USPS tracking oddities - "business closed"

[zoesam]

I sold 9 items on auction with this last go round. Of the 9, apparently one is coming back to me, as the tracking says "Undeliverable as addressed". Great :-(. I haven't had one of those in eons.

2 of them have tracking where the last update says "Business Closed". WTF does that even mean? Closed for the day? Closed forever? And why suddenly am I seeing 2 of those out of only 9 items, when I've never seen that designation before, ever?

Anyone got a cluepon?

[sunsetpainter]

I had one of those a few weeks ago. I shipped a tool to a business and one of the USPS updates said, "attempted delivery, business closed". This was on a Friday. It was then delivered on the following business day (Monday). I think that may be new with the PO. It used to just say "delivery attempted", or something like that.

[zoesam]

Whew, ok good, maybe they will be delivered. I don't recall any business addresses in that batch, but it may have just been street addys. I am keeping my fingers crossed!

[Deleted]

I got the "Business Closed" thing a few months ago when I sent something to Shop-Hers and it was scheduled to arrive on a Saturday.

[jellybeanscloset412]

I got it on a non Ebay issue. I returned a heart monitor for my daughter to a hospital. I never checked it but kept the receipt. They finally called to say they didn't get it and they had to call the USPS and find it. Tracking said attempted to deliver but office was closed.

Strange?

I did notice USPS is being very specific as far as where they drop the package. I've seen: left at front desk,left on front porch and so on.

[kritter]

Jelly, I have also noticed about them being very specific about where it is left.

I think that is a good idea.