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Posted By: Paul

I usually don't complain about the post office. I've had less trouble with them than UPS. But this is one for the books.

On March 26th, I sold a card on ebay. After a couple of weeks, the payment didn't arrive, so I contacted the buyer. He said his check must have been lost in the mail. He sent me a second check, I sent him the card. No big deal.

Today, more than 5 months later, his original check arrives. My address was very neatly printed on the envelope. There were no signs of the envelope having travelled to the south pole or Iraq. In fact, the envelope was in pristine gem mint condition, as if it had been sitting in a museum all this time. It was postmarked March 29th.

So, it took 5 months to deliver an envelope from Maryland to California. Maybe the long delay is explained by the great care that the post office took with this envelope.