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Post by Fave on Jul 19, 2014 22:44:17 GMT -5
So today I had a package from eBay coming in as it was out for delivery and around 4 a mailman came to my house and dropped off some mail. Just regular old junk though no packages yet when I looked online it said my package was delivered? At 4:13 nonetheless just a few minutes after he left. I was there in my living room and I watched him place everything in the mail box but no package was left so how is this possible? Did my carrier just decide to keep my package and mark it delivered? Makes no sense to me but I'm hoping they just forgot it in their delivery vehicle and will deliver it Monday but kinda worried. Will call in anyways.
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Post by /X Metal Sorenges x "Mac Oh J~ on Jul 19, 2014 23:33:05 GMT -5
Go to your local post office and talk to the counter attendant about your package. Perhaps the mailman dropped it off there. Or something may have happened and got misplaced during transit, in any case, i'd contact the seller about your issue if your package was lost somewhere down the line. How long have been waiting for this package? I've had instances where the package was claimed to have been "Delivered" but ended up receiving it the next day. I got the inclination that delivered means that your package reached it's designated location in your town aka your post office.
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Post by Quazimoto on Jul 19, 2014 23:41:57 GMT -5
Check with your neighbors first IMO. Had the same thing happen to me a few times when my regular mailman has a day off and they sent is normal replacement. It's possible your mail carrier just dropped it off at the wrong house. Also check if you have a house your neighborhood with a similar street number (ie a house at 113 Fox Lane when yours is 123 Fox Lane). Also possible the mailman scanned it, then set it down to pick up something else, but forgot about the package. I'd imagine any mail carrier worth their salt would notice that pretty quick though and go back to deliver the package, but it's possible they were lazy and just took it back to the post office.
If your neighbors don't have it, give the post office a call and check up on it. USPS is pretty reliable in my experience, but mistakes do happen.
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Post by Fave on Jul 19, 2014 23:54:21 GMT -5
Go to your local post office and talk to the counter attendant about your package. Perhaps the mailman dropped it off there. Or something may have happened and got misplaced during transit, in any case, i'd contact the seller about your issue if your package was lost somewhere down the line. How long have been waiting for this package? I've had instances where the package was claimed to have been "Delivered" but ended up receiving it the next day. I got the inclination that delivered means that your package reached it's designated location in your town aka your post office. It arrived at my local post office around 9 am and was out for delivery an hour or so later so I would've expected to get it today but there has been instances where I have packages marked delivered then actually delivered the next day. Just kind of annoyed that I'll have to wait another day and a half. |
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Post by Fave on Jul 20, 2014 0:01:22 GMT -5
Check with your neighbors first IMO. Had the same thing happen to me a few times when my regular mailman has a day off and they sent is normal replacement. It's possible your mail carrier just dropped it off at the wrong house. Also check if you have a house your neighborhood with a similar street number (ie a house at 113 Fox Lane when yours is 123 Fox Lane). Also possible the mailman scanned it, then set it down to pick up something else, but forgot about the package. I'd imagine any mail carrier worth their salt would notice that pretty quick though and go back to deliver the package, but it's possible they were lazy and just took it back to the post office. If your neighbors don't have it, give the post office a call and check up on it. USPS is pretty reliable in my experience, but mistakes do happen. Haven't ever had my package misdelivered before and the numbers are very hard to mess up around here. In fact the USPS vehicle parks next to my house almost on a daily basis yet I'm usually the last delivery of the day. Even today they were right out there but the guy who delivered came way after that USPS vehicle left so he must've been a different mailman. I'll go ahead and call in Monday but last time I had a similar situation they never got back to me. |
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Post by Fave on Jul 20, 2014 0:04:15 GMT -5
Ahh nevermind I just checked the tracking it's now gone from delivered to re-scheduled delivery for Monday. Well that's odd. Thanks for the help anyways guys much appreciated.
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Post by Quazimoto on Jul 20, 2014 0:10:55 GMT -5
It's probably just a case of the mailman scanning it and setting it back down, then forgetting to actually deliver it then. Most likely it's sitting at the local distribution center now and will get resorted and delivered Monday. If your schedule allows, I'd suggest just waiting and see if it's delivered Monday. If not, call right away after the mail comes that day.
FYI - I've never had much luck getting answers or info from my local post office (always helps to go in person if you can, rather than call), but have always gotten at least a reply by sending a message through the USPS website (best to be very thorough when doing that to speed up the process). Most times they called me about it within a day.
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Was typing while you replied - Good to hear the tracking's been updated. Frustrating to have to wait longer, I'm sure, but at least you know it's not lost. |
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Post by Halloween King on Jul 21, 2014 22:49:41 GMT -5
Lately there have been a number of problems with my postal service.
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Post by JC Motors on Jul 27, 2014 20:51:55 GMT -5
Ahh nevermind I just checked the tracking it's now gone from delivered to re-scheduled delivery for Monday. Well that's odd. Thanks for the help anyways guys much appreciated. that's odd indeed |
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Post by ozz on Jul 29, 2014 9:49:13 GMT -5
I ship & receive stuff daily; that stuff happens all the time.
Want an even weirder scenario? I had half a dozen packages go out last Friday, and they were scanned as DELIVERED to my house instead of picked up. So all of a sudden I get an influx of buyers, 1 day after their purchases mind you, nervous because they see the tracking shows the packages to be delivered to the wrong address. Now I have to explain that the postal carrier messed up and hope they understand and don't blame me. Of course, common sense & reason should have anyone realize that one day in transit isn't adequate for delivery for 99% of purchases anyway, but what can ya do...
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