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MIButterfly

(2,147 posts)
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 04:29 PM 17 hrs ago

My friend, who lives 27 miles away from me, sent me a Christmas card

with an Arby's gift card inside around the 18th of December. I just got it today! The envelope was ripped open but the gift card was still inside. I guess whoever opened the envelope decided an Arby's gift card wasn't worth stealing. Luckily for me !

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My friend, who lives 27 miles away from me, sent me a Christmas card (Original Post) MIButterfly 17 hrs ago OP
That's funny. Thank you MIButterfly. Lucky you. debm55 17 hrs ago #1
Hope there's still $ on the card. Climate Crusader 17 hrs ago #2
LOL! Good point. I never thought of that. MIButterfly 17 hrs ago #3
I waited over three weeks for a replacement bank card progressoid 16 hrs ago #4
I was waiting for a new credit card a few months ago MIButterfly 16 hrs ago #5
Well, I guess I have to tell my story now..... lastlib 15 hrs ago #6
Whoa! That is certainly a long time. MIButterfly 14 hrs ago #7
I shipped a package on December 8 for Christmas via ground advantage Niagara 14 hrs ago #8

progressoid

(52,617 posts)
4. I waited over three weeks for a replacement bank card
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 04:50 PM
16 hrs ago

It was shipped from just 75 miles away. Every time I called the bank they said, "it should be there in two days."


DeJoy, Trump and Steiner are killing the Post Office.

MIButterfly

(2,147 posts)
5. I was waiting for a new credit card a few months ago
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 05:01 PM
16 hrs ago

and as the expiration date of my old one was getting closer, I called up the company to tell them I hadn't gotten my new card yet. It turns out they never sent it!

The funny thing was, I had gotten a number of e-mails from them reminding me to activate the new card that they never sent me!

lastlib

(27,595 posts)
6. Well, I guess I have to tell my story now.....
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:39 PM
15 hrs ago

In July 2022, (Three+ YEARS ago) I mailed an invitation to a Scout reunion to one of my former Scouts. In June of 2025--almost three years after I mailed it, it came back to me as "Undeliverable." The Louis DeJoy postal service at work........

MIButterfly

(2,147 posts)
7. Whoa! That is certainly a long time.
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:53 PM
14 hrs ago

I had two payments I sent at least five years ago to two different companies that haven't reached their recipients yet. Who knows where they are?

Yes, DeJoy and the Repubicans are doing their level best to destroy the postal service so it can be privatized and for profit only.

Niagara

(11,567 posts)
8. I shipped a package on December 8 for Christmas via ground advantage
Tue Jan 13, 2026, 07:00 PM
14 hrs ago

It should have arrived on December 13th way before Christmas. It's been in transit at the Indianapolis USPS processing plant since December 15th.

I found a sub reddit complaining about the Indianapolis USPS processing plant.


I'd been struggling online to submit a missing mail search but for whatever reason it kept failing.


Finally yesterday I was successful in submitting search. Here's hoping this helps the package arrive to it's destination.



Did your friend submit a missing mail search by any chance? The USPS has to open the packages for a missing mail search.


Years ago, my ex mailed a Christmas card to one of our children that contained a gift card and it never arrived. He submitted a missing mail search and it finally arrived at my house opened but with the Christmas card and gift card still inside. He just mailed it and only placed one stamp on the envelope. He actually needed two stamps with the weight of the gift card.


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