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I have a book I sent in April: USPS DC#: XXXXXX
I took out the confirmation numbers and the actual final delivery for privacy. I have that standard notice not to contact the team until May 7. Do I have to contact the team or will they just declare it lost? When it's declared lost is my credit taken away? I should know and I'm not sure. I haven't PM'd the receiver or done anything but anguise over what happened to the book. It was a heavily WL'd book and I just hate the thought that it's lost somewhere. I know that things happen and people have lives I think that's why I've left it alone. I also realize someone may be happily reading the book thinking that was very nice of me to send them a free book. I mean someone other than the original requester. Thanks everyone. |
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You don't have to do anything. It will automatically be marked lost. If you used PBS DC, you will not lose your credit. After it is declared lost, I don't see a problem with contacting the member. It's possible that he or she may have just forgot to mark it rcvd. Or it could have been misdelivered, etc. Help center: If a book you sent is declared Lost in the Mail at PBS:
If you sent the book with Delivery Confirmation and it has been recorded as delivered by USPS but hasn't been marked received yet:
Last Edited on: 5/3/09 12:26 PM ET - Total times edited: 2 |
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Hi Geri, I have been waiting for a book for some time (mailed on April 7th). The little truck has been indicating that the book arrived at its destination. Yet, nothing has arrived. Its not going to be declared lost for awhile but, PBS sent me a reminder note asking me to mark it received if I did get it or to ignore the email and wait if I have not. Just wanted to let you know that the recipient of your book should be getting some notification from PBS (as I did). I have to say there is a part of me that wants the sender to know that I am not just sitting on the book without responding. If they sent me a note inquiring, I would welcome the dialog. Susan |
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I have one showing delivery in Jan and I still don't have the book. If you used PBS DC then you will keep your credit. |
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Thanks! I wasn't sure about the credit. Susan, yes, I've had the same thing. A book just took it's sweet time getting to me. I actually got it the day it was going to be declared lost. I didn't want to be one of those people nagging at the requestor before the book got to them. But, according to the little truck and it's destination codes the book as delivered. Of course who it got delivered to is another matter. I'll hang and PM after the 7th. |
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I had a book that I had mailed and it wasn't quite time to contact PBS ... but I did send a PM to the buyer asking if it had arrived because I was concerned about them getting it. By the next day, the person receiving it marked it received and sent me a PM apologizing for the delay in marking it. It was just an oversight to mark it received....So a nice PM might be in order. IT is a busy world, and we do forget sometimes..<smile> |
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Henri, I'm with you. I think it is fine to send a polite PM right before or after it goes lost, just asking them if they have in fact received the book. In my case, each time I have done this (3 X, as of this week), the other person had received it, and had just not marked it for one reason or another. I know that PBS sends out the email reminder, but in my cases, the people seemed to have been ignoring them ... but they have responded to my PM within a day. |
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With a DC saying it was delivered a few weeks ago, I'd send a polite PM asking if they have received it or not, especially since it's about to go lost. If they haven't gotten it, I'd probably ask that they take the DC number to their post office and see if their PO can come up with any more info to track where the book may have gotten delivered to. |
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Today I got the notice from PBS that the book was received. It doesn't show up in my transaction file. Maybe it's just too soon. It's only 4 am here and not everyone is awake on the east coast...lol.. If I remember the file it had that note that the post office was giving it until May 6 and not to contact PBS until after the 7th. Maybe the person finally picked up their mail or the book finally arrived at their house. |
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You might want to double check your Transaction Archive. The books are filed by request date, so it's likely that that book is a ways down the page. |
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