International orders and mini review

[JuanC]

Just got my order today here in Mexico City!! im making this post first to thank Geoff, this thing is awesome man!!

Second is to tell everyone that orders from outside U.S. to be patient, even when the packages do have a tracking number they only track it till it reaches the postal office it seems, my tracking still shows my packet in oakland:

June 24, 2010 5:17 pm OAKLAND, CA 94619 Arrival at Unit
So just be patient, you wont see it moving but is it moving, if you read USPS site it says there that priority mail will be only tracked when it happens to be tracked, usps has NO obligation to track these nor your local carrier (mine didnt track it at all).

Time it took to arrive: 13 natural days (9 working days)

And again, ATOMIC CINNACIDE ROCKS! thanks Geoff!

 

[Poeia]

Second is to tell everyone that orders from outside U.S. to be patient, even when the packages do have a tracking number they only track it till it reaches the postal office it seems, my tracking still shows my packet in oakland

No, that's Tasty Vapor's local post office. Instead of putting "Package received. Sent to Mexico City" the Oakland post office insists on putting "Out for delivery" in the tracking for every package they get (because they sent it out of Oakland.)

 

[JuanC]

The thing is, i only have 2 things on the tracking page, the one where it tells me Geoff sent me a package, and the arrival to the postal office, thats all, there is not any "Out for delivery" status which makes you assume is still sitting there when in reality is already here

 

[portguy]

All my Tasty Vapor orders just say that same info.

Now if USPS tracking status is just "Status: Acceptance" what does it mean? And is it normal that this status is like so for over 3 weeks?

Usually there is "Arrival at Unit".

NOTE: this is not regarding any Tasty Vapor order.

P.S.

Found the answer:
Explanation of USPS.com "delivery confirmation"

Please note that USPS.com "tracking" is not like UPS, FedEx or DHL where you can track a package in real time. The items get updated in their system if available by 9pm at night. Sometimes a package wont show any tracking other than it was delivered. See delivery confirmation # 0103 8555 7492 0167 5226 for proof

Status: Electronic Shipping Info Received: This occurs when a label is made online, weather the label is paid for or not it now shows up in the system. The only way this wont show up is if you post dated the label and said it would go out a different day in the future and not the day you printed the label.

Status: Acceptance: This only occurs when the package is paid for in some way shape or form in the physical post office. This will only occur when the package has scanned as you were paying to ship an item or add insurance to an label you printed online and added insurance to it.

Status: Processed: This occurs less often than others. It happens when the package is scanned at a HUB or busy location for packages to get routed to their location.

Status: Arrival at Unit: This occurs when the package is scanned into the city it is going to be delivered to. This does not mean it will be delivered that day but sometimes it will.

Status: Delivered: Self explanatory

For international use only:

Status: International Dispatch: left the united states

Status: Arrived abroad: Arrived overseas, check with your local carrier for the rest of the delivery