Last month I placed a Banggood order and even though I entered my new address in the billing field I must have missed the shipping field which was auto-populated from previous orders with my old address. I didn’t even realize till now.
Well now I just checked the status on the BG app since USPS was showing the tracking number as not yet in possession and that’s when I noticed it was addressed to my old place.
90% my fault (10% my phones fault lol), not blaming Banggood just looking for options. I filed the change of address in May and I believe it’s active for 90 days so as long as the package comes soon it should be good, I hope. Is there any way for me as the receiver to change the delivery address at this point with USPS or any other routes I could pursue to help ensure I receive it? It’s not a large amount of money but nearly everything was on sale or bought with codes and the prices of everything has went up so I’d really like to not need to repurchase it all should the box not arrive.
We had something similar happen with a non-flashlight order. Unfortunately, USPS didn’t forward it and we didn’t really have any other options. In theory, the recipient should refuse delivery (mark “not at this address” or whatever) but in reality they will probably just be vaguely disappointed when they open it. Maybe you can find it listed locally on Craigslist or Nextdoor. You could try preemptively contacting the current residents at that address and try to work something out.
The worst one I did was accidentally ship my wife’s wedding ring to the wrong address. Fortunately I found it on the porch as the unit was empty (as in, not rented, not just the current residents weren’t home) at the time. And then I had to send it back for re-sizing, and despite my careful instructions it was again sent to the wrong address. The second time it got returned to sender, and the guy that made it said “my bad” and re-shipped it for free. Luckiest I’ve ever been…
If you are signed up with informed delivery with the USPS, sometimes, you can add a note to the delivery. Doesn’t seem to work on all packages but I have been able to add a note to a few Priority deliveries.
Wellp, you don’t say how far away old/new addresses might be, but if close enough you can wait ’til “out for delivery” then trek on over there and ask for it. Or if you were on good terms with any of the neighbors, have them go next door to pick it up, then you can go there once they have it for safe-keeping.
I had an issue with FedEx at first, just when the corovirus started going full-swing, something that was already on its way at work before the company shooed everyone to work from home. Even calling them (FedEx), no option to have it sent to a different location. Was even told after 3 failed delivery attempts it’d just be sent back to the sender! And they (hyu-mons who answered the phones) were insistent that’s what would happen. Couldn’t have it rerouted, couldn’t pick it up from the local FedEx place, nothing. Just f-you, too bad.
Wehehehehell, after the first failed attempt, I get an automated email offering me to wait for another attempt the next day or just pick it up any time between 6 and 8 that night! So I did. No muss, no fuss. Snapped a pic of the screen showing the email, showed ID, and grabbed my goodies.
I considered that but when you file it you loose access to informed delivery while they verify your old and new addresses via snail mail. Takes a few weeks before you get the confirmation code to get back in.
In the future I’ll be sure not to make the same mistake again but according to international tracking the package is already en route so I don’t think they’d be of any help for this package.
I think first point of contact will be with my new letter carrier woman, see what she says, it’s very rural here and she knows everyone and everything so I feel like I’ll have the best chance getting any help from USPS by going through her. I might try to contact my old carrier too, after 8 years of multiple packages a week he knows me and knows we’ve moved and will definitely notice a package addressed to me.
I spoke with my new mail lady and she said that the change of address is actually good for 1 year on USPS first class & USPS priority mail and packages however only 60 days on mail transfered from another service (like DHL / private or international mail services) and since who knows how Banggood sent it my most for-sure bet would be to run an intercept now that it’s moving in USPS’ tracking system.
I had to login to my USPS account, verify its my package by entering the original shipped to address, pay $14 and then I could choose my local PO to have it held at.
If the intercept fails I’m not charged and there’s still a slight chance the auto forwarding system catches it.
I’ve done all I can short of going to my old address and asking them to do, well IDK (not something I’m wiling to even try). I’ll update if it works out.
I dissected the additional USPS labeling and there’s no forwarding label on it anywhere so I don’t think it would of got here without the intercept.
Super glad it worked out. Like a mentioned it was a bunch of small stuff, almost all on some sort of sale or coupon code and even with the $14 fee for the intercept I still spent less than if I reordered it all today at current full prices.
