"Sorry I didn't get your last couple of emails. I have been having some mail issues and if I did ... " (more)n't contact you about this I'm sorry. I hope you realize this is unusual for me. Thank you for being patient and I'm sorry for the inconvenience."
"Thank you for being patient. Had some issues with my mail person and some things have been "lo ... " (more)st" in the mail. I'm sorry if your item was one of them."
"I'm sorry. I pretty much ended up homeless. Sorry I had no way to get in touch with you. I lite ... " (more)rally just had things start to turn around this week and got another phone. But thanks for the feedback. I will try harder next time."