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I am unsure if this is the proper place to post this but I'm not sure what on Earth I can do at this point.
A friend of mine sent something to me as a surprise through USPS First Class with tracking. Unfortunately, He marked my street number wrong and as a result, the package was delivered to my neighbor (with my name on it). I went to this neighbor's apartment and knocked and the guy wouldn't even open the door for me (guess I'm scary looking lol). He said he hadn't heard of "no package" and that was it. I left a note on his door after that with the printed tracking results clearly showing my stuff WAS delivered to his mailbox and a polite note saying if he found it, to email me or call the rental office.
Anyway, is there anything I can do at this point? I know he is lying. I don't think the package was really that valuable (not sure, would have to ask friend) but I really want it back as this friend is deploying very very soon and will not return until 2015. I know normally you can file a police report on stolen mail but while my name was on the package, my address was not. I've tried getting ahold of the mail lady but she must be running late today and wasn't there when I stopped by.
No, it's not the right forum but you need to contact the PO and it's probably best you go down there personally rather than dealing with the person who delivers the mail. Let them guide you accordingly.
Did you check with the rental office and see if it was there?
Use the tracking number to see what the driver said on it. Someone may have signed for it or there may a notation from the driver regarding delivery. Yesterday I got a package and the delivery email said ' wom cust took'
I think that translates too 'woman customer took' package. Usually the emails say 'left on front porch' but yesterday I answered the door.
If you still can't find it, call USPS and ask the carrier where they left it and what to do now. They may suggest you file a police report.
Sorry about posting in the wrong place Figured it was somewhat relevant because it was my neighbor who took it.
I called the rental office and they didn't have a package. Tried calling the USPS but for some reason every time I dialed any of their lines, it would disconnect me immediately. I'm going to try again tomorrow. I figured I'd get ahold of the mail carrier here because she knows me and would be able to remember if the mail was delivered. She could also check to see if it was still in their mail box.
It's not my neighbor's fault the mail was sent to him since my friend actually put the wrong street number. But it is his fault for not returning it! I'm still pretty salty about the whole thing since I know the guy was in all likelihood lying about never getting it. Guess I know which neighbor not to trust now, huh?
On a slightly irrelevant note, I found out the surprise was a necklace. Nothing extremely valuable but definitely not worthless. I'm going to assume my neighbor gave it to the girl that lives with him. I'll know if I see her out wearing it :P
Call your local office of the Postal Inspection Service. See if they'll send neighbor nasty letter reading them the riot act and the legal ramifications of Obstruction of Correspondence. A lot of times that will do the trick. hard to prosecute cases like this because neighbor can say he returned it back to PO and that couldn't be proved one way or another.
If it was sent priority mail, it should be automatically insured up to a certain amount. Go to the post office and/or talk to the postmaster/postmistress about filing an insurance claim and asking what you should do about the mail being delivered to the neighbor.
In fact, I think you can file the insurance claims online. But, you will want to talk to the postmaster, anyway. The postmaster will have more time to chat with you, in my experience. Everybody else is either on a tight schedule (mail carrier) or they are trying to get through customers quickly (clerks at the counter).
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Figured it was somewhat relevant because it was my neighbor who took it.
