similar to what you've described. They originated out of the country and was the handy work of U.S, Customs. Sometimes they re wrap the package nicely , while other times thy were taped up so tight, you couldn't open them.

You wonder how people can work Customs and crank out packages more suspicious-looking than when they stopped them at the border. lol

Re: Packages Tied Up with Strings

surfk — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 18:11:20 GMT

@betteb wrote:
Too strange and too funny surfk. So this must have been an Amazon vendor and not something that says, "Sold by XX and fulfilled by Amazon?"

I stick to Amazon or fulfilled by, 'cause I'm a big chicken.

I don't know. I didn't think I ordered anything in any weirder manner than usual. But whoknows. They may have sent these glasses from the factory direct...or maybe off a dead guy in Italy.

That's the excitement of ordering through Amazon sometimes. You can watch CNN one night and maybe get to see your "new" sunglasses on the face of some mob informant just before s/he was hit by the Nostra Nostra. lol

I should pay more attention to the descriptions on Amazon: "Like new! Barely any forensic evidence remains on these high fashion lenses..."

And that's why I usually shy away from Ebay.

"Bid on this solid 14k gold necklace...worn only once by a drug dealer before being hit in drive-by".

Re: Packages Tied Up with Strings

surfk — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 22:31:13 GMT

@GingerPeach wrote:
Now there's a story to share with your co-workers, colleagues, friends in Italy! Such tension, such drama, and a grand resolution. Mah-ve-lous!

My USPS story today is just annoying and, so far, has no happy ending. :-(

The QVC tracking said my package was put into my mailbox today. I checked. No package.

Once in a while, mail for my address goes to a home a few streets over. That street starts with the same letter of the alphabet as my street and the house number is identical.

I drove to that home but the fellow who lives there said no package came. (He is a computer-geek type so would not be interested in the Susan Graver multi-chain tassel necklace I was expecting.)

I am leaving a note, written in large letters with a Sharpie, to leave in the mailbox for the mail carrier tomorrow. I already wrote the note but if anyone has any suggestions on wording, I'd love to hear them.

"Please locate my USPS-tracked package which you delivered to the wrong address. You very well may have been the cause of my recent stroke since the item enclosed had been life-saving drugs. Thank you for your continued attention to detail."

Re: Packages Tied Up with Strings

surfk — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 18:22:34 GMT

@Jackaranda wrote:
So this isn't a Julie Andrews sing a long thread?

If only!!

Although...come to think of it, someone could always write a revised Sound of Music song which includes the United States Post Office in the lyrics.

Like in the instance of my experience:

What will this day be like? I wonder.
What will my future be? I wonder.
It could be so exciting to be out in the world, to be free
My heart should be wildly rejoicing
Oh, what's the matter with me?

I've always longed for adventure
To do the things I've never dared
And here I'm facing adventure
Then why am I so scared

A USPS package with duct tape and wires.
What's so fearsome about that?

Oh, I must stop these doubts, all these worries
If I don't I just know I'll turn back
I must dream of the things I am seeking
I am seeking the courage I lack...

...to open this USPS package.

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surfk — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 18:23:46 GMT

@Justice4all wrote:
'Neither rain nor snow nor heat nor gloom nor ricin....'

Too funny.

Re: Packages Tied Up with Strings

surfk — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 18:29:12 GMT

@homedecor1 wrote:
Well I'm still MAD at post office!!! I very carefully packaged 6 un-used Bath & Body works candles to send to my niece. When I say enough bubble wrap, cardboard, stuffing to pack 4 boxes. Marked the box Fragile/glass even the clerk marked it! Then I sent priority mail because it gets special handling to the tune of $26.90! Really????

every one of them was shattered!!! I don't know if they dropped it from a building but there is no way they should have broke!
now I tell her the box is full of broken glass to toss it! I go to PO with my receipt w/insurance -- the claims dept wants to know if I have the original box and contents!!!! What!!!!

then claims decides pics would be OK...then they deny my claim as "not responsible for any glass items!" Gotta love the postal system😁😁😁😁

I swear, sometimes, when they see FRAGILE on the box, people go ape crazy on it.

Its like an invitation for some people to play hacky sack with one's package.

I had one parcel marked "Fragile" by the sender which I SAW the delivery guy throw over my wall into a rose bush.

It was like I was in a cartoon. I'm out there, minding my own business, sniffing all the pretty flowers when suddenly, over the wall comes this missile.

And again, of course, it had "Fragile" tags all over it.

Makes me wonder if people are passive agrressive or just don't have a grip of the language as to even know what the word means.

Fragile and No Soliciting are cousins in that way. lol