FWIW, you can get USPS to correct their database. I don't have the link handy, but your local postmaster should have a reference.
Scott On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Edward R Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > hopefully topic will pass political correction police. > > Recent order of a Yamaha CM500 from Amazon.com got "Lost in space". > > Well actually their compooter substituted another city for mine and sent > it there, where all tracking failed. Fortunately I noticed it was > "delivery attempted" after a week of waiting delivery and I complained to > Amazon who refunded my purchase of $58.33. I checked the order at amazon > on-line and it properly listed Nikiski. But the package was addressed to > Kenai with the Nikiski zip code. This is not the first time amazon screwed > up. > > I ordered again listing this time the physical address of my PO (which I > have permission to do). Not only USPS but UPS and FedEx shipments can > accepted (for me) by my local PO. This a nice cure for "drop n scoot" > delivery by later two shippers. > > Even when I use "click-n-ship" for prepaid packages mailed thru the USPS, > the USPS Internet site changes my address town and zipcode to Kenai > 99611-5074 (???). Fortunately this is only the return address. I can try > to correct the address before printing my labels but the USPS compooter > just changes it back. So no win. Hopefully, none of my shipments are > returned (to the wrong city and zipcode). > > Of course it knows more than the hooman that wrote it. I guess another > evil like "auto-fill" and "auto-correct"? > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > http://www.kl7uw.com > Dubus-NA Business mail: > [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > -- Scott Small ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
