As far as I know, I've only had one item affected by a shipping incident and that was a long time ago...but I never did receive the item.
In the Summer of 1956, I sold magazine subscriptions to folks for some cause the Catholic grade school I attended was sponsoring. You got a reward based on the number you sold. I sold enough to get the top prize, which was a wooden case in the shape of a cross where you could take off the lid, put the base in a slot in the inside of the box and have a crucifix. Inside the box were two candles that fit into holes and made a hot item for Catholic gradeschoolers.
Not only that, the Pope blessed each and every one. At the time, I thought he touched each one, but I imagine he stepped into a warehouse and did the whole place at once.
Anyway, they were to be given out after we returned to school in the fall.
Well, they were sent from Italy on the SS Andrea Doria, which sunk off the coast of the US on that trip.