NEAR YOU...not the sort center. Sometimes, the local post office can "assist" in getting the sort center to at least look -- and, yes, I would have done just that. Certainly couldn't hurt as it haas worked for me in the past.

To answer your other questions -- no, I would not have just written it off and no, I would not just say too bad if something I sent was not received. But, since I have had packages mailed through the USPS, show as being delivered (through delivery confirmation) yet the package was never received, I understand Glenn's frustration.

I hate the USPS -- they have gotten progressively worse these past few years. I would never send anything of that value using the USPS without "return receipt signature".

Steve Bedo