I placed an order with a major online retailer back in early August. This particular item is getting to be pretty popular and the specific model in question was on backorder.
That happens sometimes when a manufacturer (a) announces major improvements over the previous model and (b) drops the price significantly.
Have to wait for item to arrive. Understood. Delayed gratification. I'm a grown up. I can live with that.
...fast forward to last weekend..
There was an email in my inbox stating that my order had shipped. The seller's website has tracking information.
Has anyone out there ever had a package delivered via SmartPost? I learned last night that a package can be picked up by FedEx but delivered to your doorstep by your regular postal worker and that this is supposed to be less expensive than shipping directly with either carrier.
Smartpost.
According to the tracking website, my package departed from FedEx before I got out of bed yesterday morning. The facility in question is only a 45 minute drive from here.
I just accessed post office's tracking website and was told
"The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on September 09, 2010 to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date. Delivery status information will be provided if / when available. Information, if available, is updated periodically throughout the day. Please check again later."While copying and pasting that quote, I heard our mailbox being opened.
My package was sitting atop our mailbox.
SmartPost?
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It's the USPS!! I have gotten that message more times than I can count, even after the item has arrived. Of course, if they have to mess up on something, I guess it is better to get the delivery right, and trip up on the "status info"!!
The USPS does the updates electronically overnight so there are no updates during the day. If a scan is missed somewhere along the way there is no update. My husband works for them and explained it to me one time I was complaining about a slow moving delivery that appeared before the online status had changed.
Enjoy your Kindle!
I've gotten things delivered by smartpost. I'm not sure how it's really cheaper but I'll take their word for it. The USPS was still updating their website when my package was sitting in my hot little hands.
So, how is the new "baby"?
I swear that Amazon does weird stuff so that the free shipping takes ages, to entice you to enroll in the annual program.
So, do you like it??
Oh dear! At least you were home so it didn't go missing.
I positively detest SmartPost and DHL and any other services that deliver to the post office and who then makes final delivery. Partly because you no longer can track anything and partly because they are stupid enough to always drop it at the PO in the neighboring town rather than my town and from there it travels 70 miles to the state capitol and then back to my town. It adds 3 days to the delivery at a minimum than if they just shipped it via FedEx or UPS.
I've had that happen a couple times and wondered about it, too. Makes tracking things darn hard.
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