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Delivered but “ Incorrectly addressed. Returned to sender.”

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It says delivered but then further down says Incorrectly addressed. Returned to sender.

I copied the address from the organisations site it was sent to and have screenshots of what I put on envelope and they match.

Any ideas?

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Re: Delivered but “ Incorrectly addressed. Returned to sender.”

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My guess would be someone accidentally hit the wrong buttons.
The Return to Sender happens 1 minute after Bill signs for it.

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If it is actually coming back then there will be further updates along the pipeline.
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Re: Delivered but “ Incorrectly addressed. Returned to sender.”

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Okay I will keep checking updates.
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Re: Delivered but “ Incorrectly addressed. Returned to sender.”

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Forgot to ask, do they update the tracking as it’s travelling back to me if that’s what happens?
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Re: Delivered but “ Incorrectly addressed. Returned to sender.”

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The tracking has updated this morning but not sure if that Neman’s it’s in its way back. Confusing.
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Re: Delivered but “ Incorrectly addressed. Returned to sender.”

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Now it says “item retention” this makes no sense.
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Re: Delivered but “ Incorrectly addressed. Returned to sender.”

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Retention means it's being held, if it was a business address, they're assumed shut.

My guess is that they misdelivered it, scanned it wrong and now it's on its way to the right place, but since it's Saturday, it gets held at the office until Monday.

I could be completely wrong but that's not a totally uncommon scenario.
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Re: Delivered but “ Incorrectly addressed. Returned to sender.”

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Okay thanks. Hopefully that is the case.

I did contact RM customer service and they said it would be returned to me but then I sometimes think their contact centre staff are not the best to advise.

I took screenshots of the addressed envelope and compared it again to their address, it matches.

It’s going to the parliamentary and health service ombudsman in Manchester.
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Re: Delivered but “ Incorrectly addressed. Returned to sender.”

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R5001 wrote:
28 May 2022, 10:08
Retention means it's being held, if it was a business address, they're assumed shut.

My guess is that they misdelivered it, scanned it wrong and now it's on its way to the right place, but since it's Saturday, it gets held at the office until Monday.

I could be completely wrong but that's not a totally uncommon scenario.
Looks like you were right.

It says Manchester DO will deliver this morning.

Does this mean they failed to deliver next day by 1pm? As I bought it Thursday.
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Yes - you can make a claim for late delivery - IIRC you get the postage back.
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