How many letters are lost in the mail each year?

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asked Jul 19, 2019 in USPS by oldballs (310 points)
How many letters are lost in the mail each year?

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answered Jul 20, 2019 by LindaHartzell (26,630 points)
Mail through the USPS and letters going through the USPS mail system do sometimes get lost sometimes in the mail.

However it's a very small percentage which would be around 5 percent of the mail to 3 percent of the mail gets lost through the USPS system.

Sometimes the letters and packages are permanently missing and other times the mail may show up later.

When and if a letter or package gets lost in the mail you need to first get to the local post office and bring your tracking number with you if it's a package.

The USPS local post office can then look up the tracking number and see where the package was last at through GPS.

Sometimes the USPS may find the letter or package but then other times it may not ever be found.

Usually you need to wait a few days for the USPS to locate the letter or package and if they cannot find the package then you can file a claim if the package was insured and sometimes if the package was insured then USPS will reimburse you for the package.

However not all packages are insured through USPS so you would not be able to get paid back from the USPS for the lost package.

In that case you may have to file a claim with the sender of the package and maybe they will send you out another package of the same item or refund your money.

If the tracking says it's not delivered then they should send your money back to you or send you another item that you bought.

If it's a letter that's permanently lost then there's no way to get paid back for the lost letter even if it contains some money.

Never send cash through the mail because if it's lost it's lost and you will never get it back.

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