Curse of the trtacking numbers

Dan of Bazz Clazz

Dan of Bazz Clazz

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So here I am anxiously waiting on the deliveries of the first knives of 2018. One in particular, a Buck 110 (with leather sheath, $35.00. Who wouldn't) I ordered at the beginning of Dec. for Xmas. Despite being "in stock" when I put the order together after putting the order through they back-ordered me.

OK, plenty of time till the 25th. Ya, right.

I get a shipment confirmation on the 22nd. with tracking number. Which doesn't produce any results. Finally turns up in Fed Ex's hands on the 24th.

By the 27th, it is still in the state of origin, MO.
But they finally get it across state lines to Olathe KS.
Where it sits for another 2 days.... grrrr.

Finally on the 29th, it starts moving west to CA.
Arrives at the FedEx depot in Commerce CA on Dec. 31
24 hours later it appears in the Los Angeles Depot on Jan 1. Could we be getting closer?
24 hours after that, Jan 2, the Package ends up BACK in Commerce CA. WTH!!!!

No scan or location at all today Jan 3.
This is starting to look very reminiscent of a order I placed from Germany. Took the USPS a month to get it all the way from Germany to my local post office where it should have gone out for delivery the next day. Instead they send it back to Germany for "insufficient postage"

Sometimes I think knowing is a whole lot worse than not knowing as far as corporate operations goes. :confused:
 
It's a little know fact but the freight companies watch how many times a package is tracked and if it's constantly being checked they back off the gas and sometimes even send it round the continent for a tour.

And on a more serious note a lot of the tracking (and they wont' admit to this) is predictive vs. real time. So that box leaving point A should be at point B six days later and all the while it's been miss-sorted to points C, D, E, and beyond.

Sometimes when you see a weird pattern you need to get a supervisor to check the tracking internally.
 
Watching a UPS shipment at the moment. It arrived in my city on Saturday and goes to USPS for delivery.... still waiting. ;)

Nothing I can do about it, so I'm not going to worry about it. Same should be said for many packages that are a shipping in progress.
 
USPS lost an M4 Mini Grip with custom micarta scales that I purchased last month. Still pretty butt hurt about it
 
Tell me about it! I am also upset with the postal service right now. I mailed a Christmas gift to a forum member on Dec. 12, thinking it was plenty of time to arrive before Christmas. It's January 3 and forum member has not received gift, tracking has not been updated since Dec. 15.

USPS tracking #: 9505511585027346024392 in case someone is familiar with this. It's not so much the monetary value of the gift, but I got my gift from my forum buddy, but he hasn't gotten his from me yet...:(
 
Here this will ease your pain...

Xmas gift for my best friend, ordered early November, shipped 12/8, left the country for the US 12/12, sitting in customs since then... It wont update till its cleared and in the US postal system, who knows how long that'll take.

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Cereal_killer said:
Here this will ease your pain...

Xmas gift for my best friend, ordered early November, shipped 12/8, left the country for the US 12/12, sitting in customs since then... It wont update till its cleared and in the US postal system, who knows how long that'll take.

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Doesn't ease the pain but it sure heightens the taste of bile from the bureaucracy. :mad:
It will be people like this who will be the first ones up against the wall when the revolution comes. :cool:
 
I was waiting on a knife last month and for some reason it went back to the origin facility and stayed there for a couple days.
It was annoying, but there was nothing I could do and it was probably a good thing because it meant I was getting it a little closer to Christmas.
Honestly it would've probably been cool to get on Christmas Eve so I could open it Christmas morning ( of course I could not wait 6 days to open my knife ).

I'm always like a little kid when I'm waiting on a package.
 
Fed ex is the worst. Even ups ground is better. Annoys me some people and merchants use this even though USPS 2 day is cheaper than what they charge for half ass shipping and handling
 
Sosa said:
Fed ex is the worst. Even ups ground is better. Annoys me some people and merchants use this even though USPS 2 day is cheaper than what they charge for half ass shipping and handling
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I hear you. I'll have to go to FedEx depot to pick up. They can never actually accomplish a delivery to my unit. UPS pulls it off just fine usually.
Both UPS and FedEx cut deals with big retailers for slashed rates on shipping. But I'm with you. Stick my knife in a priority mail box and get it to me in 2 days instead of this 2 week BS.
 
I had one I sold to someone sit at "waiting to be dropped at post office" or the like for almost 6 weeks. Then it mysteriously appeared in Miami. Probably got dropped on the floor and it took someone 6 weeks to pick it up. Once it appeared on the radar it was 2 days. He was very patient and I was very communicative, offering a refund etc...
 
Update to my post above: THERE IS NO UPDATE, another week and literally no movement.

Ed's birthday is 2/11, maybe the US Govt can make this one present be for both Xmas and his b-day...
 
I hear you, knowing is sometimes a lot worse:eek::D

I've had some really bizarre tracking episodes as I live in Europe and most of my knives come from the US. Chicago's O Hare airport seems to be a Bermuda Triangle for stuff remaining there...Once I followed tracking which claimed a knife had been returned when I had it in my hand. Or a ping-pong game of back and forth between major airports....

Lately, the Bay has been acting 'queer' :D Things I paid mid December only now being shipped! No e-mail saying sorry we're out of stock or on long holiday, but bullying demands never to leave negative or even neutral feedback. The Crock of :poop::poop::poop:!
 
Out of the hundreds, possibly thousands, of packages I've mailed via USPS over the last 15 years, I've had to make my very first insurance claim on the package I sent above. It's like pulling teeth and jumping through hoops to get this ball rolling. Now I just wait, and a check for insured amount should be showing up in my mailbox in 5-10 days. Not so much the value I'm concerned with, but that my buddy never received his Christmas gift. I even included a card and wrapped the durn thing!
 
I remember a news story where a family sent a box of Christmas presents to another family. Fast forward to Nov/Dec. the following year the 2nd family sent them a thank you for the presents they just received.
 
I send a package to a member her via 2 day USPS Priority mail on the 2nd.
It showed back up at my place on the 12th, claiming that no such address existed.
I contacted the buyer, confirmed that what I wrote on the box was his address, even checked on Google and sure enough there is a house there.
Took it to the USPS and they told me I either needed to contact the post office where they tried to deliver it (obviously an entirely different state, and USPS employees know I have no possible hope of getting a human from that office on the phone and getting anything resolved) or PAY TO SHIP IT AGAIN.

After raising a bit of hell, they agreed to ship it back out, but seriously, I have had so many bad experiences with USPS the last two years its like I might as well hire some 17 year old to deliver my packages across the US vs what they offer...
 
Update on my package, it finally cleared customs on the 18th and was delivered yesterday!

Took CZ post 4 days to get it to the US, took USPS 4 days to get it from the New York ISC to me, took CBP 37 days to clear it...
 
Cereal_killer said:
Update on my package, it finally cleared customs on the 18th and was delivered yesterday!

Took CZ post 4 days to get it to the US, took USPS 4 days to get it from the New York ISC to me, took CBP 37 days to clear it...
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Hey, let's be fair, CBP is protecting the great nation of Canada from the dangers of assisted flipping knives. They have to be vigilant and do due diligence - even if they are perfectly... legal... in Canada... right now... o_O
 
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