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Invalid zip codes in classifieds..

I frequently find that people attempting to sell equipment in AG classifieds enter invalid zip codes. Is this some kind of sales tactic or do people not know their own zip codes? I get more excited about buying stuff locally so I look at the zip if it might be close and it is not uncommon to find invalid zips. What gives?
bizango1
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viridian
4,184 posts
 
I ship from my business address, so this is the zip code that I put in my ads. However, when payment is sent to me, I have it sent to my home, which is in a different zip code, so the payment does not get mixed up with my business mail. Strangely, none of my trading partners has ever brought this up.
slikric3000
638 posts
 
They are not invalid, just google them.
jaybo
4,478 posts
 
sellers should just type in the state along with the zipcode.
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dweller
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I used to update the national online zipcode file at a major retailer. Each zipcode represents a post office.
Post offices open and they close or are merged so the master list always changes.
It's up to the seller to validate the zip specified in the ad (but dude! I'm so tired!).
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