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Over the past week we've started getting deliveries (Walmart home delivery and USPS) for a person we've never heard of using our address.
The first two were Walmart deliveries. Both happened when we were away. They didn't amount to much...some small bottles of laundry soap and a small pack of wet-wipes. Both times I called Walmart to let them know. The first time I called the Ada store. I was told they can't/won't take the items back after they've been delivered. I asked if they had contact information for this guy and they said only an address (ours) but no phone. The second time I called the national customer service number and they told me the same thing. I got a third one last night, with a different name, but with our address again. I was able to refuse the delivery and have the driver take the package back.
We're not getting texts or emails about these deliveries.
Now we've started getting mail for this guy. I took the packages to the Francis post office and explained the issue. This is how the conversation with the lady at the PO went:
Me: We got this package. It's our address but we don't know this person.
PO: You need to take them to Ada.
Me: I'm not gonna take them to Ada.
PO: Why not?
Me: Because I don't work for the PO. You do.
She got all pissy and said she'd do something with them.
Any ideas? I've done all I know to try and locate someone with the name on the packages but nothing comes up. My wife thinks it's a possible scam but for the life of me I can't figure out how it could be. We have no unauthorized or suspicious charges at all. Our order history shows only what we've ordered.
I've heard of "brushing" scams where some merchants will order very inexpensive items and send to a false address to boost their sales numbers and so they can write positive reviews...but this doesn't really seem to fit that.
I'm figuring after not getting his orders the guy might check into the issue and correct the address mistake. But so far, that hasn't happened.
Anyway, we've tried to do the right thing with this stuff but neither Walmart nor the PO seems to care.
The first two were Walmart deliveries. Both happened when we were away. They didn't amount to much...some small bottles of laundry soap and a small pack of wet-wipes. Both times I called Walmart to let them know. The first time I called the Ada store. I was told they can't/won't take the items back after they've been delivered. I asked if they had contact information for this guy and they said only an address (ours) but no phone. The second time I called the national customer service number and they told me the same thing. I got a third one last night, with a different name, but with our address again. I was able to refuse the delivery and have the driver take the package back.
We're not getting texts or emails about these deliveries.
Now we've started getting mail for this guy. I took the packages to the Francis post office and explained the issue. This is how the conversation with the lady at the PO went:
Me: We got this package. It's our address but we don't know this person.
PO: You need to take them to Ada.
Me: I'm not gonna take them to Ada.
PO: Why not?
Me: Because I don't work for the PO. You do.
She got all pissy and said she'd do something with them.
Any ideas? I've done all I know to try and locate someone with the name on the packages but nothing comes up. My wife thinks it's a possible scam but for the life of me I can't figure out how it could be. We have no unauthorized or suspicious charges at all. Our order history shows only what we've ordered.
I've heard of "brushing" scams where some merchants will order very inexpensive items and send to a false address to boost their sales numbers and so they can write positive reviews...but this doesn't really seem to fit that.
I'm figuring after not getting his orders the guy might check into the issue and correct the address mistake. But so far, that hasn't happened.
Anyway, we've tried to do the right thing with this stuff but neither Walmart nor the PO seems to care.
