Posted on 05/25/2021 12:49:59 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel
Hi all. I’ve tried looking at the stupid USPS site and of course can’t find anything.
Can you tell me what should be done?
Bottom line: I now have 3 things in my org’s P.O. Box as returned mail....BUT THE *RETURN* ADDRESS IS WRONG. We are NOT the senders!
Can we make this clear that this sender is somehow putting our # on his labels and not his? He might be just 1 digit off but the P.O. is not paying attention.
I stood in line to try to point this out to the worker. I know how to handle “return to sender” or things sent in error to us. But I’ve never had mail returned to me that was not mine!
I knew, just knew, she wasn’t going to get it and those 2 would come back to our box. Sure enough...but now there is a 3rd one. I did not want to stand in line today and had no time anyway, to pick up my son, but you can see I’ll get nowhere.
Is there any marking we can put on these totally errant mail pkgs?
Drop the offending items in the trash.
open one and look at the invoice then call them
Open the box and see who the original merchant was that sent it out then contact them and tell them you have the articles.
Did you try a different postal clerk? Some are better at their jobs than others. Or can you write to the sender? If worse comes to worse, ask for the Post Master.
Boo hoo.
We had a similar issue once. We learn that the bottom right corner of an envelope includes an invisible code for the computer to send the letter to us (the first place it was sent). A postal worked told us to go over the lower right of the envelope with a pen or pencil to create a box about a quarter of an inch high and a couple inches in length to block the code.
You’d probably be better off trying to contact the sender to let them know directly instead of wasting your time fighting the bureaucracy.
But aren’t they still reading the return address label? It clearly shows the wrong number. I’d think it’ll still end up in our little box again. Right when I’m getting lots of mail for annual membership!
I guess I could look him up. Just that surely he made 1 digit goof and now they keep giving it to me, when if they checked names they might notice it’s the next box over!
Are you unable to reach out to the original sender to let them know? I’ve done that before. They were more than apologetic and corrected the issue.
As stated, it’s been very busy. You can’t just go from one to another. Actually, she asked another worker (manager?) about it when I was there.
If it’s not busy I would ask more of them.
Also, this PO ain’t so great with attitudes, but it’s a distribution center. There is another PO down the street which usually has very helpful people. I like it better but alas. I might have to ask them.
Contact USPS. It might take a while to get to the right customer service. But they can contact the sender and get them to fix it.
“not at this address”
if it is the wrong address (different number) then put “misdelivered”
Look at the back (usually) for light red or black markings similar to a barcode - it will be a straight line. When returning, make sure that is completely blacked out. That is what the PO goes by if it’s stamped, not the address.
decades ago there was a public service ad that said if something is delivered that you didn’t order, you don’t have to pay for it/it’s yours
If you google the PO Box info, does it bring up any other businesses? Then you might have a place to start tracking.
Otherwise, I would suggest to open one of the packages, and try to trace it from info inside. Since you have tried to go through the USPS for relief, without success, no one could blame you for opening the package to try to figure it out.
A few years ago, I received a case of wine delivered to my front door. It came from an attorney’s office across the state from me. I had not ordered the wine nor did I have any connection to the attorney or anyone in their office. I even called and spoke with the attorney who apparently caused the wine to be sent to me. She acted as if I was from Mars. I wanted to return the wine to her thinking she’d made a big mistake in sending it. I did not drink alcohol at all apart from the tiny amount received at a church Holy Communion service. It took quite a bit of effort to finally get authorization to return the wine at their expense.
One will take minutes, the other might take months.
“Drop the offending items in the trash.”
Some poor guy will be wondering where his viagra pills are.
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