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Odd Email

ECBG — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:09:44 GMT

I ordered a small hardbound book from amazon. I just got their email tracking the package, but the ODD part is:

"Our driver may call or text you for help with the package."

Have you gotten a message like this before?

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sunshine45 — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:11:20 GMT

yes, but i have never received a call or an email.

i do sometimes receive a photo.

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Kachina624 — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:11:35 GMT

@ECBG. Lol, No I haven't. Maybe they're sending a miniature driver?

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Mj12 — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:11:41 GMT

Sure I have - a lot of the time actually. I ignore it, no one has ever contacted me for further delivery instructions, and Amazon knows exactly where I live.

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Peaches McPhee — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:19:13 GMT

I've gotten this too. Note is says "may". Never have I gotten a request for help,but I guess anything is possible.

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fthunt — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:26:49 GMT

Last week noticed a big box truck with the SMILE on the side pull up to my nieghbor's house. Across the rear of truck.....AMAZON

I guess the dedicated Amazon trucks w/ new drivers is another way to give super fast delivery.

Had never seen that before...

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millieshops — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:27:14 GMT

Maybe some of the extra drivers they use sometimes don’t have access to all the regular drivers do. Haven’t seen one since, but before Christmas I saw many deliveries coming in private vans with no Amazon markings

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froggy — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:30:40 GMT

@fthunt wrote:
Last week noticed a big box truck with the SMILE on the side pull up to my nieghbor's house. Across the rear of truck.....AMAZON

I guess the dedicated Amazon trucks w/ new drivers is another way to give super fast delivery.
Had never seen that before...

Almost all my Amazon deliveries come in a dedicated truck. Maybe because we have a super duper humongous warehouse in my city.

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itsmagic — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 19:38:33 GMT

Yes, I get that message too but never had someone call. I figured it was only for Amazon delivery drivers who couldn’t find the address. We have Amazon delivery drivers fairly often in our neighborhood.

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grandma2pkmh — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:02:25 GMT

@ECBG My notifications from Amazon have always said that.

Just got one this morning.

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J Town Girl — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:18:16 GMT

I get the same message from Amazon almost everytime I place an order. I think it almost becoming standard for them.

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ECBG — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:18:23 GMT

@froggy wrote:
@fthunt wrote:
Last week noticed a big box truck with the SMILE on the side pull up to my nieghbor's house. Across the rear of truck.....AMAZON

I guess the dedicated Amazon trucks w/ new drivers is another way to give super fast delivery.
Had never seen that before...
Almost all my Amazon deliveries come in a dedicated truck. Maybe because we have a super duper humongous warehouse in my city.

@froggy

I've seen the vans also.

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Meowingkitty — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:24:58 GMT

I have that on every email about a delivery from them. Never have I received a call. Probably because Amazon is in our neighborhood daily. Sometimes two or three time a day. Our neighborhood does a lot of shopping at Amazon apparently.

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deeva — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:49:22 GMT

Amazon trucks have been delivering around here for a few years.
I've gotten that email too.

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Lipstickdiva — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:51:58 GMT

I love the fact that once Amazon delivers, I get a picture of the package sitting on my front porch. That way I know it really was delivered to the correct address.

A few weeks ago FedEx delivered a package to someone else but claimed it was left on my front porch. Luckily the person who received it by mistake brought it to me.

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NYCLatinaMe — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:53:25 GMT

@ECBG wrote:
I ordered a small hardbound book from amazon. I just got their email tracking the package, but the ODD part is:

"Our driver may call or text you for help with the package."

Have you gotten a message like this before?

I have. My apartment building restricts deliveries to certain time frames. My sense is they call if they need access. They ususally just deliver the next day within my building's time frame. Maybe you live in a private or restricted access community?

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september — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 22:11:01 GMT

I live in a new development that isn't on many gps maps. I get that message often, and have received many phone calls from drivers who can't find my house.

Whenever I see a call coming in from Seattle, I know it's from an Amazon driver and I'll have to find out where that person is, and guide him/her to my house.

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Desertdi — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 01:54:47 GMT

That is a "standard" email from Amazon.

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shoesnbags — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 02:08:00 GMT

@fthunt wrote:
Last week noticed a big box truck with the SMILE on the side pull up to my nieghbor's house. Across the rear of truck.....AMAZON

I guess the dedicated Amazon trucks w/ new drivers is another way to give super fast delivery.
Had never seen that before...

@fthunt

Those trucks are in my neighborhood every day. Didn't realize that wasn't the case everywhere.

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rosiered — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 02:46:47 GMT

During the holidays I have seen Amazon pkgs being delivered in all sorts of vans and trucks. Some are marked, some are not.