How to get a package to the right owner?

Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨2ugly2live@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨nostupidquestions@lemmy.world⁩

So, went to get my mail, saw a package. I was already expecting one, so blah, blah, blah, I opened it and quickly realized it wasn’t my package. It’s a tirara, as well as a bracelet. I looked up the brand and, thankfully, they’re not diamonds or anything crazy, but they range from $150 to almost $700, either scale being expensive to me. And a tirara has to be an event, which makes it even worse. I checked for an order slip to reference the number, but it’s only the tiara. I don’t recognize the name, and I’ve been at this address for a few years. Do I just return to sender and hope for the best? Community post?

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CameronDev@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
This is probably a scam:

www.uspis.gov/news/scam-article/brushing-scam

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- Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  Throw it away
  If you opened it, and do not wish to keep it, you may simply dispose of it in the garbage, as long as it is safe to do so.
  
  Keep it
  If you opened it and you like it, you may keep it. By law, you may keep unsolicited merchandise and are under no obligation to pay for it.
  
  Note that this may be correct only in Usa. Different in other countries.
  
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  - CameronDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Do you know of any countries that have different laws? I’m curious as to how it would work?
    
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- 2ugly2live@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I didn’t think of that. The name is pretty generic.
  
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  - CameronDev@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    That makes even more sense, they probably dont stand out in the crowded market place, but for a few dollars in shipping and lost product, they can get a glowing review to push them up.
    
    Its important to realise that while the item might list for $$$$$, it probably only costs $ to manufacture.
    
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- Whats_a_lemmy@ponder.cat ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Those usually involve cheaper items, though.
  
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  - algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    OP may see it listed for $150-700, but who’s not to say it’s a $2 knock-off?
    
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  - CameronDev@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    It may be a fake item, but also remember that the cost to make jewelry is usually far less than what they are sold for, so it probably wasn’t hundreds of dollars.
    
    I’ll update when I find the video, but there was a woman who gave a blackhat talk about it, and she got a coffee machine, so its not without precedence to spend hundreds.
    
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  - theneverfox@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Well, theoretically they’re just paying Amazon’s cut and taxes… Which isn’t nothing, but if their markup is high enough it could still math out
    
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- Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I’ve heard of this scam, but I also don’t know how fast change of address works. I sometimes get the occasional package post marked over a year prior arriving at my doorstep with the address of my apartment, but for a previous tenant.
  
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- TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Well that’s interesting.
  
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solrize@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Call the sender and ask what to do.

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- 2ugly2live@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I’ll call when they reopen. Don’t ask me why I didn’t think of that.
  
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  - InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Don’t beat yourself up. Its easy to overlook.
    
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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
was it shipped by USPS? Then mark it “wrong address” and let them pick it up. if you want to go the extra mile, bring it to a post office.

If it was shipped by someone else, call them, they’ll probably come out. alternatively, they’re probably in your neighborhood. check for a shipping label with an address or something and walk it over.

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Squorlple@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
If the address is incorrect, you could try finding the correct address and deliver it yourself, or maybe contact the post office local to that area to arrange a delivery of sorts?

I once got an Amazon package addressed to the previous resident of my apartment, and I was expecting packages of my own at the time so I opened it without reading the name of the intended recipient. Realizing it wasn’t mine, I was able to locate the intended recipient on LinkedIn and found her workplace, which happened to be nearby. I asked for her at the workplace’s front desk (without realizing that I was talking to her) and she said to deliver any other packages meant for her to that workplace. With mail (in the US, at least), you can write “Not at this address” on the envelope and mail it and it should find its way to the intended recipient.

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