Post Office Question - Damaged property (not package)

You left it in the driveway, where it doesn't actually belong? Sorry, that's probably a no-go in terms of having the post office cover it. No offense. Same with the device warranty - those things don't always cover damage that you caused, however indirectly it may have been.

I'm a little confused, was the collar in your driveway (even if to the side), or did the post office drive on your lawn?  Unless it was the latter, I'd suggest you have no claim.

If it's $300 to replace, maybe laying on the ground was not a good place for it.  Would you leave a garmin 310XT laying around on the ground in the driveway?

As far as not wanting the PO car in your driveway because it "leaks oil".  Really?

Since you asked for advice on what to do with it, I'd leave it in the house or on the porch.

You left it out in the driveway, it got run over.

PO car leaks oil so you told them not to drive into your driveway.  It does sound a bit snotty to me, but it could have been run over by UPS, FedEx, or anyone else who happened to pull in.

If it had been a friend of yours dropping off something that ran over it, would you ask the friend for $300?

USPS won't pay.  If the driver ran into your house or across the lawn they would most likely  still fight paying.  Even though you asked the driver not to drive on your driveway, no way to enforce that short of installing a gate on the drive.  I would just come to the tems that you are out $300 for a dog collar. 

I've met Coredump, and I don't believe he was trying to be an azz (that's my job), or snotty, or whatever, he WAS trying to make a point of why would anyone leave a valuable electronic piece of equipment laying around outside, whether it was a a dog collar, a Garmin, or whatever.  Something to think about, and I think it was worth a consideration.  But, for the sake of what happened, it happened.  It was a careless mistake and something happened.

Now, did you take any video or picture evidence of the incident and know for a fact, without a doubt, that it most certainly was the PO vehicle that actually ran the device over?  If so, bring it to the attention of your local PO to the PO lead/master/supervisor/etc. and talk with them in a civil manner, show them the evidence, along with the date and time of the incident (proof from the signed invoice/packing slip/etc.) and see if they will work with you.

Are you sure that your son or someone else did NOT actually ruin the device?  From the original post, I didn't read that you actually saw the incident occur and can confirm that it was the PO driver (you didn't state that tire tracks are appearing over, on, or next to the device).

Don't know how long you've had the collar, but if you used a credit card to buy it, I think they offer coverage for maybe a year? My understanding is that they'll cover theft, damage, loss, etc--pretty much everything. Long shot, but at least worth mentioning, I think.

no doubt I would be pizzed if the USPS driver damaged something on my driveway.  But the OP asked would USPS cover the damage?  No...they won't.  Yes you can make a claim and take it up the food chain but they are not going to pay.  Even with damaged goods that are insured...UPS and USPS are terrible about paying.