What do you need to know to intercept a package?

[sin-n-dex]

This afternoon I read yet another thread about a USPS parcel being intercepted/redirected.

What does the buyer need to know to be able to do this?

- The Tracking Number

- Where it's being delivered to originally I presume

Anything else?

The seller's address? If they need to know this, we might be able to protect ourselves by not disclosing or ship from location (this works the first time, after one delivery then the buyer will have your contact details, and yes, I know they can pull those details too, but the seller would be alerted of this).

Cheers, C.

[missjen831]

All you need is the tracking number & a USPS account to do a USPS intercept. You don’t need the senders address. 

[sin-n-dex]

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@missjen831 wrote:

All you need is the tracking number & a USPS account to do a USPS intercept. You don’t need the senders address. 

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This is a glaring security hole in the USPS network...

There should be more measures in place to ensure the person intercepting or redirecting is the actual sender of the package.

Cheers, C.

[missjen831]

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@sin-n-dex wrote:

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@missjen831 wrote:

All you need is the tracking number & a USPS account to do a USPS intercept. You don’t need the senders address. 

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This is a glaring security hole in the USPS network...

There should be more measures in place to ensure the person intercepting or redirecting is the actual sender of the package.

Cheers, C.

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Why? The sender isn’t the only one who can intercept. The recipient is allowed to intercept and should be allowed to. And it’s not going to change now that we have informed delivery—they have made it easier for us to control our incoming packages. I probably should have been more specific earlier-I didn’t mean to imply that anyone with the tracking number can file an intercept. It has to be the send or the receiver. 

[kitschy*loot]

According to someone at the post office I spoke to a few months ago, only the sender can intercept or redirect a package. A buyer is only supposed to be able to do that on packages they send to someone, like if they are returning an item to the seller and decide they want it back.

[missjen831]

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@kitschy*loot wrote:

According to someone at the post office I spoke to a few months ago, only the sender can intercept or redirect a package. A buyer is only supposed to be able to do that on packages they send to someone, like if they are returning an item to the seller and decide they want it back.

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That employee is misinformed. Either the sender or receiver can file the package intercept.