I wanted to give a big Thank You to stitchgrl434 for RAKing her 50th anniversary pin. Unfortunately, while en route, someone felt they deserved it, tore it out of the envelope and kept it. :(
since the post office is s l o w l y going under, all the postpeoples are starting to adopt pirate mentalities. so unfortunate. - littleoysterz
210.4 #1485 12:08PM
This was probably not a malicious mailman. The machinery that the post office uses for processing envelops can often get hung up on bulky items. If an envelope is not consistent in thickness (ie. a pin/bottlcap/etc is in it) it can get hung up on the machine, and since the machine is, well a machine, the envelope rips instead of pushing the item through. All pins should be mailed in a padded mailer or similar to prevent this. Here is a link to some more information. http://pe.usps.com/businessmail101/mailcharacteristics/mailpieceShape.htm
Either way, sorry about your loss! - DisneylandDreamin
361.6 #385 1:39PM
I'm so sorry!! That's awful! - RCmom
2589.9 #20 12:10PM
Ok, judging by the picture, I really do think in this case that it just ripped open an fell out. Doesn't mean that someone didn't decide to pocket it after the fact, but I do believe that it was not deliberate. - bluefairy
627.1 #174 1:40PM
WOW!!! That is horrible! I'm so sorry! - bugsmom1208
211.1 #1471 12:07PM
I've had this happen to me with a flash drive. It was in a padded envelope. So sorry it happened to you. - PanFan
13.5 #5920 1:17PM
That sucks I had a ring taken from me that was very special so I can relate! - mrssumr 64.1 #3506 1:27PM
That's so mean and wrong - drktink
26.8 #4538 1:29PM
What the!!!! That is so wrong! I'm so sorry that happened to you! - sarahpie
275.3 #775 1:31PM
You have to be sneaky when you mail anything anymore, unfortunately a lot of post offices contract out for employees who have no regard for the law! - akpoppins
243.3 #1069 1:35PM
This recently happened to my hubby. He won a guitar pick from one of his fave bands on EBay, the Post Office took forever to process it, when it finally came to him they had taken the pick and given him some fishing lure instead - TinkerBelleMC
19.0 #5165 1:41PM