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[ChynnaBlue]

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@Nomore wrote:

Same thing happened to my son with amazon. He ordered online, and somehow it flipped from his address to mine. The confirmation emails had his address only,  then the shipping notices had mine.  I ended up mailing  his packages to him. 

It was only once he sent something to me a couple of years ago.   He deleted any ship-to addresses besides his own so it can't happen again.

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If you enter a new address, most sites ask if you want the new address to be the default address. It's easy to miss. I've done it before on Hautelook and Amazon. It's also very easy to correct.

[Nomore]

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@ChynnaBlue wrote:

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@Nomore wrote:

Same thing happened to my son with amazon. He ordered online, and somehow it flipped from his address to mine. The confirmation emails had his address only,  then the shipping notices had mine.  I ended up mailing  his packages to him. 

It was only once he sent something to me a couple of years ago.   He deleted any ship-to addresses besides his own so it can't happen again.

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If you enter a new address, most sites ask if you want the new address to be the default address. It's easy to miss. I've done it before on Hautelook and Amazon. It's also very easy to correct.

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Chynna Blue, not the answer, it had nothing to do with a new address. Every email he got, it was noted to go to his address (the default). And then somehow it flipped to my address when all was shipped. It was a flub in the system itself at the warehouse. No address was new.

[Lipstickdiva]

I have done bill to ship to and my default address was changed as well.  I caught it on the second time after my SIL got a package of mine she shouldn't have.  I think it was a computer glitch.  I went in and changed it back and I've been fine since.

[Kachina624]

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@Melania wrote:

How does one refuse a package when you never know when they are coming. Tracking isn't always accurate.

Not only that but USPS never rings the bell and if they can stuff it in my mailbox they do. UPS is already in their truck till I get to the door sometimes. 

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You put "return to sender" on the unopened package and take it to the post office, UPS store or give it to any UPS driver, depending on how it was shipped.  You don't have to be there to refuse it.

[Annabellethecat66]

It's a hassle for my daughter.  She has 3 young children who are busy with their activities.

She lives in something where the UPS people have to leave all packages somewhere at the gate.  Someone notifies my daughter there are packages waiting for her.

Eventually she goes and gets them.  it's like Ft Knox there.  Just a pain in the neck getting in and out.  I haven't been able to get in touch with her yet.

I did text her and tell her not to open the packages.  She may already have opened them, I hope not.

It took one person not knowing what they were doing to mess the entire thing up.  In all of these years I've never had trouble like this.

I could tell two times (that same evening) the two people I got (male and female) didn't know what they were doing.  I should have listened to my voice inside.  

I just checked it out to make sure it went through the correct amount but I didn't notice who it went through to.

Live and learn.

[Judaline]

I refused a pkg. once. The UPS driver said he didn't have the means to give me a receipt so I never did it again. Maybe times have changed.

[LTT1]

@Annabellethecat66

Don't be hard on yourself!

Business transactions (making purchases) are getting more and more detailed.

Charges sometimes are hard to document. An entity (bay) told me the guarantee would not apply if I refused delivery on a package! Not sure if this is true?

I guess we keep plugging away, striving to be smart spenders. 

Good luck!

After spending several hours every day for a week on medical ins/unauthorized bill from an Internet company/iCloud-Dropbox issues, I am exhausted!

It makes one want to shun buying! LOL

[Annabellethecat66]

@LTT1Thank you for the kind words.  Your post reminded me of something.

When my husband was alive, although he was away on business every other week he still drove as a volunteer for the American Cancer Society.  They'd call him and he'd drive people who had no way to get to their chemo treatments.  He was a wonderful man!

On of the people he drove for was a young woman who had bone cancer.  In the beginning she could walk a little, then she got so bad he'd pick her up and carry her to and from the car and into the treatment place.  He lifted weights and was very strong.  He also drove a guy who we'd see walking around our city with a boombox.  My husband said he lived in a shelter and was sometimes homeless, but thanks to my husband he was able to get chemo treatments.

Phew!  I'm finally getting to my point....sorry.  Well when the young lady died, her husband came to our house.  He almost ran over to my husband and hugged him for a long time, he started crying.  He said he had to work to pay the bills for her chemo treatment so he coldn't take her.  But what I am remembering is him telling my husband how (even though she was sick and dying) she worked like crazy to try to keep the Dr and hospital bills straight and what a nightmare it was!

I sometimes think of her (her name was Sharon) and how difficult it must have been for her.  In the end she was so thin.  I thought about her struggling over the Drs bills trying to keep what's owed and not owed straight.

When I do that, I realize it makes any little blips in my life just that ..... a blip.  I say to myself all of the time, "Annabelle, you need an attitude adjustment".....it helps for awhile!  Ha!

Take care sweet girl, your kind words were appreciated.

My daughter finally texted me this afternoon that she'd "taken care of it".  (Whatever that means)!  Ha!  I check in a few days and see if it's been straightened out.

[LTT1]

great information here about buying online and refusal of packages!

This has happened to me at least once and only once did it go thru as another addy in my address book. The hassle was enough to make me watch closely as my orders are processed. 

Q's online ordering seems to me to be laid out more clearly than another online retailer (A). Twice I have had to cancel/reorder from A at th moment of order confirmation b/c the package was set up to go to the wrong address.