[Elecraft] OT: shipper from H

[hawley, charles j jr]

Seems odd that the computer auto correct should pick the name of a town to auto correct instead of relying on the zip code given.

Chuck KE9UW
c-hawley at illinois.edu

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> On Apr 19, 2018, at 2:40 PM, Edward R Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net> wrote:
> 
> hopefully topic will pass political correction police.
> 
> Recent order of a Yamaha CM500 from Amazon.com got "Lost in space".
> 
> Well actually their compooter substituted another city for mine and sent it there, where all tracking failed.  Fortunately I noticed it was "delivery attempted" after a week of waiting delivery and I complained to Amazon who refunded my purchase of $58.33.  I checked the order at amazon on-line and it properly listed Nikiski.  But the package was addressed to Kenai with the Nikiski zip code.  This is not the first time amazon screwed up.
> 
> I ordered again listing this time the physical address of my PO (which I have permission to do).  Not only USPS but UPS and FedEx shipments can accepted (for me) by my local PO.  This a nice cure for "drop n scoot" delivery by later two shippers.
> 
> Even when I use "click-n-ship" for prepaid packages mailed thru the USPS,  the USPS Internet site changes my address town and zipcode to Kenai 99611-5074 (???).  Fortunately this is only the return address.  I can try to correct the address before printing my labels but the USPS compooter just changes it back.  So no win.  Hopefully, none of my shipments are returned (to the wrong city and zipcode).
> 
> Of course it knows more than the hooman that wrote it.  I guess another evil like "auto-fill" and "auto-correct"?
> 
> 73, Ed - KL7UW
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