My son has used Rusty's quite a bit, so I shared this thread with him. He told me he just could not believe that Rusty's would ever send any large bulky parts in a paper envelope. In fact, he's never received anything from large parts down to small parts to bumper stickers in anything but a well-packaged cardboard box. I asked our postmaster about this sort of thing, and she told me that post offices aren't even supposed to accept a bulky metal part packaged that way, for the very reason you claimed happened to you, among others. Not only is it very liable to be lost, but it can also be a hazard to mail handlers, other packages, and postal equipment. Sorry, but I'm not buying that part of your story.
