What happens if an address is slightly wrong?

Your package might be rerouted to its ultimate destination, albeit with a delay. However, there is also a good chance it will be returned to you. If you make a mistake with the street or apartment number, the wrong person will most likely receive the package.

What do I do if I sent a package to the wrong address?

If this does happen, you can put a cross through the address and write ‘Not known at this address’ or ‘No longer lives here’ and put it back in a letterbox. Where possible, we’ll return the item to the sender hopefully allowing them to update their records.

What to do if I put in the wrong address?

ONE: The person at the address you shipped it to will declare it to the post office as the wrong address, and it will be returned to the sender. In this case, you can reach out to the sender directly (eg. Amazon) and ask them to re-ship it to your correct address. This may cost you an additional fee.

Does it matter if you get the zip code wrong?

Writing the wrong ZIP Code with the right address usually causes the letter to be delivered about a day later than if the ZIPCode were correct. As long as the mailing address is correct, the letter will be delivered.

Should mail be delivered to the street address or ZIP code?

It should go to the zipcode. The carrier may or may not realize that the city is wrong. If the carrier realizes the city is wrong, he or she will deliver the mail to the street address on the mailpiece. zip, name and street address is might still arrive.

What happens if you put the right address but the wrong ZIP?

If the ZIP code doesn’t match a known street name in the area, it will end up in the “wrong postcode bin” and gets sorted by hand, possibly involving a manual postcode lookup. Originally Answered: I put the right address but the wrong ZIP Code.

What happens if a package is delivered to the wrong ZIP code?

If the carrier gets a package for a zipcode he would be delivering to, but there is no such address in the his area, he returns it to the terminal for correction. Sometimes it may go back to the sender for correction. More likely a worker at the terminal will correct it.

How do I know if my package has the correct address?

When your package arrives, it will show the correct address. Within the United States, a ZIP code represents a USPS delivery are for a given month. ZIP codes can change at any time as needed by the US Postal Service. Each ZIP code is serviced by a specific post office, which may not even be in the same city as the ZIP code.