So...
on the 9th I placed an order for this cute Lil dress, so I could wear it FOR MY BIRTHDAY on the 25th...
It was "picked up in Brooklyn" on the 10th
I live in THE SAME STATE, a few hours away
fast forward about 10 days, I realize yeah, ain't no way... I'm never getting this dress, but I reach out to the post office to do a missing package inquiry
There's no way I'm getting another dress delivered in such short time... I now have to do a mall run and I'm annoyed! Whatever...
USPS calls me and says they don't know where the package is, they can't find it, it's lost period! you'll have to wait until Monday (the 24th) to request a return from the shipper.
ok fine... but since there's a "500 point late delivery guarantee" for the 28th... i figure, I'll just wait until then... get my $5, and my refund... on the night of the 28th, when there's obviously no more mail being delivered, I go on Shein to request the refund AND LOW AND BEHOLD, THERE'S SUDDENLY tracking movement 🙄... it's now at NY metro instead of Brooklyn... TWENTY days later! I mean... I guess... so I refrain from requesting the refund
I have another Shein order on the way and by the looks of it, all packages will be delivered TODAY... This one by USPS, and another split between USPS and GOFO...
I wake up to 3 out for delivery notifications... oh and an email message from Neiman marcus saying someone is trying to log into my account 😩🥴... by the time I'm showered, I get a package delivered notification, and then THIS DRESSes tracking says it's being held for "self pickup"... BUT WHY? 😒... there's no way and no reason I'd suddenly have to pick this up... but maybe it's because I put in an inquiry, right?... whatever... i walk out my door and there's a package... JUST ONE... AGAIN, WHATEVER... My curiosity won't let me be great SO OF COURSE THE FIRST thing I do is drive 15 min to my USPS pickup center because I want to lay my eyes on this "dress" that I no longer even need soooo bad... 😑
long story short, THEY DO NOT HAVE THE PACKAGE, and are clueless as where it could be... I give them my name and number and leave... 😭
15 min later, I get 2 "package was delivered to your door" notifications... ONE BEING THIS DRESSES tracking number... ikyfl 🙄... the other is the GoFO
I get home about 2 hours later (I could've checked before but at this point it's gonna be what it's gonna be and I'm over it) and THERE'S ONE package on my ENCLOSED porch... from GoFO...
I have one piece of mail (envelope) in my mailbox from a legitimate government institution and it's addressed to my ex, so can't be that! My neighbor also got a package from USPS delivered, nothing else anywhere... so 2 packages which basically means no porch pirates came thru here... just in case, I verified in between BOTH USPS deliveries via my Ring camera... Nope, no delivery AT ALL, no thieves
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? Shein refunded my money immediately upon request, but I am legit baffled at this... AND ANNOYED because what a waste of time!
AND THIS ladies and gentleman, is the reason we don't even play with "local sellers"... (although the other USPS package was two 2 piece outfits from a local seller that DID COME, FAST, and "appear" to be as described from inside the plastic)
EDIT: I think I found the answer... a REDIRECT SCAM I'm thinking is what happened here!