I sent in 2 leatherman waves to be fixed, I insured the package and the guy said I could track it with the number on the receipt but when I plug the number into the track and confirm page it tells me it doesnt have any info on it. Am I going to have to go down to the post office to find out if it got there or what.
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Need some help with USPS tracking
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Cougar Allen
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USPS tracking #s sometimes don't even show up in the system until the item has been delivered. I use USPS priority with DC on almost everything I ship and most of the time the # is uselss for tracking but it does let you know the package was delivered.
The number you are likely referring to is not a 'tracking' number but a delivery confirmation number. As has been mentioned, it is only to confrim delivery. The insurance number doesn't help with tracking either. (At least not from the customers standpoint) I believe the only postal product that has tracking for an option is the overnight express.
Hi,
If you have Delivery confirmation you can check online at usps.com and click on track and confirm button. Or you can call the 1800 number on the DC form. If it's a numbered insured, ex. VF XXX XXX XXX US then you can't track this from home, You can call your local PO and have them punch it into their system, or go by the window and have them look it up but apparently this is a internal tracking number not available to public. Hope this helps.
James :thumbup:
If you have Delivery confirmation you can check online at usps.com and click on track and confirm button. Or you can call the 1800 number on the DC form. If it's a numbered insured, ex. VF XXX XXX XXX US then you can't track this from home, You can call your local PO and have them punch it into their system, or go by the window and have them look it up but apparently this is a internal tracking number not available to public. Hope this helps.
James :thumbup:
It can take a few days for any info to show up on the USPS website. Like others have pointed out, DC doesn't really track your package, or show where it is at any giving time. It usually just confirms that your package has been delivered.
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It's a matter of volume. They scan a number in when they accept a package, and should scan it when they've made actual delivery, but tracking implies scanning it at every intermediate point from mailer to recipient, and that would slow down the works a lot.
I think the New York Post Office still handles something like the 10,000,000 pieces of mail a day that they did when I worked there.
Registered and Express Mail get noted at every turn-over, but ordinary mail, even with special services, does not.
I recently got a FedEx ground delivery that was scanned in, noted moved to their dispatch point, and then never updated until day of delivery a week later. But they did have that delivery day estimated correctly from the start, which was all I needed.
I think the New York Post Office still handles something like the 10,000,000 pieces of mail a day that they did when I worked there.
Registered and Express Mail get noted at every turn-over, but ordinary mail, even with special services, does not.
I recently got a FedEx ground delivery that was scanned in, noted moved to their dispatch point, and then never updated until day of delivery a week later. But they did have that delivery day estimated correctly from the start, which was all I needed.
Esav Benyamin
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Sure is. 
And USPS tracking has undergone a revolution since then.
This thread is now officially misleading. Closing it ...
And USPS tracking has undergone a revolution since then.This thread is now officially misleading. Closing it ...
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