Ordered something but accidentally included the wrong county

G-MAN2004 · 21 Nov 2017 at 13:00

So I ordered some stuff for my fish tank and somehow PayPal has included part of my old address in with the new. The street, town, city and post code are all correct, but it also has 'South Yorkshire' in there.

The package was meant to arrive Saturday via Royal Mail but hasn't turned up. Am I right in assuming Royal Mail would have sent it straight to the South Yorkshire sorting centre and will send it back once they see the error? Or is it lost forever?

Cheers.

bremen1874 · 21 Nov 2017 at 13:04

If it has a valid postcode you should be okay, even if it is delayed a bit.

Wouldn't the sender have included a return address anyway?

Sui · 21 Nov 2017 at 13:06

Post/Parcels are sorted by post code, you should be fine.

bremen1874 · 21 Nov 2017 at 13:08

My official address doesn't even include the county anymore, just street, town, and postcode.

G-MAN2004 · 21 Nov 2017 at 13:16

Thanks

I'll hold off buying more and wait a while then. Was just a bit worried as it should have been here already!

It's a proper shop so should hopefully have a return address on it anyway.

Glanza · 21 Nov 2017 at 13:28

If your post code is correct you should still receive it no problem.

adolf hamster · 21 Nov 2017 at 13:54

Its pretty much just the postcode and house name/number these days isnt it?

Loads of sites thats all the information i need to give for them to find the address so i'd assume the royal mail should be able to do the same.

Brizzles · 21 Nov 2017 at 14:38

Postcode will be fine.

I still see postal stuff with Avon listed as the county, 20 years after it stopped existing.

Skillmister · 21 Nov 2017 at 14:54

Considering most of North Wales is still seen by companies and banks as having the wrong counties and everything turns up ok, you'll be fine