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[Closed] Ebay problem - parcelforce doesn't recognise buyers address

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Sold something on eBay that's big enough to need to go by parcelforce. As I'm away a colleague has taken it to the post office for me, and their system doesn't recognise the guys address so they can't take it. The address is a Haven caravan site care of the reception, (I've checked the place out and it's a real place, with some people living there permanently or seasonally so I'm happy,enough sending it there). Anyone encountered this problem before?


 
Posted : 17/07/2017 9:02 am
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Yeah, I sent some stuff via Parcelforce to a fancy sounding address that the system didn't recognise. They won't accept unless they're get an exact match, it's not like a postie who knows his patch.

However I my case I know the guy in the post-office quite well and he actually spoke to the recipient. All houses have a house number, just people don't use them so 'the Glanton' turned magically into '4, the high street'...

Caravan park might be different though, never.tried to post there, I suspect it might be tricky.


 
Posted : 17/07/2017 9:26 am
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I had something similar at the post office. Guy behind the counter refused to take the parcel because of an incorrect address. It wasn't, he'd just typed the wrong post code in.


 
Posted : 17/07/2017 9:31 am
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Just use the address of the Campsite as marked as contact address on their website?


 
Posted : 17/07/2017 9:33 am
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Could ring the campsite and ask them for advice, see if there's a slightly different way of phrasing their address or something? It's presumably not the first time they'll have encountered this issue if they've got permanent residents who buy stuff off the internet.


 
Posted : 17/07/2017 9:37 am
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Good call, I'll phone them.

EDIT - Duff postcode from seller, parcelforce recognises the correct one. Should have checked that first thing 😳


 
Posted : 17/07/2017 9:49 am
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Duff postcode from seller

Erm. That'd be you, then? (-:


 
Posted : 17/07/2017 10:56 am
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Better give yourself neg feedback, OP.


 
Posted : 17/07/2017 10:59 am
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Oh FFS! Duff postcode from buyer. I'm going back to bed.


 
Posted : 17/07/2017 11:01 am
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I'm going back to bed.

Assuming you can find it 😀


 
Posted : 17/07/2017 11:07 am
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*polite applause*


 
Posted : 17/07/2017 11:14 am
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*begrudging applause*


 
Posted : 17/07/2017 11:21 am

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