Package delivered question

[css2001]

I sold an item last Friday. Prior to shipping I checked the buyer's address and there was no house, just a vacant field. Today the package shows delivered to a USPS parcel locker. This is the first time I ever heard of a "parcel locker" that wasn't located at a multifamily unit or inside a business. There are only a handful of homes located on this road plus there is a post office located on the next street to the north. I'm curious if anyone else has ever heard of this.

[nobody*s_perfect]

Could be a new home that was built after the Google street maps car went by. When my cousin sent me his new address, I was curious to see what it new house looked like.  You guessed it -- his new address showed as an open field.   

[kensgiftshop]

Some of those images are a little out of date.

I can look up my address and it shows a vehicle I haven't had in probably 15 years or more.

[albertabrightalberta]

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@nobody*s_perfect wrote:

Could be a new home that was built after the Google street maps car went by. When my cousin sent me his new address, I was curious to see what it new house looked like.  You guessed it -- his new address showed as an open field.   

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Yup, in March, 2013, we purchased a property that was uninhabitable. (We knew going into it that we were demolishing and rebuilding on the lot. We moved into the newly constructed home in July 2015.)

Now nearly 9 years later and if someone googled my address, they'd see a ramshackle old house that no one could live in! 

But why do sellers even look up addresses? I ship to the address ebay says to and when delivered, I'm happy! Who cares what google shows? 

[12345jamesstamps]

"Why do sellers even look up addresses"....I didn't know anything about "freight forward" until I looked up those addresses to find out no one really lived in them...I only discovered what "freight forward" was a few years ago. LOL

I think sellers look at buyer's address on google to understand the picture of an item lost and what might have happened.

For me....anyone who buys 150+ items I need to know if it's a house or apartment and not "freight forward".

I only looked at two trackings of mine lately...one from February and one from October(freight forward)...they are still "opened" "continuing on to next destination"...even though buyers gave me positive feedback long ago....never "delivered" in the tracking.

[deltilogical]

"Why do sellers even look up addresses"....I usually only do that for returned items.  Sometimes the post office made a mistake, sometimes the address is a chain link fence.

[pcobra93]

A "Parcel Locker" is at the Post Office. They are for larger packages that won't fit in the regular PO box. They leave you a key in your PO box and you just got to the correct box and open it. Small PO's just leave a card and you go to the counter to get your package. Some UPS stores have similar boxes. The customer probably has his address tied to a PO box.

[lakefor94]

I look 'em up quite often depending upon the item to be shipped. If it is over $300-$400  and going to an office building or other high rise, they get a Sig required and I let them know. Especially for AMZ shipments. 

Same with some other dwellings. I make a game time decision. 

I had a buyer in San Fran chew me out one time for not adding Sig to a $200 eBay order going UPS. I looked it up and could see what she was talking about, lol. 

[yuzuha]

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@albertabrightalberta wrote:

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But why do sellers even look up addresses? I ship to the address ebay says to and when delivered, I'm happy! Who cares what google shows? 

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This is one thing I truly do not understand. I've had buyers have things shipped to their workplaces before-- in fact, I just had one over Christmas where the buyer included a note that he was having it shipped to his office because he was currently out of town. He received it safely and left me positive feedback for the transaction. Everyone was happy!

Why give yourself anxiety by Googling the address?

[css2001]

@albertabrightalberta wrote: 

But why do sellers even look up addresses? 

I look them up if I have a buyer who hasn't had a purchase in over a year just to have peace of mind. 

"Paranoid" -Black Sabbath

[buyselljack2016]

P.O. is not the only location for a "parcel locker".   A housing develop may have "parcel lockers" for the items that do not fit in the customers mail box in the "cluster" of mail boxes at that location.