Richard Petty Success

[m4catky]

Richard Petty
Richard Petty Museum
311 Branson Mill Rd
Randleman, NC 27317

Sent HWLOR, 1:24 Diecast Car on 10/2/2020 Received on 10/10/2020

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Hi m4catky

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Would you have a scan of the envelope you received please?
If so, you are in the run for the $10 gift certificate.

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[m4catky]

Hi m4catky

Thank you for your feedback

Would you have a scan of the envelope you received please?
If so, you are in the run for the $10 gift certificate.

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Unfortunately this was a box I discarded of from a success a few weeks before joining the site. Wish I knew to keep it to help others for reference if they want to get a signed car from him. It definitely wasn't cheap, around $30 round trip with the return label for a diecast car. He allows 2 requests per year. I would get this legendary autograph while you still can. He's appreciated the fans his entire career and known as not just the 'King of NASCAR' but the 'Autograph King' as well.

[m4catky]

how did you do the return label? i'm also leery about sending one because they expire no?

I had the Post Office generate me one when I shipped it. Placed it in a separate envelope with my letter for Richard inside the box for the return I had my diecast car in. Received it back in 8 days from KY to NC and back. They placed the label on at the Richard Petty Museum. So I'm told any return label will not expire if purchased from USPS directly. Spoke with a representative with Pirate Ship the other day about going through them, they said there labels expire in 90 days according to their representative. The people at the museum and Richard himself are pretty diligent. They have quick turnarounds there so I don't think you'd have an issue with him. He's one of the fastest I've ever seen for everyone.

[m4catky]

Appreciate that! Usually I print the USPS label from USPS.com, and they do have an expiration date on them. Technically USPS are supposed to void them but perhaps I never do. Like you said, it's not like it's going to be months. Awaiting a diecast car myself, which I intend to send.

There's a lot of conflicting information out there and even USPS picks and chooses which rules they will enforce. Some sites online tell you it will be shipped anyway but may need to pay postage due to claim if the original return label isn't honored past the expiration date. Other online sources say you can request a refund on expired labels. Then some say you never get charged for it until used? The last part is already miss information online as I paid my return label up front.

Post Offices everywhere I have utilized are trained to give the answer that makes them $$$ and not what saves you the money with their always jolly attitudes to deal with. They love to take advantage of the ignorant/misinformed. May not be that way everywhere but one of those things I'd have to see it to believe it. It's easier to use Pirate Ship if you know to expect a return within 90 days and makes it easy to request a refund with them. Their labels expire quicker than a USPS one. Have known people to get in trouble with using Pirate Ship on the slow TTM returns that exceed 3 months. While they're nice to ship initially, wouldn't dare do a return with them unless I'm 100% sure when the item comes back.

One moment I get postage due on a bubble mailer that had 1 baseball card, weighed barely over an ounce with 3 stamps on it sent to Texas. I've received 15 back the same way in the mail just fine with some including successful returns from Texas where I got a RTS from initially. Got 2 back this week with added stuff I wasn't expecting from the Patriots and Dallas added a fan pack with the 1 card I sent to them. I used 4 stamps on large sized bubble mailers. Passed through just fine. The inconsistency with them is unreal. I've saved every return envelope I have since I started in August for reference and feel like taking everyone one of them in and explain to me their lack of consistency.

I'm just starting to mail smaller things with labels like pictures/cards from home now that I have supplies in hopes to avoid problems. Planning to send to some known slower people who sign TTM. Enough forever stamps on a return envelope to cover won't fail but you never know who is going to play hardball at the other end. I know this doesn't help with shipping a car as a package like my previous post did but dealing with USPS is much harder than it needs to be. I plan on sending to Ryan Newman in January before the season starts up. He has been my favorite driver for nearly 20 years and got signed cards for him. Someone in a FB fan group of his got 6 cards and an 8x10 all signed by him. All authenticated but shipping that must have cost a fortunate to and from.