Malformed address? "3/5 3 Howdoientermyaddresscorrectly Road"

[sea.n.van._60]

I've had a purchase from a buyer who has entered their address in the form 3/5 3 Howdoientermyaddresscorrectly Road and I just wanted to know whether that looks right? I've seen the format 3/5 Thislooksalright Park before but I'm wondering whether a) the second 3 is a repetition of the building number or b) there is an unwanted space between 5 and 3 or c) the address is correct as entered.

[tressygirl]

Message the buyer ask them to confirm their address . 

I recommend in your message that you first say..... thank you for buying my item from my eBay listing....  so that the little eBay bots don't get confused ,  that you may be asking the address,  for an on off eBay sale !

[sea.n.van._60]

I already sent a message to the buyer including thanking them for their order. I can delay posting about 24 hours but if they haven't responded by then I have to decide between sending to the address as they gave it to me or cancelling as "problem with buyer's address".

[missdollydaydream]

Looks like a "copy & paste" error.

[purrfectcatpurr]

It may be because the buyer is in Scotland. I had similar before Cchristmas. Checked the postcode with Royal mail and it was correct. 

Think it meant it was no 3 of 5 appartments in a building sited at such a number street.

[sagr2519]

That sounds sensible, but I've asked a buyer about her address without any problem from ebay. Same with a seller. As long as the item has already been paid for on eBay, they aren't worried about an offsite sale.

[sea.n.van._60]

That would be 5/3 where it means building 5, flat 3 but the address I received says 5/3 5 which looks like it might be wrong.

[purrfectcatpurr]

It seems it could also be flat 5 on the 3rd floor of no 3 something street.

best do as suggested and check with buyer

It could also be it seems flat 5 on the 3rd floor  at 5 something street.

Best do as suggested and check with buyer

Be interesting to know the outcome though

[purrfectcatpurr]

OOPs sorry I don't know how to edit here

[crafty_cat_lover · Accepted solution]

Have you tried the Royal Mail address checker? Just enter the postcode and see what it comes up with.

[sea.n.van._60]

Yes, it seems the address is correctly formatted judging by the RM postcode finder. Thanks for the suggestion!

[peturning]

I have noticed very strange things in reported buyers addresses too! Almost random strings, usually alphanumeric and the weirdest thing is that I only see them in the buyer details on eBay, if I go to buy a postage label the address does not have these strange strings.

Also I do not know why but eBay adds a 'TX' to my own address for some reason (as in US state of Texas) despite me not living in the USA and this definitely not being in my address I have set on eBay. This one persists when arranging collection for parcels, the address is all correct except for this addition of Texas and I have no clue where it comes from.

[indigo-island]

The strange codes you mention are eBay 'tracking codes' there was an announcement a while back.

https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Announcements/Royal-Mail-tracking-and-delivery-events-on-eBay-from-1...

But I can't explain the TX 🙂