But the wrong postal code tells me it is probably a mistake made by pitney and Bowes.
What recourse do i have? Since the seller did what he had to do.
First check your eBay and Paypal addresses to see if they are correct.
The seller may have hand written a correct code and made an error, which was repeated by PB. Ask him what address he used.
I've only made one GS{P purchase (for all the usual reasons) but I remember the label as having identical information to my PP address. (I use my eBay ID on PP rather than my actual name because I do more selling than buying.) To me that indicates they are using an electronic database rather than manually putting in addresses.
The way delivery works as I understand it is,
The carrier picks up bundles of mail for his Postal Walk . This can be one postal code or several.
The bundles are sorted by postal code usually bound with an elastic.
When he gets to the appropriate code, he then delivers to the appropriate addresses.
So once you know the code it was addressed to, you also have a good idea what address (Box number) it went to, because it should match your own.
Having this information when you go to the Post Office will be helpful, if only because it gives one less thing for a lazy employee to tell you is impossible to discover. (Most will be interested in a mildly challenging break in a boring day, but there's always That Guy.)
What you need to know is what street address that supermailbox box is assigned to.
And can go knock on that door.
