Seller used the wrong zip code!

[mpit7628]

Hello all.  I recently purchase a piece of petrified wood from a seller in California.  The shipping was Global Shipping.  About 10 days after purchase the item showed to be delivered even though the tracking showed it to be still in Kentucky.  I have not received any confirmation from Global Shipping that they received it even though it shows it has been delivered for  5 days.  It shouldn't show it has been delivered if it had arrived at the Global Shipping center.   I have found some information that the zip code for Global Shipping is 41018 but the seller used 41025.  It is rather confusing since some information shows that 41025 was used by Global Shipping at one time.   It appears from recent forums on eBay that other sellers have made this same mistake.  I have phoned eBay and they say to wait a few days more.  I am just wondering who got my log!!

[femmefan1946]

American zipcodes can cover vast amounts of space.

Basically they are used by the sorting machinery .

The actual letter carriers use the street address because being able to read is practically mandatory for the job.

I received a parcel the other day with a slightly snippy note from my carrier pointing out that it would have arrived earlier if the house number didn't have two numbers reversed.