[pokernaut]

it could be that your local post office has a sticky fingered employee. that's why i only order beans by CC as two out of two money orders i sent to a record store for an import disappeared.

either that, or someone in your neighborhood is snatching your packages. your luck with gypsy sucks. i got BOTH of my orders from there just fine.

if you've ever seen hidden camera shows, they did one in a post office around the holidays and TWO employees were opening letter after letter and grabbing all of the cash inside.

i know one time i was riding a bus and this really sketchy character was trying his HARDEST to get me to open a post box and using it for storing money. finally, after he wouldn't give up i told him to shut the fuck up and bother someone else.

the ONLY reason someone would be THAT concerned is if they have something to gain from it and that cemented my distrust of postal workers for good. it's too bad you can't get a different mailing address away from your local post office and home address. i'd bet a nickel that's where your problem is.

hopefully you don't go around bragging to everyone that you're buying beans. that would be a really bad idea and an invitation to trouble from wannabe friends too.

here's an idea... try buying a cheap small item from overseas (preferably from the UK or netherlands) at an ebay store and see if that disappears too. you'll end up paying $4 or so in shipping, but it's a good way to test your mail safety.

do you live in a city? do you have a secure mailbox? i once lived in a building where a bunch of mailboxes were destroyed from people jamming them open and i'd seen boxes sitting wide open many times. if you have one of those little open mailbox especially, it could be that someone walks by daily on their way to school or something snatching every package they see.

you're the first person i've ever heard getting TWO packages snagged