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americana-jewels · ‎11-12-2018

So, I sold a item about 2 weeks ago, $150 sale, shipped priority mail. Tracking shows that item was out for delivery in the town that it was suppsed to be delivered in, but that afternoon, it showed that item was 'forwarded'-- and then tracking shows it made its way to a city about 500 miles north of where it was supposed to be delivered.

So,.... buyer ripping me off? They have it forwarded some how so that they can claim item not received?

just to be clear, I produced the shipping label through ebay shipping; all that shipping info automatically built into the shipping label by eBay. I've sold on ebay full time (under another ID also,) for 11 years, and this is the first time I've seen this situation.

tracking history is below:

November 9, 2018, 4:14 pm
Delivered, Front Door/Porch
NAPA, CA 94558
Your item was delivered at the front door or porch at 4:14 pm on November 9, 2018 in NAPA, CA 94558.

November 8, 2018, 9:09 am
Arrived at Post Office
NAPA, CA 94558

November 8, 2018, 3:36 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
OAKLAND CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

November 7, 2018
In Transit to Next Facility

November 6, 2018, 1:38 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
SAN BERNARDINO CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

November 6, 2018, 12:34 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
SAN BERNARDINO CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

October 31, 2018, 6:15 pm
Forwarded
LA QUINTA, CA

October 31, 2018, 4:02 pm
Forwarded
LA QUINTA, CA

October 31, 2018, 8:14 am
Out for Delivery
LA QUINTA, CA 92253

October 31, 2018, 8:04 am
Sorting Complete
LA QUINTA, CA 92253

October 31, 2018, 6:30 am
Arrived at Post Office
LA QUINTA, CA 92253

October 31, 2018, 6:12 am
Arrived at USPS Facility
LA QUINTA, CA 92253

October 31, 2018, 3:45 am
Arrived at USPS Regional Facility
SAN BERNARDINO CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

October 31, 2018, 2:12 am
Departed USPS Regional Facility
LOS ANGELES CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

October 30, 2018, 6:51 pm
Arrived at USPS Regional Origin Facility
LOS ANGELES CA DISTRIBUTION CENTER

October 30, 2018, 5:36 pm
Accepted at USPS Regional Origin Facility
LOS ANGELES CA NETWORK DISTRIBUTION CENTER

October 27, 2018, 1:40 pm
Shipping Label Created, USPS Awaiting Item
BELL GARDENS, CA 90201

sly_kitten2018 · ‎11-21-2018

@emerald40 wrote:
Back in the day - 2007, my mom went into a nursing home so I needed to have all her mail forwarded to me.

I had to go into the Post Office, show them my power of attorney, my driver's license, papework from her doctor and the nursing home to prove who I was and that I had the authority to do so.

This should not be allowed to be done over the phone. Too much room for fraud.

mail forwarding can't be done over the phone. It has to be done in person or online and there is a verification process you must go through. Forwarding is not done at the local level either, when you fill out the form at the PO, they send it off somewhere possibly the main PO for the state. In my state it goes to the capitol city and the mail centers there take care of the rest.

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ersatz_sobriquet · ‎11-21-2018

@gramophone-georg wrote:
@ryanofvermont wrote:
I did call and have it reversed, as I said, but it took a lot of arguing. Also, he claimed he didn't forward it, but the PO forwarded it, so to get to the bottom of it, someone would have to call the PO and look into it, and I wasn't willing to do that. Hence the arguing, and getting the decision reversed.
That's just stupid. The PO can't just arbitrarily forward mail. The CS rep BOUGHT this nonsense?

Thieves are impersonating people and filing for informed delivery online and forwarding mail and the USPS is who is at fault for letting this happen without verification.

postingid2017 · ‎11-22-2018

Wow, I did not know this. I use informed delivery, however, I use it only to keep track of the pkg. If they (the scammers) would only use the info for good and not for stealing I guess I live in a bubble