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Rosebud1949 05-03-2021 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Northerner52 (Post 1938632)
Amazon said my order was in my locker! It's not. Must have been put in another. Last time this happed I never received the order. Do you keep it? Take time to bring it to the Post Office. Wait for the mail carrier at your mailing station?

I try to return to the right owner, Shame some dont do the same for me. 3 sets of expensive printer cartridges NEVER arrived. No trace at Mail Station, no return by other box owners. Will not order cartridges from Amazon again. All other items safely received, or delivered to the door.

Rodneysblue 05-03-2021 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Northerner52 (Post 1938632)
Amazon said my order was in my locker! It's not. Must have been put in another. Last time this happed I never received the order. Do you keep it? Take time to bring it to the Post Office. Wait for the mail carrier at your mailing station?

We contacted Amazon and they had one of their trucks that was in the area picket up.

Joorn59 05-03-2021 10:43 AM

Contact Amazon. They will send you a replacement at no cost

dave from deland 05-03-2021 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Northerner52 (Post 1938632)
Amazon said my order was in my locker! It's not. Must have been put in another. Last time this happed I never received the order. Do you keep it? Take time to bring it to the Post Office. Wait for the mail carrier at your mailing station?

I take it to the proper address. I have had one person come to my door with a package sent to me but delivered to them.

newgirl 05-03-2021 11:04 AM

I have that happen alot and basically your screwed. If it shows it was delivered some sellers will replace buy many won't.

FUSSY LADY 05-03-2021 11:22 AM

I had a package that was brought to the wrong person and the post office knew it, these people kept it and it was reported as theft, I don't know what happened after that, but the consumer sent me a new one. It was $39.99 and a Keurig product, guess they opened it up had a Keurig coffee maker so they kept it. I always take it back if it's not mine, but I guess other people don't, it is theft. Hope you get your package, good luck!

Syd2008 05-03-2021 11:54 AM

Has not happened but so would go back next day to see mail carrier. Could not live with myself if I stole someone else’s order.

MDLNB 05-03-2021 12:22 PM

I do NOT keep the package. I usually sell it at my next garage sale..........:1rotfl:

ahlecat 05-03-2021 12:44 PM

I just deliver it the address on the package

noslices1 05-03-2021 01:28 PM

I received a package that I didn’t order and opened by mistake. It had 50 Bitcoins in it. Since I now live in the Bahamas, lt was too far to take them back to The Villages.

noslices1 05-03-2021 01:35 PM

Planned
 
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Originally Posted by Joe C. (Post 1938929)
Years ago, my son who lived at house #1740 got a UPS delivery for house #1470 on the same street. So he dutifully hand delivered it to the lady who lived there. Fast forward a few years later, and now she's his wife. Serendipitous?

Maybe the lady saw what a good looking man your son was and put the package on his doorstep on purpose. If he kept it, she would know he was not for her, but if he returned it, she would know he was of good character and would see where it went from there.

noslices1 05-03-2021 01:42 PM

What???
 
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Originally Posted by thelegges (Post 1938959)
We get 1-2 packages a week that are not ours along with mail. Since most mail is cards, and packages are from different businesses, we take to the owners.

Mail is a special time for some, and I would hate to think they would have to wait couple days to have postal contractors to put it in the right box

If you get 1 to 2 packages A WEEK that aren’t yours, why wouldn’t you go to the postal station and tell your carrier? Otherwise, you spend a lot of time “exaggerating” a lot of stuff, don’t you?

Tomfoolery 05-03-2021 02:25 PM

I've also had the problem a couple times with the package shoved in from the back but too large to come out the front. Had to track down the carrier to get the parcel. IMO, carrier is just too lazy to put it in a locker, they can tell it's too large when they shove it in.

PugMom 05-03-2021 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Travelingal702 (Post 1938866)
Two different time packages from Amazon did not arrive at their specified times. However, they showed, up at my door,:coolsmiley::coolsmiley: a few days later. They had been opened. Guess whoever got them didn't want them.

this one time i opened a package without checking-saw it was something i didnt order, & only then realized it was mistakenly sent to us. i actually drive the packages over if it's really far, it's a good way to meet new neighbors

juddfl 05-03-2021 03:05 PM

It's happened to me twice. My check went to a lady with her address as 1161 and I'm 1661. She looked me up and phoned to apologize that she had opened it in error. I went to her home to pick it up and she had a man doing handyman work. He is now my handyman too.
Then my next door neighbors mail was delivered to me and I just used my mail slicer to open it. Never thought to flip it over to see the address. It was personal information from his financial advisor. I was embarrassed that I had opened it, but I delivered it to them and apologized for opening it. They were new neighbors and they understood. Couldn't ask for better neighbors.
Word of caution, look at address before opening your mail.

cswett5234 05-03-2021 03:12 PM

(we live in Maine) similar thing happened to my wife, we received a box of clothes from Talbots for someone else in SC. She called Talbots, they took the invoice number and said they would resend the order to the correct person and for my wife to keep the items. Unfortunately, they didn't fit her, so she gave them to our house-cleaner (she only comes every 2 weeks, just a convenience) and she LOVED them, who doesn't like new clothes from Talbots still in the bag!

EdFNJ 05-03-2021 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Hackercraft (Post 1938764)
Down here in Monarch Grove Amazon delivers the larger packages in their own vehicles and then sends you a photo of it on your porch.
The only problem we have is the mail ladies putting packages in the mail slots that fit in the back but won’t come out the front.

LOL!! Just had that 30 minutes ago. NO WAY we could get it out of the mailbox. Guess I'll have to wait till tomorrow. It was a box inside a padded envelope. That was a first for me. Usually when the STUFF it in, it's something soft and I can work it back out. Not this time.

EdFNJ 05-03-2021 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by DanB (Post 1938856)
USPS has a free service called Informed Delivery. After signing up, you get an email each day containing an image of each letter or package scheduled for delivery that day. You can also log in and see previous day deliveries. If the email contains an image of an amazon delivery, and doesn't arrive, you'll know the mailman placed the delivery in the wrong box. Works great.
Go to the usps website and click on "Quick Tools" and then "Informed Delivery" to sign up.

That works MOST of the time, but often I get mail and packages that I don't get "Informed (about the) Delivery." :)

Hifred 05-04-2021 12:01 AM

During the two months I rented in Pinellas, I delivered several packages from ETSY to a person whose mail was always getting put into our mail box. The numbers were very close to ours and I believe the mail delivery person was dyslexic. Otherwise there was no other explanation as to how a mail person could regularly put mail and packages in the wrong box. We just wanted to make sure the person who was supposed to get their mail did.

Now we own a home in Charlotte and the mail service is better. But to answer your question if the address is on the letter or package we will go drop it off to the owners.

jedalton 05-04-2021 05:36 AM

postal problem
 
we're having same problem. 2 big orders were delivered to P.O, and USPS showed they were delivered to TV mailbox. I TT post lady and she didn't remember them so we never got them. Could not get credit for them because CC company said the Vendor showed them the delivered email showing where they been delivered. Very frustrating. Just yesterday our next door neighbor brought over 8 pieces of mail that had been put in her mailbox.

DiandJay 05-04-2021 05:39 AM

We had this happen. We delivered the package to the address ourselves. Nice way to meet a distant neighbor.

OhioBuckeye 05-04-2021 08:09 AM

Ohiobuckeye
 
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Originally Posted by Spsmith444 (Post 1938838)
I open it up to see if I want it......just kidding. No way would I keep it. The delivery drivers take photos of the package at your door to show they delivered it. Once when I didn’t get a package and contacted Amazon they sent a picture. Sure enough it is as delivered to the wrong house. Not a fan of Amazon but they usually make things right.

Yea, pictures are fine but they must not look at the house number to make sure it’s the right house. Otherwise go to mailbox & let the post office worry about it, I know it’s not their fault but maybe they have a little more power to them straighten out.

xcaligirl 05-04-2021 08:19 AM

I've had several packages "missing" for weeks! Obviously went somewhere else and the people didn't return it to the P.O. or to the mail carrier. If I get an incorrect package (normally delivered from UPS to the P.O. & there is an obvious carrier error, I drop it off at the proper house. I do ring the doorbell to let them know the package is there.

Travelingal702 05-04-2021 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by PugMom (Post 1939066)
this one time i opened a package without checking-saw it was something i didnt order, & only then realized it was mistakenly sent to us. i actually drive the packages over if it's really far, it's a good way to meet new neighbors

You should have knocked on my door or rang the bell. We could be new friends :clap2::clap2:

LG999 05-04-2021 09:20 AM

For a few weeks i got other people's pkgs. At first they were nearby, so just dropped them off. Then i didnt get my own pkg but did get someone else's too far away. I called Amazon & they got the situation fixed. Gave me credit for my own pkg, picked up the other, hasnt happened again. But this is my house in NY. Its not the mailboxes that we have down there. You can call Amazon. You can also go to the mailbox place & talk to the person inside. I had to do that. Those people are not inside all the time so its not easy

Curtisbwp 05-04-2021 03:19 PM

You can also return it to kohl's at no cost to you.

stevekennedy3 05-04-2021 07:41 PM

What product are you missing? I got an Amazon package in my locker, which had MY address on it, but a different person's name.

village dreamer 05-04-2021 07:59 PM

if its food .....like a cake or steak.... its mine:pray::pray::pray:


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