01-24-2022 03:35 PM
The address I entered was correct. Ebay corrected it to an address that doesn't exist. I only realized this after it shipped. What are my options for still getting my package?
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01-24-2022 07:42 PM
@blmcil6 wrote:No it's just I have an odd address and it flipped it to what it thought was correct.
Any corrections made when purchasing the label through eBay are done via a lookup in the USPS' own database. The ZIP code is expanded to ZIP+4 at the same time. Thus it seems a little unlikely that your address would get "corrected" into a different (wrong) location.
Without giving out your actual address, can you give us an idea of the address you entered vs. the address to which the package is being shipped?
01-24-2022 03:42 PM
If USPS they can return it to you for a fee before it gets delivered.
01-24-2022 03:47 PM
If your the buyer, contact the shipper right away and see if they can redirect it. If the seller, you can try and get it recalled back to you.
01-24-2022 04:02 PM
Have never ever heard of eBay correcting a buyer's address.
Is there any possibility that there is a scammer who's contacted your seller and asked him to redirect your package to his mailing address?
01-24-2022 04:33 PM
No it's just I have an odd address and it flipped it to what it thought was correct.
01-24-2022 04:33 PM
I tried to check the shipping number but when I used the ups tracker the number didn't show up for them.
01-24-2022 06:16 PM
Retract the package
01-24-2022 07:42 PM
@blmcil6 wrote:No it's just I have an odd address and it flipped it to what it thought was correct.
Any corrections made when purchasing the label through eBay are done via a lookup in the USPS' own database. The ZIP code is expanded to ZIP+4 at the same time. Thus it seems a little unlikely that your address would get "corrected" into a different (wrong) location.
Without giving out your actual address, can you give us an idea of the address you entered vs. the address to which the package is being shipped?
01-25-2022 03:16 AM
The OP is the buyer. The seller can only retract the package. The ship to address on file w/eBay is shown on the purchase file prior to payment I believe twice - my guess is the buyer "typed" in the incorrect address or didn't confirm /proofread his typed in address . There are a lot of odd addresses out their - but don't know what is so "odd" about the OPs. It is highly unlikely the eBays program just "flipped" an address - "glitches" are caused by "human error" that no one will take responsibility for.
01-25-2022 03:39 AM
It seems like the OP is the buyer, therefore, he would be the recipient of the package, not the sender.
01-25-2022 08:17 AM
No I entered it and it offered another address. I assumed that it was the correct one so I used it as I am a college student and assumed that the info I used was incorrect.
01-25-2022 08:18 AM
I entered my address as [numbers] ****** circle. It offered *****lane instead and I assumed that was correct and my info was outdated as I was having it shipped to my po box at college and my info was incorrect. It was only later I realized I was wrong
01-25-2022 12:00 PM
@blmcil6 wrote:I entered my address as [numbers] ****** circle. It offered *****lane instead and I assumed that was correct and my info was outdated as I was having it shipped to my po box at college and my info was incorrect. It was only later I realized I was wrong
Actually I think you might luck out here, assuming that your box number is showing as part of the address. I suspect that the local carrier(s) are used to seeing misaddressed mail going to the local college but winding up on [whatever] Lane instead of [whatever] Circle. If a box number is part of the address, they will probably know the correct location, regardless of the suffix on the street address.
What you might try is Googling the phone number for the local post office serving that address and explaining it to them to see if you need to do anything further. Have your tracking number available to provide to them, so that they can look it up on their intranet in-house network. I would not rely on the seller to intercept and recall the package instead, partly because it's expensive and partly because it may not work anyway. (On the mercifully few occasions when I needed to intercept a package, it ended up getting delivered anyway.)
The one thing that you should not expect to work here is an Item Not Received claim, because that only looks for a Delivered status in the City and ZIP of the Ship-To: address received with the payment; the street address is not considered. Your chances of fixing this, if there is a genuine risk of it going to the wrong place, are better if you act before it's delivered rather than after. Good luck.