Mike H

I live in Pennsylvania and I ordered a package from a seller in Oakland, CA. Given the tracking information from the USPS Track & Confirm site, I can see that USPS accepted the package in Oakland, CA at 8:29 PM on August 13, 2013, and delivered to Fort Washington, PA at 3:13 PM. The package was shipped using USPS Priority Mail Express (domestic, was formerly known as USPS Express Mail or something prior to July 2013).

Here is the data from the USPS T&C page for this parcel:

Delivered: August 15, 2013, 3:13 pm FORT WASHINGTON, PA 19034

Arrival at Post Office: August 15, 2013, 3:10 pm FORT WASHINGTON, PA 19034

Depart USPS Sort Facility: August 15, 2013 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19176

Processed through USPS Sort Facility: August 15, 2013, 10:06 am PHILADELPHIA, PA 19176

Depart USPS Sort Facility: August 13, 2013 OAKLAND, CA 94615

Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility: August 13, 2013, 8:32 pm OAKLAND, CA 94615

Acceptance: August 13, 2013, 8:29 pm OAKLAND, CA 94615

My question:

Was the package accepted at 8:29 PM EST or 8:29 PM PST or 8:29 PM UTC?

Was the package delivered at 3:13 PM EST or 3:13 PM PST or 3:13 PM UTC?

My assumption is that it was accepted at 8:29 PM PST and delivered at 3:13 PM EST (in other words, the times shown on the tracking history reflect the local time at each location). But I would like to know if perhaps the parcel was accepted at 5:29 PM PST (8:29 PM EST) instead. It's unclear since the USPS T&C page makes no clarification on this matter.

Also, another question--the package was shipped using USPS Priority Mail Express (domestic, formerly known as USPS Express mail). The USPS Track & Confirm page said the following:

Scheduled Delivery Day:

August 15, 2013, 12:00 pm

Money Back Guarantee

$100 insurance included

PO to Addressee

Since the package wasn't delivered until 3:13 PM (or 12:13 PM? I don't know?), am I as the recipient eligible for the money back guarantee? If so, how would I initiate the process to receive a refund? Can I just show the PO worker at the desk the tracking information above and say I want a refund? Or will USPS only provide a refund to the sender? It seems like, even though the sender is the one who actually paid USPS, I should be entitled to the money-back guarantee, since I paid a shipping cost to the sender for my order. And the sender probably has less interest in the guaranteed delivery time than the recipient does, generally speaking.

I couldn't find a clear answer about the money-back guarantee on the USPS website, other than the vague fact that there exists a money-back guarantee.

Any help, or links to any kind of documentation on these issues, will be greatly appreciated.

I purchased a laptop in November of 2008. HP Pavilion dv7-1129wm. It is a media type laptop, big screen, meant for media applications. Anyway, the HP website says that the 1-yr warranty expires in November 2009.

Flash forward to April 2010--I decide (on a whim) to use this particular laptop instead of my usual laptop to stream a video to my 48" Toshiba LCD, via my usual HDMI cable, which is plugged into the TV continuously. I grab the other end of the cable, plug it into the laptop, hit Windows+P to bring up the second screen, and everything is great. I start the video, and it looks and sounds perfect. Then after 15 minutes of watching the video, the laptop just shuts off with no warning. It hasn't turned back on since--not even a flicker of life. There wasn't any smoke or sparks, but there is a faint odor of burnt electronics when you get close to that particular port on the side of the laptop.

So I want to ask a few questions. First, is this a common problem with HDMI ports (in any device)--where they just burn up while being in use? If so, what are some considerations to make when using an HDMI cable between any two devices? Is there an overall better alternative to HDMI, especially one that involves less risk of spontaneous damage?

I know the website says the warranty expired in November 2009, but is there any way I can end up getting any kind of replacement, or credit, or anything from HP at thsi point? I don't have store receipts so I can't return it to the retailer, plus I didn't extend that warranty, so it's probably over as well.

If there is no possibility of being compensated in any way by HP, then I'll open it up and actually see what the damage is (instead of hearing HP tell it to me their way). If I end up going this route, then I'll probably have to get a new motherboard, which will probably be pricey in it's own right, so I'm hoping to avoid this.

Sorry about the number of questions, I just wanted to cover all of the bases. ;-)

I purchased OxyContin 80mg pills from a different online pharmacy than I usually do. When I received them, they were in a different, unmarked blister pack, and the pills are round, orange/peach colored, and have no markings or indentation.

Does anyone know if these are really OxyContin?

So, this guy (or kid, more likely) contacts me via email asking me to sell him drugs. Not thinking anything would happen, I sent a sarcastic reply, saying "If you send me the money, I'll see what I can do." Two days later, I go on Facebook, and he sent me a message "Hey, thanks for looking. Here's the Western Union MTCN...please let me know when you send it...here is my address..." and some more thanks. I went out and sure enough, he sent me $500.

Now, morality aside, am I obligated to give this kid his money back? Just for the sake of argument, if I were to block his emails, and keep the money, can I be faced with legal problems? I did not say anything in my reply email that indicated that I had, or would sell/send him any drugs. All I said was, "If you send me the money, I'll see what I can do." I'm not so worried about civil suits, as I am about criminal charges. Did I "scam" him, even if he initiated the conversations, and sent me money by looking me up on Facebook?

I know that keeping the money is wrong in principle. The point of this question is the legality of the situation from my perspective, as well as his, so please don't answer if you're going to hound me about the morality of it.