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AliExpress package - can I go to USPS and refuse acceptance?
March 30, 2025 at
12:04 PM
I do not know how much is the cost to return an item on Ali Express.
Can I take the item to USPS and refuse to accept it - so they will return it back without additional postage?
I do not know what carrier they use! It says https://www.uniuni.com
How can it arrive it Los Angeles in 3 days:
14:55:24 Gateway transit in.
2025-03-23\ Los Angeles CA
03:23:40 Order received.
2025-03-20 (UTC) UNI DATA CENTER
Can I take the item to USPS and refuse to accept it - so they will return it back without additional postage?
I do not know what carrier they use! It says https://www.uniuni.com
How can it arrive it Los Angeles in 3 days:
14:55:24 Gateway transit in.
2025-03-23\ Los Angeles CA
03:23:40 Order received.
2025-03-20 (UTC) UNI DATA CENTER
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Can I take the item to USPS and refuse to accept it - so they will return it back without additional postage?
I do not know what carrier they use! It says https://www.uniuni.com
How can it arrive it Los Angeles in 3 days:
14:55:24 Gateway transit in.
2025-03-23\ Los Angeles CA
03:23:40 Order received.
2025-03-20 (UTC) UNI DATA CENTER
You would have had to be sitting on your doorstep before they put it into your possession (on your doorstep) to have actually refused it (telling the driver to not leave it with you).
Legally you have accepted the package.
If you don't want it, you will have to cover the postage to return it to them to get whatever refund they are willing to give you upon them receiving it back.
Agree with you, now they are at the mercy of the merchant return policy.
Good luck!
You would have had to be sitting on your doorstep before they put it into your possession (on your doorstep) to have actually refused it (telling the driver to not leave it with you).
Legally you have accepted the package.
https://about.usps.com/what/busin...on-611.pdf
piece of mail "Refused" and return it within a reasonable time if the mail
or any attachment is not opened, except for mail listed in 611.1 c ( 1 ) a n d
611.1 c ( 2).
OP: If USPS delivered it, you theoretically should be able to take it back to the post office and refuse delivery. If USPS only did the 'last mile' delivery for a logistics company (you mention UniUni), then it's possible that USPS won't accept it or that they do accept it but it doesn't ever make its way back to the seller. I personally wouldn't risk returning something from AliExpress this way, chances of actually getting a refund seem slim.
https://about.usps.com/what/busin...on-611.pdf
OP: If USPS delivered it, you theoretically should be able to take it back to the post office and refuse delivery. If USPS only did the 'last mile' delivery for a logistics company (you mention UniUni), then it's possible that USPS won't accept it or that they do accept it but it doesn't ever make its way back to the seller. I personally wouldn't risk returning something from AliExpress this way, chances of actually getting a refund seem slim.
USPS quotes closes to $50 to ship it myself!
USPS quotes closes to $50 to ship it myself!