A new One - Return due to Vacant!
Summary: byto253 shared an experience where a small item they sent was returned by USPS with the reason "Vacant." fergua3 related a similar incident from a few weeks prior, believing the status might be due to unpaid tariffs on the buyer's end, leading to the vacancy status. Interestingly, byto253 updated that the package did eventually get delivered, recounting a previous experience where a package got turned back but was eventually delivered. fergua3 noted the peculiarities of the postal system, amazed by the outcomes.
I am having a small item returned by USPS and the reason is "Vacant"... pic of the building 🙂
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3 comments
fergua3
·11 months agoI had one of those too a few weeks ago. In my case it was a package that was 'held' at the post office. My assumption was that the buyer had to pay tariffs and did not bother or want to and basically just abandoned the package. After 3 weeks the status changed to 'vacant', which according to the USPS means the person no longer lives there. I never had it confirmed that the buyer had to pay tariffs or the fact that he didn't was the reason for the status change to 'vacant', that was just my theory.
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Anyway about 10 days later the package landed back at my doorstep but there were no tracking updates on the USPS website....it just appeared.
byto253
OP11 months agoLOL. It got delivered today! I had one last year going to Illinois that got turned back, made it almost to the border then got turned back around and delivered. The path can be winding.
fergua3
·11 months agowow lucky you. Bizzare what happens in the postal system sometimes.