Last week when I bought the zip-on fitted sheet (which is a bit deep for my mattress but delightful to zip off) somehow I entered my address one digit off. Jumped through a few hoops, got the sheets.
Then I discovered on the USPS web site that I’d made the same mistake for a surprise sweatshirt I bought Gary, and the next morning Gary got this text message:
Here’s the odd thing: I really did have a package with the wrong address, one digit off. The postal customer service man explained my regular postman would have delivered it, but I had a temp today. In fact he was so helpful I began to think he might be a con artist himself, wriggling in to my good graces.
No con though, just a coincidence, not surprising given how many packages Gary and I have been ordering.
3 responses to “Package Warning”
Good to know that con is out there! Yikes.
(is anyone else kind of annoyed that banks now sometimes *do* email you when something is awry? Because that “they will literally never do that” was super-useful once upon a time.)
KC – I’ve had phone calls and texts from banks (Bank of America) but I don’t recall any emails. that would be troubling, though. luckily we can always see the actual sender if we click.
Uh. Email sender addresses can be spoofed; do not put too much stock in that.
Yes, also definitely not a fan of the “click here or call this number to resolve this problem” texts! Because come on!!! About one in ten of that type of bank text received is for an actual bank we have an account with, and that is just not great odds, you know?
That said, googling the phone number before calling it often (albeit not always) identifies it as Yes A Bank Number or No Not a Bank Number via the bank website, and then I feel okay calling it if it is a bank number. But I still feel like this could be made a lot better? More streamlined? Less leeway for scammers?