There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
Created a case with USPS but no one ever called me back after 4 business days.
Massdrop support was kind enough to offer me a replacement/refund but they mentioned that can only do it once. I opted out of this one-time offer for now; I'd rather sacrifice my $37 this time and wait till USPS loses a higher value package before burning this option.
I'd probably also be wary about ordering anything seriously expensive from MassDrop because USPS is notoriously unreliable in my locality.
Also, I found I cannot file a claim to USPS because the package was not insured by MassDrop. So if you burn your one-time replacement/refund option and USPS loses your package again you are shit out of luck.
My question to MassDrop support was:
1. Does MassDrop insure the delivery or is there an option for me to insure the package delivery even if by paying extra bucks?
2. Is there an option to choose a different carrier (like UPS) over USPS even if by paying extra bucks?
Yet to hear from them on this but my money is on "no" for both answers.
Meanwhile I'd like to know your thoughts on this matter.