I have an acquaintance ( he would call me friend I never corrected him on that so I guess thats my fault) Anyways…this “Friend” is American. We talk mostly about gaming and anime. Anyways all of this is besides the point.
He has a steamdeck that has been acting up. Its slowly dying and only a matter of time till its dead I assume. Now I suggested he sends it in to get it repaired. Am I being naiive or is the US postal system so bad that it will get stolen immediately ? As he seems to assume ?
In my country I would just send it in and get it repaired if it was dying but I admit I dont know thaaat much about the state of the US postal system. To me and I dont want to accuse my friend this reeks of conservative brainworms that you cant trust the postal service and your package will get stolen…which doesnt really happen in my country.
He is in a northern state if that matters.
People say “don’t send money through the mail” but I’m not even sure how true it is that anyone can feel the texture of money through an envelope. Any more elaborate allegation than that is total bullshit.
The Steam Deck should be just fine in the USPS’s handling. What’s more of a concern is whether your friend trusts his neighbors.
I agree. I would assume the majority of money you would send via post is gonna arrive just fine. Mind you its just more practical to send the money via a bank or online but in theory using the post seems pretty safe.
Mail carriers do not give a fuck. They’re just as overworked as anyone, and mostly just want to get though their shift, which means busting out all the deliveries. The only time I’ve ever had a package stolen, it was from my porch by random people. It’ll be fine.
The mail system is one of the only things we have left. Why the Republicans are gunning for it so hard.
The USPS is good, actually
The USPS is by far the most reliable carrier in the US
Stolen? I wouldn’t worry about that.
Smashed to shit because it got mishandled? Definitely a valid concern.
Yeah if you can get them to pack it well it’s probably safe, I’d be more worried about damage than someone stealing it.
USPS is not nearly as bad as a lot of people seem to think in my experience
I have an acquaintance ( he would call me friend I never corrected him on that so I guess thats my fault) Anyways…this “Friend” is American.
sorry to use anime terms but look at you being all tsundere though, you’re out here asking near strangers for advice to help this person, they’re your friend 🙄stop trying to play it cool, you won’t impress me 🙄
B-baka. Maybe I am a tsundere but my friend doesnt need to know that
It’ll be daijobu
my friend
He calls me dear friend. Who the fuck does that.
Aww you’ve got an engles
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I’ve never had any problems with USPS, and from what I can see online Valve sends a return label with insurance for RMA requests, so if it did “get lost” then they’ll be covered either way.
Brainworms for sure, if he just packs it properly nothing to worry about
I’ve never had a package stolen. Most of the drugs I did as a teen was delivered by USPS. He’ll be fine if I can get fucking LSD and mushrooms delivered by mail lmao
Homie, USPS delivers most of the drugs in the USA. I’ve seen drug packs get stolen by postal workers, but it is 99% at the point of origin, in an area known for shipping contraband, and another red flag or two besides (fake return address, overnight shipping, etc).
All that to say: USPS is pretty great, generally. Pack it up tight and tidy. Pay for insurance if you’re super paranoid about your steam deck.
People also ship gold bars/coins through the postal system, and those are even more identifiable once you know
I’ve only ever had two packages disappear in my life: one was coffee, and the other was a not insignificant amount of methylone (prior to US analogue act).
Homies steam deck will be fine as long as they package it well.
I’ve never had a package stolen by the postal service. Once in a while shit gets misdelivered but even then usually it turns up because whoever got it saw that it was not for them and brings it back
The postal service is the only public service that people generally trust in the US, mailing something in it’s not likely to get stolen. Private companies like UPS are fine here too. The main risk of shipping is packages being stolen from your door when they are delivered, but you can pick it up at the post office or a UPS pick-up location usually.
Even packages being stolen from your door is like 90% Amazon Ring marketing, 10% reality
