I’ve just received a package today that I didn’t order, it was left on my door step!
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[li]It has somebody else’s name on it, but my address.[/li][li]Was delivered by UPS, and has a tracking number.[/li][li]It’s about 1ft by 1ft large, I don’t know how somebody could miss it…[/li][/ul]
I’ve seen junk from from this name before, (which is on the package) which might have been from the previous person living there.
Not sure what to exactly do? I thought about opening it, or I suppose I could try to get it to the rightful owner…what do you think???
I would probably hold it for a day or two and see if the person comes for it. My wife has done this twice, both well after we had moved, and she went back and checked with the new tenant and once got her stuff and once did not.
Or it could be drugs that were sent to you to be picked up by a stranger. I would call UPS immediately. I might even just take it to them rather than risk keeping it.
Does anyone else remember a commercial from the 80’s where a voice over said something like “If you get a package in the mail you didn’t order, you get to keep it - that’s the law!” For comedy they showed an Eskimo getting an electric fan, and saying “Thanks!” to the camera.
I don’t remember if the commercial clarified whether it had to be addressed to you or not…
I haven’t opened the package yet, I’m still at work…
Yes it is addressed to me, but the name is wrong (somebody else’s name~weird).
I couldn’t get in trouble for opening, could I?
How about keeping whatever is inside it???
I haven’t got a citation, but I would imagine this only applies if it’s addressed to you. The idea is that someone willingly sent you something, so you’re under no obligation to return it.
I don’t know what the rules are regarding UPS packages, but without doing research I’d treat opening it as a felony, same as USPS, and proceed from there.
We one time had a box delivered to us by mistake. We opened it because we were expecting a package. It was full of Mp3 players. I called UPS or FedEx (don’t remember) and they started to give me directions on how I could take it to their central processing station. The guy was really put out when I insisted they come pick it up.
Well, they would have no way to “see” that it had been opened. Again, the OP can always say “what package”? No way to prove it hadn’t been stolen off his front porch before he got home from work.