DC #'s.....Why?

[poker]

Originally Posted by justinphilly

LOL, can you really file a claim though? or are you just speaking of DC #, and not my post where i said insurance was useless?

I speak of DC's

Theres a reason I get a DC when shipping something. Its proof that I shipped it. If for whatever reason I am questioned as to whether I shipped it or not on the day I claimed to, I have proof I did. Its to protect me & my word more than anything else, which is why I get it.

There's an old tale of something that happened on another popular cigar board that involved a strictly cuban cigar pass. This sleazeball claimed he shipped that package but it was never recieved (the person it was to be shipped to had a very long & good reputation on that board & still does to my knowledge). When wingnut supposedly shipped it, he never got any proof as to whether he actually did or not. He claimed it must be lost and its not his fault because he swears he shipped it.
The icing on the cake was when he showed up to a herf one day weeks after this incident and in his traveldor was not his usual AVO's, Fuentes, and other NC's, but rather it was filled with Esplendidos, Bolivar Beli's, RyJ Chuchill Tubos, etc.
He was 3" shy of getting his arse whooped by 17 others that were there. Instead, he was just given a verbal beating. Needless to say, after that he and the 83 Havanas from the pass were never seen again.

[beamish]

agreed I usually get my delivery before the tracking shows.....

[ResIpsa]

Originally Posted by poker

.....The icing on the cake was when he showed up to a herf one day weeks after this incident and in his traveldor was not his usual AVO's, Fuentes, and other NC's, but rather it was filled with Esplendidos, Bolivar Beli's, RyJ Chuchill Tubos, etc.

now that's some kind of dumbass,

[poker]

Believe it or not, he was a school teacher.

[Da Klugs]

Originally Posted by rck70

Does anyone else feel like they waste there money on DC #'s? I now use click & Ship so i don't pay for them anymore, but it always seems the tracking info on www.usps.com is useless.

or is it just me?

It's just you.

Originally Posted by poker

I speak of DC's

Theres a reason I get a DC when shipping something. Its proof that I shipped it. If for whatever reason I am questioned as to whether I shipped it or not on the day I claimed to, I have proof I did. Its to protect me & my word more than anything else, which is why I get it.

There's an old tale of something that happened on another popular cigar board that involved a strictly cuban cigar pass. This sleazeball claimed he shipped that package but it was never received (the person it was to be shipped to had a very long & good reputation on that board & still does to my knowledge). When wingnut supposedly shipped it, he never got any proof as to whether he actually did or not. He claimed it must be lost and its not his fault because he swears he shipped it.
The icing on the cake was when he showed up to a herf one day weeks after this incident and in his traveldor was not his usual AVO's, Fuentes, and other NC's, but rather it was filled with Esplendidos, Bolivar Beli's, RyJ Chuchill Tubos, etc.
He was 3" shy of getting his arse whooped by 17 others that were there. Instead, he was just given a verbal beating. Needless to say, after that he and the 83 Havanas from the pass were never seen again.

Obviously with the stupid being replaced with "god like wisdom one".

Add a bit from my perspective....

Transactions here are primarily based upon trust.
Trust is created by our rules and community standards.
DC's are a form of communication and setting a standard of care as much as anything.
The post office is remarkably reliable.
Certain bad folks use "lore" about the PO to defraud.
DC's prove shipment and delivery which is consummation of transactions.

Absent DC's....

I shipped it .. the post office must have lost it.
I never got it... the post office must have lost it.

And an open door for "bad people" to defraud here would be created. And more realisiticly, without them, uncertainty and loss if trust might be created through timing and other issues.

My view is that DC's provide a cost effective means of providing a "standard of care" which is easily accessible to all and by their use very few transactions go awry due to "lost in the mail" issues. I have personally shipped approximately 1000 packages here to other members. To my knowledge, every singe one has gotten to the intended recipient.

What DC's are not ... are real time tracking as compared to some of the private services... yet. The upgrade to the USPS system to include this has been delayed several times.

[poker]

Originally Posted by Da Klugs;

... I have personally shipped approximately 1000 packages here to other members. To my knowledge, every singe one has gotten to the intended recipient.....

So where is my 4 pack of 1994's?
Got a DC#?

[Da Klugs]

Originally Posted by poker

So where is my 4 pack of 1994's?
Got a DC#?

No!

Got a cancelled check?

[poker]

I sent cash

[Da Klugs]

Originally Posted by poker

I sent cash

Got a DC?

[poker]

...and see folks? This is a prime example of how it can go bad.

[rck70]

Thanks for your input Klugs...

[tedrodgerscpa]

Originally Posted by tsolomon

... It's also provides a confirmation that a package has been shipped for trades and passes.

That's the only reason I post them. Just to let the gorilla know that it's on the way.

About the only time I check a DC for a package sent to me is if it's late.

And, as has been said many times, they are free with Click and Ship. For me, it's "DC#s...... Why not?

[pnoon]

Originally Posted by tedrodgerscpa

And, as has been said many times, they are free with Click and Ship. For me, it's "DC#s...... Why not?

[rck70]

Originally Posted by tedrodgerscpa

That's the only reason I post them. Just to let the gorilla know that it's on the way.

About the only time I check a DC for a package sent to me is if it's late.

And, as has been said many times, they are free with Click and Ship. For me, it's "DC#s...... Why not?

My original post does state that i use click and ship, so i do get a free DC #. just looking for other points of view.

Thanks for playing.

[GoodFella]

i wish i stressed to my girl more about a DC#. i just asked her to drop a box off for me the other day. my dumb self forgot to say somehting about gettign a DC#. well now i am out 10 sticks and a few of them were veary nice sticks. now i had to learn this the real hard way. MAKE SURE THAT MY GIRL GETS A DC FOR ME