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| | | Author: | cosmicray  | | Posted: | Dec 29, 2021 12:21 | | Subject: | Package delivery folks, addresses, delivered | | Viewed: | 130 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| Where I live is rural. On one side of me is a combination of pine trees and farm
fields. That stretches for 3/4 mile (3+ km). Next to me is a dirt access lane
into the fields. None of the fields have houses or proper addresses.
This morning I was chatting with an older gent who works over there. He found
a package, dropped somewhere back along the access lane. Unopened and damp from
several days of fog. On it was an address that, had it existed, would have been
about 4 houses north of me. But there are no houses or addresses like that.
The package delivery person (very likely) drove around, could not find it, dropped
it on the grass, and scanned it delivered.
There is no excuse for that, but it is happening. So beware of some of the addresses
you get handed, by new buyers, and package delivery people who claim to have
delivered it. They may all be bupkis.
Nita Rae
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| | | | | Author: | bricks2you | | Posted: | Dec 29, 2021 12:49 | | Subject: | Re: Package delivery folks, addresses, delivered | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| And there was this little incident reported in November;
Hundreds of FedEx packages were discovered in a ravine on private property in
Blount County, Alabama, on Wednesday (November 25).
In Off Topic, cosmicray writes:
| | Where I live is rural. On one side of me is a combination of pine trees and farm
fields. That stretches for 3/4 mile (3+ km). Next to me is a dirt access lane
into the fields. None of the fields have houses or proper addresses.
This morning I was chatting with an older gent who works over there. He found
a package, dropped somewhere back along the access lane. Unopened and damp from
several days of fog. On it was an address that, had it existed, would have been
about 4 houses north of me. But there are no houses or addresses like that.
The package delivery person (very likely) drove around, could not find it, dropped
it on the grass, and scanned it delivered.
There is no excuse for that, but it is happening. So beware of some of the addresses
you get handed, by new buyers, and package delivery people who claim to have
delivered it. They may all be bupkis.
Nita Rae
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| | | | | Author: | Shiny_Stuff | | Posted: | Dec 29, 2021 13:16 | | Subject: | Re: Package delivery folks, addresses, delivered | | Viewed: | 46 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, cosmicray writes:
| | Where I live is rural. On one side of me is a combination of pine trees and farm
fields. That stretches for 3/4 mile (3+ km). Next to me is a dirt access lane
into the fields. None of the fields have houses or proper addresses.
This morning I was chatting with an older gent who works over there. He found
a package, dropped somewhere back along the access lane. Unopened and damp from
several days of fog. On it was an address that, had it existed, would have been
about 4 houses north of me. But there are no houses or addresses like that.
The package delivery person (very likely) drove around, could not find it, dropped
it on the grass, and scanned it delivered.
There is no excuse for that, but it is happening. So beware of some of the addresses
you get handed, by new buyers, and package delivery people who claim to have
delivered it. They may all be bupkis.
Nita Rae
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Like most all sellers here, I use electronic postage where the addresses get
verified and corrected by the payment service (Paypal) and the shipping provider's
software. So, every package I send out is easily accepted.
Just the other day, I took a stack of packages to the post office from my mother
with hand-written addresses (she was sending out copies of her second published
book to buyers -- congratulations, Mom). The postal clerk verified each
address before applying postage and even rejected one due to a bad address.
I was pretty surprised at all this; I had never experienced this. But, it seems
like a good way to prevent bad and fake addresses from causing problems and filling
up the "dead letter office" with undeliverable parcels.
As for lazy delivery personnel, there is a ravine in Alabama with space for more
packages to be dumped, so I have heard.
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| | | | | Author: | SylvainLS | | Posted: | Dec 29, 2021 13:17 | | Subject: | Re: Package delivery folks, addresses, delivered | | Viewed: | 48 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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| In Off Topic, cosmicray writes:
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That stretches for 3/4 mile (3+ km).
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Sidenote:
— If it’s “3 fourth of a mile,” that’s 1.2km.
— If it’s “3 or 4 miles,” that’s 4.8km to 6.4km.
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The package delivery person (very likely) drove around, could not find it, dropped
it on the grass, and scanned it delivered.
There is no excuse for that, but it is happening. So beware of some of the addresses
you get handed, by new buyers, and package delivery people who claim to have
delivered it. They may all be bupkis.
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It happens in cities too. And especially at this time of year, when there’s
more packages and they hire temps.
Less hassle to have the package lost or “porch stolen” than to bring it back.
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| | | | | | | Author: | yorbrick | | Posted: | Dec 29, 2021 17:21 | | Subject: | Re: Package delivery folks, addresses, delivered | | Viewed: | 57 times | | Topic: | Off Topic | |
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It happens in cities too. And especially at this time of year, when there’s
more packages and they hire temps.
Less hassle to have the package lost or “porch stolen” than to bring it back.
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It turns out that is what wheelie bins are for. Not rubbish, they are parcel
holders. One of my pre-Christmas deliveries was put in my neighbour's bin.
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