Now, we want to say that by in large the fine men and women of the USPS do a great job shipping things.  But every once in a while (about once a year) a package goes missing.  This year's lottery winner notified us that he never received our package, even though he is but one state west.  So the hunt began, and in the mean time, we sent him out a new order.

So the package finally showed up and clearly got delayed because it got run over at some point, perhaps a couple of times. Even the carbon rod inside was snapped.  Well, at least it showed up. 

Everything turned out fine in the end, and we are thankful for our customer's patience during the entire experience.  So, who will win the once-a-year-my-package-got-hammered lottery?  It could be you...but you know what they say, "You can't win if you don't play."