Problem With Tracking Info

[Kimmy]

I have a question. For my first two months of vaping the tracking locator worked GREAT. I could literally check online and know when to go to the mail box. Now it doesn't even tell me anything, not even when it leaves the Illinois address. Anyone know why that is? I know it reads on the site tracking info will be updated when/if available, but for weeks it has been terrible. No info at all. Anyone know why this is? Did the USPS guys just get lazy and not update? I usually get my package in 3 days, but it's nice to be able to track it. That's what it's for, you would think.

Now I can see why everyone always complains about USPS, in the beginning I didn't understand, now I do.

If anybody can weight in on why this is happening it would be greatly appreciated !

 

[Darrigaaz]

I've never had it update properly. I think USPS is just lazy about tracking info.

Drivers/sort facilities are 'supposed' to scan stuff, but I don't think there's really any accountability if it doesn't get done right.

 

[Randyrtx]

Have you tried going directly to USPS.com? Sometimes the "in-line" tracker gets quirky and doesn't update properly.

That said, USPS tracking in general isn't always updated properly.

 

[Defiantgroundhog]

I almost posted something similar to this earlier. My tracking has always been great too. Maybe it still is but according to the tracker my package has been in limbo an hour away for almost two days now ... AAAHHHH!!!

It's said that's it's left Kansas City before then when it doesn't show up it'll say again that it left Kansas City but they change the time to a later time..???????

Sorry.. I know it's frustrating.. I don't know what the deal is.

 

[Belletrist]

yeah, it's USPS... mine has never worked well. i always go directly to the USPS site for it, and it sucks. i've had packages get to sterling, come to the cross junction post office, go back to sterling, and then come back this way before they show up.

 

[LastOutlaw]

I called them on one of my orders once that showed it headed for North Carolina when it was supposed to be headed for Texas. They checked and said it was in Austin even though tracking showed it in NC. Don't count on it being correct in any way.

 

[Skully7780]

USPS tracking is good for 2 things. Seeing that it was shipped and seeing that it was delivered if your not home to pick up the package before 12 hours pass.

USELESS!

 

[Kimmy]

It's called "TRACK & Confirm" It used to work awesome, I guess the good ol' days are over. And then when the package does come, it looks like it got dropped from a plane, then ran over by a truck.

Ridiculousness.

<---this is cute.

 

[Adrenalynn]

The actual intent isn't for the end customer at all. What you read when you sign up for a USPS account is that it's a "Delivery Confirmation Service". It's only "assured" to be updated when it's actually dropped on the ground and kicked around - errr - I mean "delivered"

 

[shemp]

Mine usually updates after I have received my order for a few days.

 

[bobtow]

I have had this discussion with my supplier. Ten days after I recieved the parcel, my supplier emailed me to tell me the tracking number still informed him that the parcel was just picked up! Try a Courier service. They have a better tracking service. They depend on future business, the USPS don't care. They are subsidized by the Government, or just raise prices to keep afloat.

 

[jagsfanrick]

Tracking numbers from shipping companies are all est...meaning take with grain of salt.

 

[Pawpaw]

USPS is not subsidized by the government. They don't get a cent of taxpayers money, but they still act like they're the only game in town.

 

[Taryn]

I only bother to check the tracking for entertainment purposes. It has no value for determining when your package will arrive.

 

[scuzzy19]

I've had my package delivered and the status updated about 3 days later that it was delivered... Talk about accurate

 

[Blue Skies]

I've only placed four orders so far and the 'track & confirm' has only worked once...on my first order (when I was looking at it every five minutes) But the shipping time has been extremely reliable so far, so I don't worry about it too much.

 

[Adrenalynn]

USPS is not subsidized by the government. They don't get a cent of taxpayers money, but they still act like they're the only game in town.

Well.. "They don't get a cent" isn't exactly the whole of the story.

They have a government mandated monopoly, and they get paid hundreds of millions for services they deliver to the government, which of course, is paid for by the people.

Direct funding hasn't happened since, what, 1982? But the monopoly (which we pay for) remains.

 

[terrymr]

To be fair USPS doesn't offer tracking with priority mail, what you are looking at is "delivery confirmation". It just happens to update with some extra info.

They're still more efficient than UPS who took my package from a company in Arizona and flew it to kentucky before flying it to Washington state.

UPS/Fedex etc.. would melt if they were asked to deliver as many items as USPS

 

[cschells]

I've only placed four orders so far and the 'track & confirm' has only worked once...on my first order (when I was looking at it every five minutes) But the shipping time has been extremely reliable so far, so I don't worry about it too much.

On my first order, tracking worked beautifully- like you I was constantly checking. My second order is due to arrive today and it says nothing. Oh well.

 

[Kimmy]

It's not a big deal to me cause I know when it's expected to arrive, but just discovered two of the orders I placed on the same day, got shipping confirmations an hour between each other, only one came today and the other one is due tomorrow. Don't quite understand that


Thanks for all the information everyone, curiosity kills me I'm an instant gratification type of girl