Man sues USPS for losing his baseball cards

championMan · Jan 20, 2012

Support the guy. I have lose several items in the past & USPS did nothing to help track back the items.
http://www.freep.com/article/20120120/N ... RONTPAGE|s

danimal · Jan 20, 2012

That guy is my new hero!

cmnkb8 · Jan 20, 2012

This isn't just an ordinary lost in the mail story though. In this case, the USPS was party in the recovery of stolen goods, as part of a federal investigation. He'll either get his cards and other stuff back, if they ever find them, or a judgement in his favor. Seriously, how do they just "lose" $329K worth of goods?

sheetskout · Jan 20, 2012

Damn. The guy had a signed 52 Mantle in there.

(But he's not going to win....contracts like the one you adhere to when utilizing UPS seem to always win.)

cmnkb8 · Jan 20, 2012

sheetskout said:
Damn. The guy had a signed 52 Mantle in there.

(But he's not going to win....contracts like the one you adhere to when utilizing UPS seem to always win.)

Did you read the story? He didn't mail the cards. Someone stole a bunch of his cards and other stuff, mailed it to themselves, and demanded a ransom. USPS intercepted the package before it got to the crook's house, then proceeded it to ship it to various locations before logging it in inventory, and has now lost it. I think he's got a good chance to win a judgement in his favor, since he technically never entered into any contract with USPS that absolves them of responsibility while his belongings were in their possession.

glewis22 · Jan 21, 2012

cmnkb8 said:
sheetskout said:

Damn. The guy had a signed 52 Mantle in there.

(But he's not going to win....contracts like the one you adhere to when utilizing UPS seem to always win.)

Click to expand...

Did you read the story? He didn't mail the cards. Someone stole a bunch of his cards and other stuff, mailed it to themselves, and demanded a ransom. USPS intercepted the package before it got to the crook's house, then proceeded it to ship it to various locations before logging it in inventory, and has now lost it. I think he's got a good chance to win a judgement in his favor, since he technically never entered into any contract with USPS that absolves them of responsibility while his belongings were in their possession.

He will lose.

Jastermereel · Jan 21, 2012

Interesting. You aren't allowed to sue the Federal Government unless they permit it.

cmnkb8 · Jan 21, 2012

Jastermereel said:
Interesting. You aren't allowed to sue the Federal Government unless they permit it.

USPS is not the federal gov't (though I'm sure they have some quasi-governmental sue-ability clause that limits liability), just an independent agency with federal oversight.

championMan · Jan 21, 2012

The guy claim he has a 1952 Mantle signed in MINT condition. How can they prove that? Is not like it was graded by PSA or JSA.

justinmandawg · Jan 21, 2012

championMan said:
The guy claim he has a 1952 Mantle signed in MINT condition. How can they prove that? Is not like it was graded by PSA or JSA.

Do you know that he cannot prove that? Do you know whether he has an independent insurance policy on the items which would have to have more than just his word? You don't know. There's obviously more to the case than we know or is written in a couple paragraphs. Don't make things so simple.

JustinVerlander35 · Jan 21, 2012

I'd be pissed to if I had a signed 52' Mantle lost in the mail.

petesahuttt · Jan 21, 2012

JustinVerlander35 said:
I'd be pissed to if I had a signed 52' Mantle lost in the mail.

This story is ridiculous, no way in hell do I believe he had those items

isotopes4 · Jan 21, 2012

justinmandawg said:
championMan said:

The guy claim he has a 1952 Mantle signed in MINT condition. How can they prove that? Is not like it was graded by PSA or JSA.

Click to expand...

Do you know that he cannot prove that? Do you know whether he has an independent insurance policy on the items which would have to have more than just his word? You don't know. There's obviously more to the case than we know or is written in a couple paragraphs. Don't make things so simple.

its right in the article....they were insured.

Strefling said Johnson's insurance carrier won't pay for the missing property because it says the postal service is responsible.

thats a hell of a lot of money for a car salesman from a ******** like detroit to tie up in baseball cards.

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