Is this part of the new punishment?
Last Thursday, the 14th, I ordered Civilization IV: the Complete Edition, like I planned, from Amazon. It was eligible for Free Super Shipping Saving, which I chose. On Sunday, they emailed that it had shipped via USPS, and gave a tracking number. Of course, that just meant that they'd printed the label; they couldn't get it to the Post Office before Monday.
As of now, Wednesday morning, USPS still hasn't heard of it. Order tracking on Amazon describes it as having shipped on Sunday with the details "Shipment has left seller facility and is in transit."
Maybe the Amazon warehouse in New Castle, Delaware is really far from the Post Office. Maybe it's lost or there's been some other screw-up. Maybe it's even the case that every truck out of the warehouse in the past two days has been filled to capacity with higher-priority packages.
But it's seeming a little more likely that it's simply sitting, waiting to be shipped until I've been adequately punished for my cheapness.
Updated: In the comments, Doug G. points out that USPS' tracking isn't reliable enough to conclude that an item hasn't shipped. He's right, and I withdraw my speculation that Amazon was sitting on my package.
As someone who uses USPS a lot in my business, the main mistake is thinking that when USPS uses the word 'tracking', that it means the same thing as when UPS or Fedex uses it. I've found that often, packages will arrive at their destination before the first update hits the USPS system. So, I wouldn't sweat it, it is probably well on its way.
Posted by Doug G.
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May 21 2009 06:08
Now that you mention it, I've actually seen that, too. I thought a Paperbackswap book I'd sent had been lost because there wasn't any tracking info a couple of weeks after mailing. Then it suddenly arrived (without any intermediate steps ever being marked, if I recall correctly.)
I'll update the entry to withhold my snark.
Posted by Zed on May 21 2009 15:36