Expecting a delivery ... but didn't happen

[Gene-7]

I had the same problem with another item.

Go to the local UPS office. Ask to speak to a supervisor. Explain what
happened.  They have very specific location device/software that uses
Google Maps.  In my case the driver actually left it next door, about
100 yards at my neighbor's house and the Google Maps picture showed the
exact location..

I went to the house and showed the picture to my neighbor saying, "UPS
said I should show this to you and if the package wasn't here I would
have to go to the police and let them investigate."  He said he was
about to bring it over.

Hope you get your unit.

Gene
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[Phil Kane-2]

On 6/6/2014 12:00 PM, Gene wrote:

> They have very specific location device/software that uses Google Maps.

Google Maps, MapQuest, and most GPS programs shows my address as a
vacant lot 1/4 mile up the street on the other side.  On my side of the
street the numbers are in the 75xx series - on the other side they are
in the 94xx series.  The regular drivers know about this  but the
weekend drivers do not.
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73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon
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[k6dgw]

We have to tell visitors to ignore the numbers on the mail boxes, they
appear psuedo-random [they're not, but it's a long story]. We've had new
visitors looking for "670" [us] give up and backtrack when they got to
"680"[1/4 mi before us], and then do it again when some of the boxes on
the road across from our gravel driveway [including ours] are in the 700's.

After some "Couldn't find address" situations with the carriers, I wrote
to UPS, FedEx, and our local Postmaster and explained the problem and
apparently it worked because we haven't had a non-delivered "delivery"
in years.  I also put in some barbed wire on the outside fences
guaranteed to "keep elephants out."  Must have worked also, we have
never had an elephant in the pastures ... that I know of.

73,

Fred K6DGW
Auburn CA

On 6/9/2014 9:56 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
> Google Maps, MapQuest, and most GPS programs shows my address as a
> vacant lot 1/4 mile up the street on the other side. On my side of the
> street the numbers are in the 75xx series - on the other side they are
> in the 94xx series. The regular drivers know about this but the
> weekend drivers do not.


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[Don Wilhelm-4]

We have a similar situation here - on a private road - and I do believe
the numbers were randomly assigned.  Coming down the road, one
sequentially encounters 1062, then 1060, then 1063, then 1064 - 1061 has
been passed 1/4 mile before and there are intervening numbers between.

Somehow USPS, UPS and FedEx have figured it out.  Google Earth has it
right, but most GPS units lump all those addresses in the middle of the
road.

So we have not had a problem with the carriers, but I am not sure how
they have figured it out.  The department that assigns addresses is
connected with the USPS delivery addressing system, but I do not know
the order - to me it seems quite arbitrary, but there must be some
sensibility in what appears to be chaos.

Only once have I had a parcel delivered to the wrong house, and that was
by DHL - the other carriers have done a great job for me.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 6/9/2014 7:48 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:

> We have to tell visitors to ignore the numbers on the mail boxes, they
> appear psuedo-random [they're not, but it's a long story]. We've had
> new visitors looking for "670" [us] give up and backtrack when they
> got to "680"[1/4 mi before us], and then do it again when some of the
> boxes on the road across from our gravel driveway [including ours] are
> in the 700's.
>
> After some "Couldn't find address" situations with the carriers, I
> wrote to UPS, FedEx, and our local Postmaster and explained the
> problem and apparently it worked because we haven't had a
> non-delivered "delivery" in years.  I also put in some barbed wire on
> the outside fences guaranteed to "keep elephants out."  Must have
> worked also, we have never had an elephant in the pastures ... that I
> know of.

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