White Sticker Label Scam? Did I find a NEW Seller Scam?

[kingmocha8383]

so I've seen a lot of eBay buyer and seller scams before but recently saw something strange that got me thinking 

I purchased an expensive antique collectable with tracking and insured 

the box arrived to my building and was left in the common area

Strangely a white (easily removable) sticker was over my name and unit number

BUT  WHY THE STICKER ? ? ?

Heres how i think this could only benefit the seller

1 Antiques have high item not described returns or items switched out for less damaged ones by bad buyers

professional antique sellers could mitigate if not lessen this by having more items lost in transit or damaged for insurance

2 the item would easily been picked up by a neighbor and id reported INR

 Seller proves tracking and is protected. 

3 neighbor returned to sender, seller gets the item plus shipping and fees back from eBay or claims the item was damaged on return and collects insurance 

its a far fetched but you have to admit if it worked just once out of 100s of items sold by 1 antique seller they could easily make them a lot of money of it. 

[popblox]

But how did it get delivered to you if your name and address was covered up? 

[rebell45]

I purchased an expensive antique collectable with tracking and insured

the box arrived to my building and was left in the common area

That would concern me more that the sticker. You must have really good neighbors.

[eburtonlab]

Seems rather convoluted. If the seller is working some sort of insurance scam, there is no reason to attempt to involve a neighbor as an unwitting accomplice. And to expect that a neighbor would return the item to the original sender? Wouldn't the neighbor first try to find out if the package was for someone in the building rather than trying to return to sender? Just in my own building, I have brought many packages inside from the vestibule, or left packages by a neighbor's door, but have never tried to return a neighbor's package to sender.

Most likely the sticker was placed there by the shipping service for some purpose. As long as it does not obscure the bar code, the sticker does not interfere with delivery -- as evidenced by the fact that you actually received it.

I have seen package labels where the original bar code was damaged, or possibly wrong, or just not sufficiently machine-readable, where the shipper has provided a new bar code on a sticker that goes over the address, partially covering it.

[ed8108]

Only your name & unit number were covered up, leaving the delivery address visible ?

With respect to a box left in the common area, perhaps building management might simply decide to give the package back to the carrier for return to sender since the recipient & unit # was unknown ,not visible?

Because you were expecting a package delivery, on your own initiative & motion you decided to remove the sticker & discovered that this curious package without a recipient & unit # was indeed for you ?

Congrats!