Battery order stuck in customs?

[Jason365]

I bought some batts and chargers from focalprice. Tracking shows it went through JAMAICA, NY on monday and is in transit to destination. But has not shown any updates since. Is it possibly just sitting in customs? I know it does not take that long to get a package from NY to TX.

Jason

 

[TDM]

What website are you tracking at?? Once it hits the US you need to use same tracking number at USPS - The United States Postal Service (U.S. Postal Service)

 

[Jason365]

Yeah it usps. So any idea about that?

Jason

 

[HaploVoss]

I have had MANY instances where packages from overseas tracked great into customs, had an 'outbound' notification from customs, and that was the last report on tracking until magically it arrived at my house and later that night the tracking list would update, and populate with the last hub, and delivery location. That's it.

I wouldn't be too alarmed just yet - most of my packages that come through customs usually sit there for 1-5 days before they get sent on their way. If tracking does hold - you'll get an outbound message here before long and can keep track of it for the last leg of its journey

Take care,
- Hap

 

[Jason365]

So does it mean it is in customs, when it says it left the ny facility?
Thanks for any clarification. this is my first order form china, but not my last. I just want to know what it means for future reference.

\Jason

 

[Pharoah]

But has not shown any updates since.

Jason

last report on tracking until magically it arrived at my house and later that night the tracking list would update, and populate with the last hub, and delivery location. That's it.

- Hap

I just ordered a couple of things last night. From vendors in the U.S. This was near the bottom of he shipping notices I got today.

For orders shipped via USPS please remember that USPS only provides a Delivery Confirmation number which is typically only updated after the delivery has been attempted or completed.

Hope it gets to you soon.

John

 

[Dave Rickey]

USPS does that all the time, even on priority or express mail: It shows has having been received/routed at the initial city of shipment, then you see no changes until after it's already sitting in front of you, when suddenly the entire history of travel across the country appears.

Near as I can figure out, they had a very good tracking system database, and still do, but not the same one they had when they set up the web tracking, and they're not synchronized except when tracking starts and ends. So the database the web tracking is working from only gets updated twice, once when the item enters the delivery chain, and again when it leaves it. In between, it's in the *real* tracking system the USPS uses.

Once upon a time about a decade ago, I wrote an inventory tracking software system for moving order totes around a multi-building fulfillment house, which is a similar problem on a smaller scale. It created a problem for the shippers, who could only see when we started assembling their customer's orders, and when we finished and kicked it out the door to FedEx/UPS, but not the detailed progress in between, because my new system was incompatible with the web front end they were working through.

On the specific question here: If USPS has it in their system, it isn't stuck in Customs, because they don't get it until after Customs is done with it. Your package is almost certainly on a truck somewhere between NY and you.

--Dave

 

[cybervex]

Sometimes tracking can be a litle slow with USPS they ship more in one week than fedex or ups ship in a year.

 

[opuscroakus]

For me, this is precisely why I don't order from China if I can get the same thing in the US. I may pay a few dollars more but it gets here quicker and there is no customs problems.

 

[Beanie]

I've ordered some batts from a couple of different places, but the best delivery service i've had is from battery Juntion, (3 days average shipping), though another member did say his took weeks, though he thought it may be backordered.

 

[Jason365]

Well they got here. I guess 3 weeks is the going rate for shipments form china.
I ordered on sept 8th. 3 weeks to the day.

Detailed Results:
Arrival at Unit, September 22, 2009, 7:02 am, AUSTIN, TX
Processed through Sort Facility, September 22, 2009, 1:05 am, AUSTIN, TX
Processed through Sort Facility, September 14, 2009, 10:24 pm, JAMAICA, NY
Foreign International Dispatch, September 13, 2009, 1:05 pm, HONG KONG AIR MAIL CENTRE, HONG KONG
Foreign Acceptance, September 11, 2009, 8:58 pm, HONG KONG

 

[RenaissancePuffer]

I am assuming this was sent Registered Airmail? If so, 3 weeks is about right, perhaps a bit more on the long end. Also, the tracking, even once it hits US soil is horrible on registered airmail. I've had the product in my hands for days before it ever updates on USPS.