# Got Amazon Prime package delivered, not for me **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 30, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845 "2020-07-30T16:37:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845/21 "2020-07-30T22:08:34Z")
I’m not sure how it works in Canada, but where I live Amazon employs their own delivery drivers. So they are pretty much one in the same. ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845/22 "2020-07-30T22:12:05Z")
And here, Amazon delivered the package, but it was the friends of my neighbors who sent it, or caused it to be sent. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845/23 "2020-07-30T22:43:49Z")
> [@moes\_lotion](#): > > Mystery solved, it was meant for the newly (about a year ago) moved in neighbors across the street. A happy ending. Nice! I l love happy endings. I’m glad you got it figured out. And your neighbor is probably happy to get it too. ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845/24 "2020-07-30T22:45:28Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > And your neighbor is probably happy to get it too. Yeah, because now they’ll get two of them 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845/25 "2020-07-30T23:10:23Z")
I received an Amazon package not meant for me once (a few years ago). I immediately contacted them and they told me to keep it (or do whatever with it). It was not an expensive item (IIRC around $12) and I guess they figured it was cheaper to let me keep it than to ship it back and forth around the country. Presumably the person it was meant for got their item. The item was some silicone basting brushes. I still have one of them. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845/26 "2020-07-30T23:43:50Z")
> [@moes\_lotion](#): > > That’s sort of irrelevant to my question of should I make any further effort to get it to the proper recipient since Amazon Prime isn’t going to do it. No. No. No. Several people have said to do what Amazon said. Open it or don’t open it. Keep it or don’t keep it. Don’t try to chase anybody down. That is a bit like stalking and if you tried to approach me saying a package was delivered to them that was mine, I would run away as fast as I could the other direction, calling the police if you tried to contact me a second time. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845/27 "2020-07-31T01:28:15Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > That is a bit like stalking and if you tried to approach me saying a package was delivered to them that was mine, I would run away as fast as I could the other direction, calling the police if you tried to contact me a second time. You’re obviously not Canadian. I think the OP went above and beyond, but certainly the courteous think to do. My brother ordered a propane fire table from Amazon. When it didn’t show up after 4 weeks, he cancelled the order and received a full refund. A few days later, a 100lb box shows up with his $700 purchase. He calls Amazon back, they say to keep it - they don’t want it back. It’s now nicely set up in my backyard since he bought another one when they cancelled the order. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845/28 "2020-07-31T02:50:37Z")
> [@FinsToTheLeft](#): > > You’re obviously not Canadian. I think the OP went above and beyond, but certainly the courteous think to do. You’re right, I’m not Canadian, but every single day lately I sure wish I was! But, I digress. I didn’t compose my post very well-I meant to say that the OP had more than fulfilled his responsibility to the person who ordered the package, now he should do what the company suggested, whichever choice they gave that he was comfortable with and let the company make the buyer whole. He had already done enough. Pursuing the buyer’s location any further could be scary to them-that’s my reaction when I get a text that says: “a delivery has been attempted, please text them and give them info”…That’s a type of stalking and it’s hard to be sure which is which. I’ve had 4 of those texts in the last week. If a person contacted me about a package supposedly for me that had been delivered to them and how might they find me, I would have felt the same apprehension I wrote about. I just didn’t say it well in my post. He was kind,courteous, responsible and nice. He didn’t need to do more. BTW, where I’m from we have an expression -Nebraska Nice-in this instance I could have done better at it. My SIL is a Canada boy, Saskatoon. I can’t wait until he can take me up there visiting amongst all of you! ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845/29 "2020-07-31T11:41:31Z")
I’m being a bit facetious. I might have posted it on Facebook or Nextdoor, but likely would have kept it after Amazon disclaimed it. Even in a big city like Toronto there is still more of a collective ideal as opposed to American freedom. It seems to be serving us well in Covid times. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845/30 "2020-07-31T16:01:29Z")
> [@FinsToTheLeft](#): > > Even in a big city like Toronto there is still more of a collective ideal as opposed to American freedom. It seems to be serving us well in Covid times. I like your way better. ✌🏼🇨🇦+:us: ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845/31 "2020-07-31T18:07:43Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > No. No. No. > > Several people have said to do what Amazon said. Open it or don’t open it. Keep it or don’t keep it. > > Don’t try to chase anybody down. That is a bit like stalking and if you tried to approach me saying a package was delivered to them that was mine, I would run away as fast as I could the other direction, calling the police if you tried to contact me a second time. I live in an apartment complex and twice have gotten mail in my box that was addressed to a neighbor. Once I took it to the office, and once I delivered it to their door. So far I haven’t been arrested. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845/32 "2020-07-31T18:34:40Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > live in an apartment complex and twice have gotten mail in my box that was addressed to a neighbor. Once I took it to the office, and once I delivered it to their door. So far I haven’t been arrested. We are talking about two different things. What you did in those two cases was neighborly, you weren’t a stranger who had ‘sleuthed’ out a person whose name was above his address on a package that a delivery service delivered to the stated correct address. Someone ‘sleuthing’ out my whereabouts when I didn’t ask to be found can feel like an invasion of my personal safety. Read my subsequent posts, I’ve detailed this out and another poster agreed that these circumstances could be perceived as stalking, regardless of the intentions of the ‘sleuther’. Which, in this case, I have no doubt were pure, but I would have no way to know that on my end. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845/33 "2020-07-31T18:40:50Z")
I received an Amazon package with my address on it but a company name for the recipient. Luckily I recognized the company name as in the vicinity so I looked up their number and called them to explain. The guy answering the phone thanked me and showed up about ten minutes later. It was heavy so as I was helping him get it into his truck I commented curiosity as to how the sender could screw up so badly, as nothing but the city name matched – not the number, not the street name, not even the zip code. He just replied, “It’s from one of our more… colorful suppliers.” ---
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845/34 "2020-07-31T20:57:34Z")
While there are plenty of Canadians who wouldn’t have bothered to even call Amazon Prime in a similar case, I have had more than one occasion where a properly addressed letter or package meant for me ended up either a few doors, or even a whole street away, and the people there took the time to walk it over, so I feel obligated to pay it forward. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-amazon-prime-package-delivered-not-for-me/916845.md?page=1)