I recently sent a valuable envelope via USPS with a tracking number, but it got lost thru them. I wasn't aware of their insurance option.Is there any way or any idea how to minimize my loss?
It's never a good idea to trust the USPS with anything valuable, especially if the package is going from or to NYC...
Why do u specially stress on NYC?
Thinks like that we learn from experience. its the first time I use USPS with tracking information, and definitely the last time as well.i've used in the past UPS and FEDEX, but for this package their price was a $6 difference, so I wanted to save, but it turned out that this savings didn't take me to far with a loss of $500!!!
Yes, I never really got how they can lose your stuff and don't have to pay if you didn't buy insurance. If you pay a company to take something somewhere, and they lose it, how is there not liability?
They can do it because they are the government, and you can only sue the government when they waive sovereign immunity. The do not waive it for losing packages. This is a short case you can read about it, look at the last paragraph. http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2651391154299681978&q=817+F.Supp.+807&hl=en&as_sdt=2,14
Yep the government sucks. If you want to make back your money, order 100,000. coins from the mint...