Hmm...Our email didn't have a tracking number, here is what it says:
Shipment Tracking Numbers / Links
No tracking numbers are assigned to your order yet.
Click here to view the status of your order
And if you try to click where it says click here to view the status it just brings you to the Down for Maintenance page.
So what's that mean??
(This
juice junkie is finally getting nervous about her 29 bottles) Yes... You read that correctly 29 bottles!
Maybe Senile Old Man can shed a little dim light on what might have happened. Maybe not - but what the heck. Before that - a thought about mail heading to Florida from Oklahoma. Via ground pony carrier...... snow, sleet, rain, delays; both FedEx and UPS warned of possible delays. Via the flying machines? Airports between the two points - closed on and off over the course of two days. Maybe a significant contributing factor factor - maybe not; yet, it seems possible. Consider it perhaps? Or not.
Before my next conclusion: My order has been RECEIVED - it was actually sent to my great-grandson at his address nearby .... so "SOONER" the name starts with 'John' - was RECEIVED Thursday 30 January of this very year.
Order was placed 19 January and had an Order Number of 249 - just as a point of reference for those who ordered at a prior OR later date. As with some others - it too was of considerable size.
So what the heck happened with the Tracking Numbers? I am just guessing of course and considering the "mixup" with orders 'SOONER' noted it may simply be part of the equation.
MY package was SHIPPED VIA a "USPS KIOSK". A "self service" little automated wonder-machine designed to ease the load of the wonderful folks at some of the 'counters' at Post Offices and also located at various other locations in "special places" around the country. With me thus far? OK! So it
POTENTIALLY GOES LIKE THIS: ...... "PACKAGE ..... KIOSK..... WEIGH..... INPUT LIMITED INFO ..... REMIT PAYMENT ...... MACHINE SPITS OUT UNADDRESSED LABEL WITH TRACKING NUMBER ...... TAKE RECEIPT WITH INFO ......HAND ADDRESS LABEL ...... STUFF PACKAGE INTO KIOSK MANS MOUTH ...... REPEAT AS NECESSARY.
Yes - the TRACKING NUMBER is in the hands of the SHIPPER. HOWEVER - unless the shipper can ACCESS THEIR VERY OWN WEB SITE - the one WE ALL KNOW HAS (pardon me) "CRASHED" (due to that gawd-awful host I have berated previously AND SOONER has indicated they plan to 'replace') THE SENDER CANNOT INPUT THE TRACKING NUMBER INTO THEIR OWN RECORDS. Were they able to do so - and the time involved would require at least one employee doing just this single task - it would take a considerable amount of time to 'catch up' with the backlog.
By the way - these KIOSK TRACKING NUMBERS ARE 35 numbers long if anyone might wonder.
In order to send a e-mail to each and every 'customer' - they would need to ACCESS the e-mail address of each customer - via the WEB SITE that appears to be inaccessible. In order to ease concerns, calm the waters, douse the flames and stop the hemorrhage of
juice-monsters - I bet ..... IF they could - they WOULD.
I AM HOPING that the "hand addressing" is because the automated process offered by the USPS "Click and Ship" is somehow not available to 'SOONER & COMPANY' because of the web host issue
(cannot input info that cannot be retrieved). I don't really know IF ANY of the "stuff" up above explains anything at all. It just seems feasible since MY package came from a KIOSK that perhaps others have been / will be shipped that way as well. It does seem possible that until web hosting issues are resolved they will have other issues to face; some downright ugly
and not of their own making.
Senile Old Man Don........... resetting........ nursie propping him up against the pillows....... patting top of head....... Ok all is good.
'SOONER' I'm relatively sure you know of USPS "CLICK & SHIP". Everything but postage FREE from the Post Office. Combined with a kick-azz 'web host' and a "spiffy printer" - when ya' are up and flyin' you'll be runnin' a bank of the things! I do need help with one tiny issue with this 'juice'. How in the h*ll am I EVER gonna vape all this stuff! Sheesh! Some people! See a "sale" - take advantage and go wild! I have never 'vaped' a FLAVOR other than 'tobacco' ............. then along came 'Lucky 7' and ...... 'Buy 2 Get 1 Free'! Who woulda thunk?
A LOTTA WORDS DONNIE - A LOTTA WORDS! You're old. You're senile. You're sittin' on pile of dynamite ....... because someone's gonna say you're old and senile and not even................... oh shut UP!
**** NO. I have NOT tried ANY yet. I will and then Oh Lordie - I'll bore Ya'll again.
From The Master Control Tower at Senility Central Old Man Don
