Created Sat 9th May 2009 3:04am PST by 
blacksoapman
blacksoapman 
Will Pedro win his appeal against the USPS for his laptops?
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Background:
Background: The US Postal Service lost five new Lenovo laptops that Pedro's friend bought and shipped to him. Pedro expected that this might happen, so he wisely insured the package for $3,000. After stalling for about two months, USPS finally agreed to pay his insurance claim, but reduced the payment, claiming his merchandise was only worth $74.
Pedro writes:
In February I had a friend in Orlando ship me a large box of 5 brand-new Lenovo R500's I had him pick up for me. He insured the shipment for $3,000 and sent it parcel-post to me in San Diego. They told us a delivery time of 7-9 days would be an approximate timeframe, which came and went without a package in sight. All the while I'm tracking the package and its status was never changed from: PACKAGE ACCEPTED ORLANDO, FL. I called several times before the 7-9 days and was only told to wait the 7-9 days. After 9 days had passed I was told it could take up to 14 days. I spoke to several agents at the 800-ASK-USPS number, my local post office and the Orlando, FL post office and got different information from every single place. After 21 days my friend was allowed to fill out an insurance claim, which he did, which was supposed to be processed immediately, yet took another week to be sent from the Orlando PO to their insurance department. Another four weeks later we received the gift of the attached letter stating that they decided to award us $112.14 of the $3,000 we insured the package for. We're in the process of appealing but I'm appalled at the $112.14 price-tag for my lost computers. It's unreal.Pedro included scans of the receipt showing he bought $3,000 worth of insurance on the package, as well as the letter from USPS offering him $74 for the package and $38.14 for postage.http://consumerist.com/5244568/usps-your-five-new-insured-laptops-that-we-lost-are-worth-74
Pedro writes:
In February I had a friend in Orlando ship me a large box of 5 brand-new Lenovo R500's I had him pick up for me. He insured the shipment for $3,000 and sent it parcel-post to me in San Diego. They told us a delivery time of 7-9 days would be an approximate timeframe, which came and went without a package in sight. All the while I'm tracking the package and its status was never changed from: PACKAGE ACCEPTED ORLANDO, FL. I called several times before the 7-9 days and was only told to wait the 7-9 days. After 9 days had passed I was told it could take up to 14 days. I spoke to several agents at the 800-ASK-USPS number, my local post office and the Orlando, FL post office and got different information from every single place. After 21 days my friend was allowed to fill out an insurance claim, which he did, which was supposed to be processed immediately, yet took another week to be sent from the Orlando PO to their insurance department. Another four weeks later we received the gift of the attached letter stating that they decided to award us $112.14 of the $3,000 we insured the package for. We're in the process of appealing but I'm appalled at the $112.14 price-tag for my lost computers. It's unreal.Pedro included scans of the receipt showing he bought $3,000 worth of insurance on the package, as well as the letter from USPS offering him $74 for the package and $38.14 for postage.http://consumerist.com/5244568/usps-your-five-new-insured-laptops-that-we-lost-are-worth-74
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Settled as no news by settlement date on Sun 22nd Nov 2009 3:59am PST
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Suspend date: Fri 9th Oct 2009 7:59am PST
Settlement date: Sun 22nd Nov 2009 3:59am PST
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Initial likelihoods: win appeal: 10%, lose appeal: 40%, no news by settlement date: 50%
Action history:
Created Sat 9th May 2009 3:04am PST by blacksoapman
blacksoapman
Suspended Fri 9th Oct 2009 7:59am PST : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Sat 21st Nov 2009 9:20pm PST by 
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: This question was suspended on October 9th. Was any information known by settlement date? Can this question be settled at this time? Many Thanks.
randburg: This question was suspended on October 9th. Was any information known by settlement date? Can this question be settled at this time? Many Thanks.
Settled as 'no news by settlement date' Sun 22nd Nov 2009 3:59am PST by 
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Suspend date: Fri 9th Oct 2009 7:59am PST
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predicted no news by settlement date (H$1,000 at 98%)
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