## Postal service ToS are well tested
Let me assume you use a standard delivery company, such as [FedEx][1], [DHL][2], [UPS][3] or even [USPS][4]. If you send a parcel via one of those postal services/couriers, you agree to about 2 to 4 pages of terms and conditions of carriage. Without dissecting all of those, there are three very relevant ones that appear in almost all of them in some fashion or another:

* The courier is liable for damages to the contents of the parcel only up to a specified amount, such as 500 USD.
* The liable damages for late delivery are capped at the delivery fees.
* The postal service is not liable for your errors.

The second point is what is the nail in your case: Hadley can't be applied, because the sender agreed to the stipulation that late delivery only has at worst the delivery fee. So, by the contract, it is 10 bucks in damages and 0 for *consequential damages*, in case the delivery is late. No cent more.


  [1]: https://www.fedex.com/en-us/terms-of-use.html
  [2]: https://www.dhl.de/dam/jcr:fc8dd7f4-dbeb-493b-bd47-3b48e49371d8/dhl-express-atb-international-012025-en.pdf
  [3]: https://www.ups.com/us/en/support/shipping-support/legal-terms-conditions
  [4]: https://www.usps.com/terms-conditions/general.htm