Post Office Gives Vet Bad Break?
A columnist for the Spokane Spokesman-Review tells the story of an Idaho sculptor who claims the postal service is reneging on its obligation to reimburse him for a sculpture that was damaged in the mail. And what is the “brick wall” the USPS has supposedly put in the customer’s path? It’s asking for an “independent cost estimate”. That’s a “brick wall”?
I’ve been lucky enough to have avoided having to file many insurance claims in my life, but on those few occasions when I’ve had to, I’ve always had to get an estimate to justify my claim. Suppose the sculpture had been stolen from the sculptor’s house? Would our columnist be upset with the insurance company when it asked for proof that the item had been stolen, and that it was actually worth $5,000?
