Well, That Was a First

@porwest (90871)
United States
October 8, 2024 7:29am CST
That's not my porch! I don't order that often from Amazon, but when I have, I have never had any issue getting my orders. Except this time. I bought some cat food and AAA batteries and they were supposed to be delivered yesterday, but I never got them. I just chalked it up to, "They're probably still on the way, they just got the delivery date wrong." When I checked my email this morning it said my packages were delivered and they sent me a picture of my packages... On someone else's porch! I had a sneaking suspicion it was the house next door to us, so I walked over there, and sure enough, there were my packages. I sent a notice to Amazon and I will see what they have to say about it.
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@anya12adwi (9360)
• India
8 Oct
Don't people steal packages when left on porches without informing someone in the house?
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• India
8 Oct
@porwest Thank God, you did not ignore checking on the updates longer!
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
8 Oct
@anya12adwi The porch in the picture looked vaguely familiar, so I figured it was probably over there.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
8 Oct
They do, although I have never had that happen to me (knock on wood). Although, in this case it was on my neighbor's porch, so I was able to get it.
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
8 Oct
I have the feeling that those who deliver Amazon packages are not very good workers.
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@LadyDuck (471500)
• Switzerland
8 Oct
@porwest Most myLot members complain about Amazon deliveries. I never had problems here.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
9 Oct
@LadyDuck I guess it is different everywhere. Most Amazon delivery drivers do not work directly for Amazon, but are hired through independent contracted companies associated with Amazon.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
8 Oct
I have not had a problem before so I can't speak to it. But you are probably right.
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
8 Oct
They just stopped the packages there without confirming that it was the right house?! That is insane!
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
10 Oct
The odd thing is right above where the packages were was the mailbox with big black numbers on it that do not match my house number. Ugh. lol
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@nela13 (58669)
• Portugal
11 Oct
@porwest they were probably blind
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
12 Oct
@nela13 lol. Probably makes driving the delivery van around quite challenging.
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@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
9 Oct
The worst delivery service is FedEx. The guy keeps throwing my packages in front of the garage. Monday he delivered a package ON THE PORCH; but it was for someone on another street and another house number. I think he did it deliberately because I've been filing complaints against him. Have a good day.
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@LindaOHio (178568)
• United States
4 Nov
@porwest I'm sure he is.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
4 Nov
I would suspect if he's not good at his job, he's probably a jerk too. lol
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• United States
1 Nov
Well, a couple of months ago, I received an empty package from Amazon. It contained organic Brazil nuts. It looked like someone had cut it open or it was never sealed properly. My question is, "How did the driver not notice it was an empty bubble mailer?!"
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
4 Nov
You would think that would have been caught. Or the driver ate the nuts. lol
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• Israel
11 Oct
I am glad that you got your packages. I hope that it won't happen again. Do your houses look the same? Does Amazon often take pictures of the delivery? They should do this in Israel too.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
12 Oct
No. Our houses look nothing alike. But yeah, they do take pictures of the delivery usually.
@BarBaraPrz (47311)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
8 Oct
I thought you were gonna say some cat came by and opened the package and had a feast...
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
9 Oct
lol. That would not surprise me considering how many stray cats we have in the neighborhood.
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@rakski (122951)
• Philippines
8 Oct
At least you get the package but I wonder what will say to that
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
8 Oct
I guess I will have to wait to find out, if they ever get back to me.
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@JESSY3236 (19949)
• United States
8 Oct
This happened to me once when I was living in my trailer.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
9 Oct
I guess it can happen anywhere.
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@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Oct
Parcels have been delivered all over the place here too but mostly they get to the right house in time.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
9 Oct
Mostly that's been my experience as well. This is the first time I have not had a package delivered properly. I guess there's a first time for everyhing.
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@lovebuglena (44535)
• Staten Island, New York
10 Oct
Good thing the packages were at your neighbor’s. Would have been worse had they dropped them somewhere far away. So we have our garage and then house door and then neighbor’s garage. Their front door is around the corner. Many times deliveries for them get put onto our porch. It’s not that difficult to figure out their door is around the corner.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
10 Oct
Yeah. I'd probably never have found them.
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@Dena91 (16636)
• United States
9 Oct
We don't order from Amazon that much either. But we do from other places. Normally we are home so we know when a package is delivered. Once they delivered a package to us that was for our neighbors around the corner in the cul-de-sac. We both have the same numbers in the address but different road names. I took them their package.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
10 Oct
If I get someone else's delivery, which doesn't happen often, I will usually make it a point to get it to the right place.
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@NJChicaa (119619)
• United States
8 Oct
That has happened several times with Instacart. I just file a complaint and they re-shop and deliver the order. I can usually find it so I get 2 orders for 1
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
10 Oct
I was sort of hoping that would happen with my Amazon order but so far they have not responded.
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@jnrdutton (3148)
• United States
8 Oct
Pretty common error with a lot of delivery places.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
10 Oct
People get easily mixed up it seems.
@popciclecold (38721)
• United States
8 Oct
Yup, it happens. Hope you get your packages.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
8 Oct
I mentioned it in my post that I did find them next door.
@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
8 Oct
You're not alone. I had experienced that. It's my nephew who received and signed it in my behalf. He forgot to turnover it to me.
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@porwest (90871)
• United States
4 Nov
Did you eventually get your package?
• United States
8 Oct
a long time ago it happened twice to the same house and the person who lives in the house brought it over to my house. I have cat food, kitty litter, colored pens and I am going to start Vitamin B12 this week all on subscribe and save and get good service. The vitamin b12 is $9.98 no tax and the same size where I used to buy it is $18 so I decided it would be dumb to not get it delivered every 4 months at a discount! My sister says Amazon has a fantastic price for pop-tarts she sent to my nephew in college. she sends all kinds of things to my nephew from Amazon and she never complained to me that he isn't getting packages. I plan to order the Pop-Tarts in a little while as I have a few left.
• Cloverdale, Indiana
8 Oct
I hate when that happens no matter How many times you say something or HOW you say it some how or another it never fails it gets lost in route. I don't deal with amazon I use ebay that's through my back acct & if I have something get lost or never received I go through them & they refund my $ within days or try & solve the problem.