Re: Hot Toys - MMS DX 02 - TDK- BATMAN full spec and pics
So I got my DX-01 yesterday from the bay that I paid through paypal, everything is in order and the figure is fantastic!
Now the heartburn news:
I was waitng on a DX-02 from Q. It took about a week and a half for the package to arrive. When I saw "delivered" under the USPS tracking number I was surprised because I didn't get it. Turns out it was shipped to the wrong apartment. I moved a year ago to a different unit and updated my info through ebay AND paypal because everytime I've used the two my items were delivered correctly.
Back to the story: So I notice on Wednesday June 9 that it was delivered on Tuesday June 8 and thats when I noticed the transaction details with the wrong apartment. I went and knocked on the door but no one was home so I left a note saying that I believed a package was left there for me the day before and my contact info. I get a call that night from the lady in the apartment and she said that she got home Tuesday night around 10pm and saw the box in front of her door. She grabbed it and upon seeing the name was not her she took it down to the first floor and placed it on the table next to the mailboxes presumably for the rightful owner. I had gotten home on Tuesday night at around 12:30am and I didn't see any box when I got my mail. When I left her the note on Wednesday afternoon I also called the post office to let them know I hadn't received anything although my package was classified as delivered. So, back to Wednesday night: As soon as she told me over the phone what she did I realized someone has to have taken it from the table and is now keeping it. Early Thursday morning around 6:30am I posted a few signs indicating that a package was removed from the mailbox area and the owner would like it back either anonymously or in person and a reward would be offered. I also stated that the item was a gift for someone hoping that would be enough to spark the guilt trip.
The more I thought about it through out the day on Thursday I kept going back to the lady having the box since that is effectively where the trail ends. I called her last night to update her on the situation and to express my desire that the person return it whether it has been opened or not. She's been very apologetic about this and I hate to think that after speaking to me she wouldn't just place it in front of my door anonymously but alas nothing yet. Most of the residents here are much older than I am so I can't see a reason why any of them would take something belonging to someone else but there are younger people here to and some with children, The lady said the box had "...toys and collectibles" on it so maybe that was enough to peak somebody's interest.
You can all imagine how upset I am at this, I keep going to the back of the building to see if the box has been thrown out and I keep opening my door to see if its been placed there but nothing. Last night I had two seperate dreams that there was a knock on my door so you can see how crazy this is driving me. On Wednesday evening I came back home and saw a postal notice that a package was at the PO. I went Thursday morning and it was the DX-01 but the topping on the cake was when I told the clerk my situation with the other package he told me the regular truck driver that delivers parcels has been out all week and it was a different guy doing the rounds. The regular guy knows me and where I live so that explains why it wasn't left in the right place.
I don't understand why when I purchase something on ebay and pay via paypal my information is correct to a T but when I do a seperate paypal transaction away from ebay its still the old address. I know its not two different paypal accounts because I paid with some funds from ebay sales I recently did. I also dont see how a mailman can leave a parcel in front of a door without some sort of confirmed acceptance from someone else. The worst part of it all besides the obvious waste of time and money is that I doubt whomever has it understands the value of it or they may see what it is and put it in the hands of a child. They could also run a google search once they see the detail involved and see iwhat its worth which then would make them less willing to give it back. Either way my sense of trust in the people I live around has greatly diminished. I do my best to help out some of these people and my best when I find cell phones and other misplaced property and I would think karma would save me right now but that doesn't seem to be the case.
Its now Friday afternoon and the signs are still up. I haven't heard back from the post office regarding my case # or any other neighbor about it. But its got to be somewhere, each day though shows I wont be getting it back. I'll give it a few more days and then I hope I can contain myself when I make the next sign thats going to go up.
That really sucks dude.
About a year and a half ago, I started missing some packages in my apartment building. The mailman comes while I'm at work, so when he's got a package that doesn't fit in the mailbox (which is quite small, as it's a large bank of slots, one for each apartment), he just leaves it in the hallway by the stairs, near the front door, where everyone walks by.
Well, I noticed some packages never seemed to arrive from Ebay, despite the sellers claiming they had sent them. At one point, I lost an expensive collectible - a Dark Knight Joker Poker set - and that's when I decided someone must be stealing these packages after the mailman leaves them.
Turns out I was right - a few months later, I noticed a flurry of hand-written signs taped on the wall of the hallway, from other residents demanding that people stop stealing packages and asking that they return them. I guess one person had had enough and posted a sign, and someone else saw the sign and realized it was a building-wide problem and not just them, so they posted a sign, and so on.
So the problem affected all of us. Of course, the signs were gone within two days - either the landlord took them down (either because they weren't aesthetically pleasing or because he didn't want tenants and prospective tenants to become scared), or the thief felt guilty and tore them down himself.
Anyway, after I lost the Joker Poker set, I started having all packages routed to my girlfriend, since she lives in a house with roommates, not an apartment building with a lobby and a bunch of strangers. She's moving now, to an apartment building but I learned I can route packages to my workplace instead now, so I'm just going to do that.
What really bugs me is why the mailman thinks it's acceptable to leave packages on the floor like that. Leaving it in a public hallway, where plenty of strangers walk by each and every time they enter and exit the building is NOT acceptable - it's no better than leaving it on the curb of the street. If there's no office to leave it with, the US Post Office should, by policy, leave a slip asking you to schedule a redelivery or pick it up at the Post Office. But I guess some of them are too lazy and don't care enough.
I hope you get your package back - but common sense (and previous experience) suggests you won't.
Either way, I'd consider finding an alternative destination for larger packages - because even if they had left it in front of your door, and not your old apartment's door, someone could have just as easily taken it as they walk down the hallway. A friend's place, your workplace, or even a mailbox rental place - it's all better than a semi-public hallway being used as your mailbox.
