Adventures with UPS

honey the codewitch

I have $1500 USD worth of items in circulation somewhere in the belly of UPS's logistics and transport system. I have no idea where it is despite having a tracking number. The product was shipped from Pennsylvania. The last update was January 19th, departing Pennsylvania. It's expected Tuesday (tomorrow here). I'm betting I don't get an update until it arrives in Seattle at the very earliest. What the heck is the point of giving out a tracking ID if it goes dark for 90% of the trip? :doh:

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den2k88

honey the codewitch wrote:

What the heck is the point of giving out a tracking ID if it goes dark for 90% of the trip?

So noone can intercept it. Bravo Six, going dark.

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OriginalGriff

Locally, UPS stands for "Ur Parcel Smashed": I've yet to see anything they deliver that doesn't look like it was used as a football. :sigh: And if you think UPS tracking is poor, try UK Parcel Force - they just stay at "awaiting the parcel" until they switch to "delivered".

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honey the codewitch

I've had better luck with them thankfully. It's a video card, so it's kind of delicate. I'm a little anxious frankly, because the seller doesn't take returns. Nobody is on video cards right now.

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raddevus

Be glad it's not the USPS (US Postal Service) Listen to this one: Years ago sold an item on ebay. Sent item via USPS and paid for tracking number. The package went dark and I waited some weeks. Finally went into post office where I sent the item. The PostMaster General (manager) came out. I explained that I had a tracking number and he poked around on his own computer in frustration trying to find it. Finally, he looked up and said, "Do you see all those packages back there?" and pointed at a bunch of packages laying in the hallway. "We can't keep track of all those packages. It'll show up some time. Give it another week and if it doesn't show up, then come back." They have one job. But apparently all USPS really does is make commercials trying to convince you that they can get your package there. :laugh: The package did eventually show that it had been delivered.

Maximilien

You'll received a "Delivered" confirmation without being delivered. :rolleyes:

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Mike Hankey

FedEx and UPS are merging -> FedUp Tracking on all carriers seems to be hit or miss lately.

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Single Step Debugger

They generate EDI events only when your item checks in/out port, terminal, dry hub, local storage etc. In your case looks like your jem is traveling the Oregon Trail and will be no updates until it hits one of those. It's not like the truck driver is sending updates while on the road: "At the rest stop now. Smashed a bag of Wendy's and booked me a nice hooker. Life is good. lol!"

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MarkTJohnson

I worked as a package sorter for UPS back in 1990. The package was probably placed in a trailer in PA and is driving across the country to WA. It won't get another scan until it is resorted in WA. I had to learn blocks of zip codes and learn to read addresses backwards zip, state, city as my job. I would read that information and then place the package on the right belt to go to the other end of the facility. Got an extra dollar an hour for that skill. Had to take a test every month on a computer to verify sorting skills. Programming helped since I knew where the keys were. Other sorters had to use the cursor to the right place on the screen while I just typed the right letter for the zip code. I could sort 3600 packages an hour.

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RDM Jr

Is it better to have the situation I ran into? I had a package (64 GB of RAM) going from Dallas TX to Cincinnati OH. I got a lot of tracking data - I got to watch it go to most of the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Northwest states before finally heading to the Midwest (St. Louis, MO), then it took a side trip to Philadelphia before heading back to the St. Louis again. The final steps in the delivery to Cincinnati were from Indianapolis, IN to Columbus, OH, then to Louisville, KY (presumably passing through Cincinnati on the way!), back to Indianapolis, back to Columbus and then finally to Cincinnati and final delivery. The package was fine, but it took 2 weeks and close to 4,000 miles to get here. I did feel like I got my money's worth for the shipping cost, though!

den2k88

Poste Italiane will simply open your package and steal the content if it's valuable.

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trønderen

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Jeremy Falcon

honey the codewitch wrote:

What the heck is the point of giving out a tracking ID if it goes dark for 90% of the trip?

I sure wish the USPS would see this post. :~

Jeremy Falcon

Slacker007

during the pandemic, the post office lost $250 worth of packages of mine. The items were shipped but never made it to my front door. To this day, they have not found them. The post office manager said this was an everyday occurrence at the time. more recently, Amazon in my area is now using UPS to deliver packages that its short-staffed delivery service cannot - for reasons I am not exactly sure of ( I can only guess, i.e. out sick, etc.). Hopefully, these packages don't become missing or lost. ugh. Post office tracking numbers are slightly more useless than UPS, in my experience. If the items don't get logged during transit, the transit status never changes.

jmaida

I have had good luck with UPS as well. I suspect weather is problem. Lots of it between Philly and NW coast. Stay cool (no pun intended). Vendor not accepting returns is not cool.