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joeburke
10-23-2009, 10:50 AM
My wife and I sent a wedding present to her brother back in September over in Ohio, we're in Massachusetts. So, some time goes by, and my wife talks to her new sister-in-law about a week ago, and discovers that they never received the package. We checked and apparently we sent it to their old address, completely our fault, not blaming UPS. I guess the people who got the package decided to keep it. Do I have any recourse at all? Should I file a claim with UPS? It really wasn't their fault.....

Any thoughts?

:jo
Luke
10-23-2009, 12:04 PM
What recourse would you have?

You could write to the people and ask them return it to you UPS COD and offer to pay them $20 for their efforts.
niersbach
10-23-2009, 12:38 PM
Technically, I believe they broke the law if they opened something that wasn't addressed to them....they are supposed to turn it back over to UPS...

http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t17t20+819+14++%28post% 20off
mwm523
10-23-2009, 12:39 PM
Sounds like a big hassle to get UPS and the unintended recipient involved.

Just send a new present, and remember to pay better attention to where you're sending stuff moving forward.
Vintage55
10-23-2009, 02:21 PM
I think someone just got a free surprise from the boyz in brown...
Buck Hummer
10-23-2009, 02:22 PM
Technically, I believe they broke the law if they opened something that wasn't addressed to them....they are supposed to turn it back over to UPS...

http://uscode.house.gov/uscode-cgi/fastweb.exe?getdoc+uscview+t17t20+819+14++%28post% 20off

Read again. It went to the house it was addressed to.

Surely they had to recognize the name on the box though as the people they bought the house from...no?
ducatisteve
10-23-2009, 02:24 PM
Sounds like a big hassle to get UPS and the unintended recipient involved.

Just send a new present, and remember to pay better attention to where you're sending stuff moving forward.


+1

It was an honest mistake, no reason to try to spread blame around.
joeburke
10-23-2009, 03:28 PM
I was just going to let it go, it wasn't really an expensive present, i'm just disappointed in my fellow man. I've been watching My Name is Earl recently, Karma, right?
getbent
10-23-2009, 03:29 PM
Sounds like a big hassle to get UPS and the unintended recipient involved.

Just send a new present, and remember to pay better attention to where you're sending stuff moving forward.

bingo!
getbent
10-23-2009, 03:31 PM
I was just going to let it go, it wasn't really an expensive present, i'm just disappointed in my fellow man. I've been watching My Name is Earl recently, Karma, right?

I think the karma part is being lackadaisical and sending an important present without enough thought....

It is a cheap lesson learned, right? This one is all yours to own! Feel good about that... you can stop the bad karma wheel simply by owning ALL of it.