Lewis B Posted January 14 Report Posted January 14 Have you had any replies to the avalanche of emails I'm sure you've sent out by now? You may also want to consider posting an image of the blade so that if someone posts a FS ad without the koshirae or nakago showing it will be easy to spot. 1 Quote
Tohagi Posted January 15 Author Report Posted January 15 Yes, shaking the tree seems to work, I recived a message today that they will do their best to find out what happened. They mentioned a kind of twisted trick like the sword was sent back and back between 2 logistic plateforms like an endless loop... By this time I don't know if it was on purpose or an accident. Can't wait to finaly see it on my own. I'll send picture ASAP... Thank you all ! 1 8 Quote
raynor Posted January 15 Report Posted January 15 1 hour ago, Tohagi said: They mentioned a kind of twisted trick like the sword was sent back and back between 2 logistic plateforms like an endless loop... I have no idea how postal systems work but that back and forth seems hard to accomplish without a certain level of incompetence. 2 1 Quote
dimitri Posted January 15 Report Posted January 15 Vive La France. Everything is doable in France. We are capable of doing the impossible as well as the unthinkable. He can have a package that goes all the way around France even though there are only two logistics platforms on the road. It’s lived experience. The postal system in France is incredible but other companies aren't any better either. I'm crossing my fingers for you and hoping to get your lovely gift back. At least when you get it back, you'll have a nice contemporary story to add. 1 Quote
ROKUJURO Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 I sincerely hope it will show up finally! I can tell a story about what can happen in the postal world of the 21st century, quite a while after horse carriages and sail ships were in use: Some years ago, I bought an item off a NMB member in American Samoa - not a valuable object. His next bigger post station was more than 4.000 km away from his place, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Somewhere on the long way to me, the parcel was lost. After I was told that I could do nothing about it as the buyer, the seller made a claim and started a serious query. This was not successful, the package did not show up, and he got fully refunded - in addition to what I had paid him already. But he was a gentleman and sent me my money back. The story did not end there. After more than 2 months, to my surprise the parcel was brought to my door by regular post! In the end, I got it for free! S**t happens, but lucky things as well! 4 Quote
Tohagi Posted January 29 Author Report Posted January 29 Hello dear Dee and Jean, I had quite hard time: after writing me that my parcel have been flashed the 8 january at 1h30 AM, it get lost a second time... I made another claim and every day calling the after sell service, going back to the post office any evening after work and mailing to any mail box avalliable : it appears to be found back the 14th ... and lost again this time "definitively". I wrote a very sharp letter, writen with the hell fire and I put it in copy to the groupe La poste président and exécutive director. Today they mailed me that the parcel have been "opened" and damagesd, they will repack it and send to me as soon as possible... I realy wonder what I am going to found, if it ever gets to me. Thanks for your support ! Friendly Eric 7 1 Quote
Lewis B Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 Great news Eric. Hopefully only the outer packaging was damaged. But at least you know someone within the organization knows where your package is. 1 Quote
KungFooey Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 59 minutes ago, Tohagi said: Hello dear Dee and Jean, I had quite hard time: after writing me that my parcel have been flashed the 8 january at 1h30 AM, it get lost a second time... I made another claim and every day calling the after sell service, going back to the post office any evening after work and mailing to any mail box avalliable : it appears to be found back the 14th ... and lost again this time "definitively". I wrote a very sharp letter, writen with the hell fire and I put it in copy to the groupe La poste président and exécutive director. Today they mailed me that the parcel have been "opened" and damagesd, they will repack it and send to me as soon as possible... I realy wonder what I am going to found, if it ever gets to me. Thanks for your support ! Friendly Eric So Eric, reading between the lines, the company President got sick of you contacting him, found the postal worker who had stolen it and made the lame excuse of its having "been opened". 🤬 I truly hope that you finally get it and the sword itself has not been damaged. You really deserve a happy ending after all this stress! PS: "writen with the hell fire" LOVE IT!!! Give the bâtards hell!!! Dee X 2 1 Quote
Hokke Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 2 minutes ago, KungFooey said: So Eric, reading between the lines, the company President got sick of you contacting him, found the postal worker who had stolen it and made the lame excuse of its having "been opened". 🤬 I truly hope that you finally get it and the sword itself has not been damaged. You really deserve a happy ending after all this stress! Or perhaps the box was found and the president actually opened it find out what the fuss was all about. Since he is unlikely a nihonto guy, he made some snide frenchy remark and taped it back up to get it out the door. Either way, I hope it finds its home unscathed. 1 Quote
Tohagi Posted February 3 Author Report Posted February 3 Hello everyone and thank you for all your support ! Finally the sword was delivered in "express" service after being sent to Limour (600km from home). The pack have suffered a little but the adress was very clearly wroten and unmystakable... Must important : the sword is fine, the sayagaki and the habaki were split a little probably by rude handling during this so long a journey... I am realy relived... and at the same time still angry : I had to wrote 2 times to the president and director of the group to have someone doing something... without telling SAV harassement and going any day to complain to post office (thanks to Brian's insurectionnal war tactics !). Thank you to all of you members, I wasn't alone and it was important ! Maybe admin could add SOLVED ! to the tittle, If I could help NMB or any member anyway: let me know (have an ID for NMB) sincerely yours, Eric V. 2 13 3 Quote
Brian Posted February 3 Report Posted February 3 That is excellent news! Congrats. I am sorry you had to go through this, but shows that sometime you have to stop being polite and do what you have to do. So glad it worked. Lesson...never give up. Lost is not always lost. You made it inconvenient for them until they had to put some effort in. No doubt without that, it would have been eventually considered abandoned and would have disappeared. Enjoy! 4 Quote
dimitri Posted February 3 Report Posted February 3 I'm happy for you Eric. At least the story has a happy ending. Aside from the damage but at least you have your saber. What a relief for you I imagine. I hope you can show it to us? Quote
George KN Posted February 3 Report Posted February 3 Sorry you had to go through all this, but at least the tanto has finally made it to its new home. I'd also still be livid - hope you can get some money back for the damage. Quote
KungFooey Posted February 4 Report Posted February 4 Dear Eric, I'm so very happy for you! Congratulations! Dee 1 Quote
Bugyotsuji Posted February 4 Report Posted February 4 All’s well that ends well! Just reading this whole thread for the first time. What a saga! And what a result! Great to see all the advice and cooperation here leading to a happy ending. Vive le/la NMB. (Is a message board masculine or feminine?) 1 Quote
robinalexander Posted February 4 Report Posted February 4 12 minutes ago, Bugyotsuji said: Is a message board masculine or feminine?) Well Piers I just typed three responses and, on reflection, deleted each one.....lol, Im not falling for that one (its BIG ) PS .....Not 'BIG' as in the NMB member, he is ok 1 Quote
Tohagi Posted February 4 Author Report Posted February 4 Hello everyone ! Yes it is a happy ending and a relief. Here some fast pictures taken yesterday evening with my phone. They betraye the brighness of the hada (very difficult to picture in roots conditions): 5 4 Quote
Tohagi Posted February 4 Author Report Posted February 4 I will try in better light conditions after crafting a kind of photo box ... Again thank you so much ! Eric 1 Quote
Stephen Posted February 4 Report Posted February 4 I'd try to inject more humor here, but why take it away from that lovely little tanto 2 Quote
dimitri Posted February 4 Report Posted February 4 Eric is magnificent. It’s a real pleasure to see him. As we say at the end of this story: OUF! Quote
Pierre F Posted 14 hours ago Report Posted 14 hours ago Magnifique nouvelle .... merci pour le suivi de cette histoire et son "heureuse" conclusion ! Comme dirait l'inénarrable professeur Tournesol Tryphon " tout est bien qui finit bien"... bien que les services de la poste semblent bien trop a l'ouest ;P Quote
Lewis B Posted 12 hours ago Report Posted 12 hours ago 2 hours ago, Pierre F said: l'inénarrable professeur Tournesol Tryphon " tout est bien qui finit bien"... I thought this was a Tintin character. In the English edition he's called Professor Calculus. Herge's Tintin was my favourite cartoon characters growing up (still is) and there is a fantastic museum just south of Brussels devoted to the man and his work. Well worth a visit. 1 Quote
Pierre F Posted 11 hours ago Report Posted 11 hours ago Tintin is the best ;P all the character are fabulous (including Milou the Dog) ! I didn't visit the Hergé museum in Bruxelles yet but following your recommendation, and because this "culture" is mandatory for my children... i Will ;P 1 Quote
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