I have been rather quiet on this blog during the last few weeks while I have been simmering in anger with United Parcel Service (UPS).

As I have mentioned, I began trying to sell some of my leather gear and boots.

A guy who has a keen eye for quality purchased…

… my leather LAPD fetish uniform, a pair of leather jeans, and my old vintage “Leathermaker” chaps and a pair of Dehner boots.

I dutifully packed the boots in one box and the leather gear in another box. I packed both boxes well and securely. I brought them to UPS to ship them to the buyer. Dummy me, trying to save the buyer some money, I packed all of the leather items in one box.

Double-dummy me, I didn’t insure the package for the full value.

The package with the boots made it on time. The package with the four leather items disappeared.

I filed a “missing package” report and was informed that UPS would do an “investigation.”

Ha — nothing further from the truth. UPS didn’t investigate. I think that when they saw that their loss would only be for $100, they just let it go. I allege that the box with the leather items was damaged and/or opened by some automated or human gorilla. When a UPS employee saw the quality of the leather gear, he (or she) took these things for him/herself.

I am continuing to watch eBay to see if these items show up. If you see them trying to be sold or worn by anyone, contact me immediately!

UPS notified me that the package was lost and paid my measly claim. I am actually out $1,300. My fault for not insuring it properly. I betcha if I did, they would have found it during their so-called “investigation.”

Never again will I use UPS.

I stopped using the U.S. Postal Service long ago due to a similar issue — they also “lost” a box I shipped and took forever to pay my claim.

I guess I’ll use FedEx, or perhaps just Facebook marketplace and sell local-only.

Life is short: UPS has thieves in their midst (my opinion, to which I am entitled by this awful experience.)