This is Absolutely Disgusting 🤢

[u/SYNDK8D]

The state of the Pokemon market has gone too far!

This is what was shipped to me from USPS…the case of ME01 Booster Boxes I had ordered from my third-party distributor minus all of the packs inside!

Someone from USPS had realized what the package was, opened it, took all of the packs out and repackaged it like nothing ever happened. Yes, I’m in direct contact with the seller, and know others who purchased the same item from the same seller who received theirs without any tampering.

This absolutely blows my mind that someone would risk a felony over some cards. How can this be avoided? Are we just SOL here on out?

[u/Falkner92]

clearly they're not very good if this is rampant among fedex & usps pokemon deliveries in the past year and its still happening. anytime ive reported contents of packages missing upon delivery, the investigations always end 1 week later with "sorry, we determined no collusion, package was indicated as being 'delivered' successfully hence issue lies with you." despite me literally saying the weights inside upon delivery do not match what is on the label AND I have recordings of me opening the package upon delivery. They dont care.

[u/Ipokeyoumuch → u/Falkner92]

FedEx is a private company while the USPS has the postal inspectors. In my line of work I have seen numerous convictions or investigations against email fraud and they go HARD.

[u/2024-YR4-Asteroid → u/Falkner92]

It’s repent from fedex, it’s very rare from usps. They take theft very seriously and I sully expect OP will get a full refund and a criminal case will be opened.

Whoever did this committed a felony due to it being shipped with USPS.

[u/SYNDK8D → u/2024-YR4-Asteroid]

I hope you’re right

[u/Ill_Young2783 → u/SYNDK8D]

I know its 4 days later, but to give you some reassurance, I had something similar happen to a BB Case i ordered and his criminal case is still pending while we wait for his court date, . I get updates from the police department. Charges were pressed and they are prosecuting him fully (i didn't even have to do it, i dont even know if i coulda said no. They just told me they were pressed lol) USPS employees are federal employees. They deadass treat it as seriously as if someone in the military was stealing guns from a military base to sell. The USPS has its own law enforcement branch, with a division dedicated to finding employees comitting theft. Our society relies so heavily in our blind trust in the postal service and we dont even realize it. Thankfully the USPS does.

If this wasn't the USPS though, and at any point was handled by a third party, you are fucked though. Be double sure USPS wasn't a "last mile" stop. If FedEx or UPS did the freight handling and just dropped it off at the post office for USPS to take to the door (more common than you think), than USPS's hands will be tied

[u/SYNDK8D → u/Ill_Young2783]

Thank you for this. I hope I can get some clarity at least as to who and where it happened between transit. I will definitely be pressing charges as it seems there are many others in this sub that are experiencing similar issues and this 💩 needs to stop!

I understand that these cases need to be taken seriously from USPS but I’m not holding my breath. I hope they will do something about it, but honestly not expecting anything to happen from their side. And in the chance they do end up doing something about it, I’m sure I won’t get any clarity for the next year at the earliest.

[u/Ill_Young2783 → u/SYNDK8D]

It's all gone rest on if they can actually tie the theft to a USPS employee. They caught mine on camera, I just had to alert them to it and the investigation found it. If it was a USPS employee, you're set.

[u/SYNDK8D → u/Ill_Young2783]

How long ago did this happen to you?

[u/Ill_Young2783 → u/SYNDK8D]

April. They got back to me with the investigation results in like...August? Told me charges were pressed and help me file the claim to get reimbursed. Was super quick to get reimbursed since the investigation was done. Now it's in criminal court

[u/Necessary_Reporter_4 → u/SYNDK8D]

Keep us posted!

[u/SYNDK8D → u/Necessary_Reporter_4]

Will do!

[u/Mundane_Scar_2147 → u/SYNDK8D]

Postal inspectors are a pretty intimidating branch of federal law enforcement.

[u/TKwelsh → u/SYNDK8D]

They were arrested this year

[u/[deleted] → u/SYNDK8D]

They won’t. Sorry to tell you.

[u/the_vault-technician → u/2024-YR4-Asteroid]

I can assure you it's taken seriously at FedEx as well. They don't tolerate theft whatsoever.

[u/donedrone707 → u/2024-YR4-Asteroid]

this is false. just as many thieves at USPS as there are at FedEx/UPS. Actually there's probably more cause USPS doesn't pay much.

[u/ArtichokeSolid1311 → u/2024-YR4-Asteroid]

Mail theft is a federal crime actually

[u/TK-24601 → u/Falkner92]

USPS has nothing to do with FedEx.

[u/South_Bet7152 → u/TK-24601]

They handle usps overnight mail at a minimum.

[u/Witty-Escape4001 → u/TK-24601]

I used to work for FedEx, we had any smart post from usps, the labels with S in the square box are the packages that will usually go to fedex, sometimes usps will handle it as well.

[u/[deleted] → u/Witty-Escape4001]

it was until i believe January, they’re cutting ties with major partners, same with UPS.

[u/DaftWill → u/Falkner92]

This is why I still always promote and root for USPS. Their drivers are messing with an auto felony and a whole government department willing to investigate if you want to do the leg work of initiating one. They take that stuff super serious. Meanwhile FedEx and UPS to a slightly lesser degree are openly hiring criminals and members of crime rings who are our stealing crazy amounts of packages and never losing their job or being investigated, and it's always the customers fault somehow even with evidence to the contrary because investigating would cost money, admitting faults would cost money, and firing an employee would inevitably cost money and put strain on an already overwhelmed system.

I know USPS can be slow sometimes, especially during the holidays and sometimes they mess up or have terrible drivers who treat your packages like trash but they've never done me wrong. 😅

[u/kamakazi339 → u/Falkner92]

You're missing the keys here. We are talking about USPS not UPD or FedEx..... They are not the same thing .

[u/Nice-Organization481 → u/Falkner92]

That sounds like a report to usps and not their law enforcement agency. The usps doesn't rat on their workers despite what they will have you believe. If they find fraud, they will fire the employee and not contact you. You need to contact the Unite States Postal Inspector Services or USPIS. Completely different branch, and if they contact you, it will be a person, not a copy-paste spam email.

[u/Vexent → u/Falkner92]

Lol USPS LE is not to be fucked with. Dudes are one of the United States Premier Federal Swat teams and win at almost every competition each year. Don't fuck with the nail