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I've been through this to some degree.

I've had packages show up "delivered" in the USPS tracking system without ever getting them. I've filed formal complaints, and they've always mysteriously show up 2-7 days later. I've been told by postal employees that the "tracking system" doesn't really track a packages whereabouts, but just estimates where it is. My opinion is that most postal employees just game the system so the tracking system doesn't in any way reflect reality.

I have things sent UPS or FedEx if I want to be able to really track them. Though I have had UPS drivers sign my signature and leave the package.