Refresh, refresh, refresh...
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If Amazon didn't want people to hit Refresh every 45 seconds on their parcel tracking page, they shouldn't have added a map showing the truck's location when it's a few mere miles away from your door.
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If Amazon didn't want people to hit Refresh every 45 seconds on their parcel tracking page, they shouldn't have added a map showing the truck's location when it's a few mere miles away from your door.
I live in a fourth floor apartment and I can watch out my window as the truck goes from building to building while I'm hitting refresh. The truck can be right out front and the system still says that it's several stops away.
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I live in a fourth floor apartment and I can watch out my window as the truck goes from building to building while I'm hitting refresh. The truck can be right out front and the system still says that it's several stops away.
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
The truck can be right out front and the system still says that it's several stops away.
I queried this with one of the drivers some while ago. He said it was to protect the driver from potential hijacks. If the criminals go to the place where the truck "appears" to be, then they will be disappointed.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
The truck can be right out front and the system still says that it's several stops away.
I queried this with one of the drivers some while ago. He said it was to protect the driver from potential hijacks. If the criminals go to the place where the truck "appears" to be, then they will be disappointed.
I can state with certainty that often I can see the that truck is exactly where the system says it is.
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I can state with certainty that often I can see the that truck is exactly where the system says it is.
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Maybe you live in a bad neighborhood. :doh: More likely they lie to the drivers.
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I live in a fourth floor apartment and I can watch out my window as the truck goes from building to building while I'm hitting refresh. The truck can be right out front and the system still says that it's several stops away.
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
The truck can be right out front and the system still says that it's several stops away.
As far as I'm concerned, a "stop" could very well constitute a delivery (to others in the same apartment building)...not necessary a "truck stop".
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PIEBALDconsult wrote:
The truck can be right out front and the system still says that it's several stops away.
As far as I'm concerned, a "stop" could very well constitute a delivery (to others in the same apartment building)...not necessary a "truck stop".
My experience is that the system updates the driver location every time they scan a package as being delivered. So the location on the map is where the driver last completed a delivery, but the truck is actually moving to or at the next delivery location. It may delay it by some amount or report a couple stops back to protect the driver. I live about 6 miles outside a small town. By tracking my packages I have learned the delivery route usually taken. When I see the truck at one spot on the map I can pretty much predict the next neighborhood it will move into. So much for driver protection. If I get the notification that my delivery is getting close, I can usually figure it means that it will be delivered within the next 90-120 minutes.
