What does forwarded mean usps

You need to call your post Office today before they close and see why they scanned it forwarded. Has someone else in your home moved recently? TheBeadStand Post Crafter. Ask for the carrier supervisor or PO manager when you call. NanaLetha Community Maker. The buyer has either moved and filed a change of address form or they are having their mail forwarded. NewportRoad Registered Buyer.

Or they mixed up a forwarding request from someone else, which happened to me once. Double check all the dates on the tracking. USPS reuses tracking numbers so what you could be looking at is a previous shipping history. This won't clear out until the package as been picked up and scanned into the system. If you just ordered today, there hasn't been time for that to occur yet. I just checked on the status this morning. TheCatBall Post Crafter. Sometimes a parcel ends up getting sorted incorrectly and is sent to a postal site in the wrong town entirely.

When this happens the parcel gets re-routed, and not necessarily to the correct town. It's more likely to go to the city where the big sorting station is located. The end result is the thing might travel around for a few days going from city to city in a manner that can seem completely arbitrary and ridiculous to us, but in reality the thing just needs to return to the main local processing center so it can go through the amazing and mysterious sorting process again.

What do you do now? When I have seen this message in the past it means the buyer has moved and has a forwarding address on file with the post office. It means the package is still on it's way to them I commented on this thread on other comments, but just so the word gets out. When my tracking showed forwarded at different times it was sent to the other post office by misread zip codes.

I'm sure I would do it too at some point. Mine at the moment has correct address on order and seller also confirmed it was sent here. Looks like it was just discovered and now shipping to correct zip. IDon't give up hope. PerfectStitches Post Crafter. Hi Susan Yes that's what it means, old address was given to you when you mailed it, and the customer has moved so that package has been forwarded to their new address.

Happens all the time!! HazelsSewingSup plies Conversation Maker. It sounds like it went to the wrong place and is now being forwarded to the right place. Doesn't make sense that they gave their old address and then suddenly moved to a forwarding address. Who does that? I don't see this happening at all. Most people plan moves weeks ahead. EatMeBoutique Post Crafter. It means you can add almost a week onto the shipping time. Susan, I'd email the buyer if you haven't done so.

I suspect it is on the way back to you. It's possible the individual put in a last minute change of address and it's possible the package is being forwarded to their new address. Typically, if a change of address had already been on file, it would not have been marked as "undelivered as addressed", it would have automatically been forwarded to the new address. I suspect your buyer was tracking and realized they hadn't provided the correct address when they seen "undelivered as addressed" and immediately called the PO to see what they could do to get the package delivered.

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