vagabond

From Associated Press:

RhinoPherret

I am betting it was not an erroneously sent package and it WAS a birthday present for her daughter.

After a birthday present like that, no need for any trick candles on the cake.

av8rdude

Obviously, I don't know about this particular situation. But drug dealers have on occasion used a random address for their delivery, figuring that it will likely be left on the front porch and that they can pick it up before the real homeowner comes home. This may be the case here, and the drug dealer thought she'd just hand over the package thinking it had been delivered to the wrong address by mistake. I really seriously doubt FedEx would ever give anyone's address to someone simply claiming they were missing their package. If a FedEx employee did do so, you can bet they have already been fired.

rickair7777

Yeah the drug dealers probably already knew the address because they sent it there.

HIFLYR

They would if the callers had the airway bill number.

UnderOveur

I'd make the same wager.

TonyC

Quite a bit of information is collected on each package, and is available to be viewed by anyone who has the Airbill Number. You can call 1-800-GO FEDEX, or log on to fedex.com, or ... there's even an APP for that. You can sign up to have status updates sent to you as text messages or e-mails ... right up to the point where the package is delivered. If a signature is required and obtained, you can even get Delivery Verification.


I never open a package that comes to the house without looking to see who it's FOR and who it's FROM. If this lady opened a pacakge with somebody else's name and address on it, she invited trouble.

If it had her name and address on it, she might have a case, but the article says that she said the package was erroneously delivered to her.

If that's the case, and I'm the intended recipient, I can use any of those methods to see that the package was delivered at 10:03AM, left at the front door of 1020 Oak Street instead of 2010 Oak Street. The Sender and the Recipient are entitled to know where the package went. At that point, it's pretty easy to walk down the street and knock on the door. If the package is on the porch, or if it hasn't been opened, no harm, no foul.


She screwed up when she opened the package that didn't belong to her.

She did the right thing to call the police.

She's justified in being scared about retribution.

FedEx is liable to the Sender (or Intended Recipient, depending on who was paying for the shipping) for misdelivering the package, but not to the Actual Recipient for violating her privacy. Her street address can be viewed from the curb.

There should have been at least 2 arrests -- the Sender, and the Intended Recipient.






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vagabond

I wish someone would send me 7 pounds of pot.

Fr8doggie

Dealer finds name and address of a house that they have watched to ensure that no one is home during the day, and delivers their goods to that address without signature requirement. Then they wait for the delivery notification and snatch it off the porch. That way if it is intercepted, the dealer has no connection to the package. If the resident does find the package first, they would see their own name and address shown so there would not be particular cause for suspicion.

N9373M

Don't you just need a prescription in your state?