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Post by GiantsFan on Aug 21, 2018 23:32:47 GMT
This is total fluff and rambling, and just something I thought was interesting entertaining (because I checked on it everyday!).
On Aug 9th I placed an order from JoAnn. The expected delivery date was Aug 20. Yeah, OK, no big deal. They're usually extremely slow to actually ship the product, at least it seems that way for me. I got notice on Aug 10th that it shipped! Woo-hoo! Maybe it will get here sooner? No chance, it was delivered today, actually late by a day.
It was interesting, though, to see the tracking.
It went from MI to IL, then up to WI, back down to IL, over to KS, then TX, NM, CA 1, CA 2, then to CA 3 where it spent the weekend (Sat am-Mon pm), then finally late Monday night it was sent to my hometown where it arrived mid morning and delivered today Aug 21st.
And this is just one package out of the millions that are shipped daily.
Ok, back to your regularly scheduled message board with more interesting topics!
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Post by Frazzled Mom on Aug 22, 2018 0:09:41 GMT
It went from MI to IL, then up to WI, back down to IL, over to KS, then TX, NM, CA 1, CA 2, then to CA 3 where it spent the weekend (Sat am-Mon pm), That's too funny, but who wouldn't want to spend the weekend in sunny California.  |
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Aug 22, 2018 0:11:23 GMT
I had a project life (becky's actual site) order ship smartpost. I live in vegas, shipped from 6 hrs away in utah. Thought a week estimate was crazy even smartpost. Day after it shipped it was in vegas. I felt validated. Then it spent the next 5 days in cali and arizona. At one point the delivery day got pushed back a day but it ended up arriving the original day it estimated.
So. Slower shipping method means using MORE resources to ship a product making it costlier for fedex. Smart.
My 2nd and only order since shipped usps priority, so at least they changed their shipping partner.
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Post by scrapnnana on Aug 22, 2018 0:25:38 GMT
I watch tracking, too. It's a good thing. I had a package that was supposed to be delivered by Aug. 6th. The last record of it was in the state of Washington, on Aug. 1st. It never made it any further.
I requested a refund from Amazon after giving it an extra week. They agreed that it was presumed lost at that point and issued a refund.
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Post by joblackford on Aug 22, 2018 0:28:12 GMT
Oh my goodness! I wouldn't mind taking that trip to see a good portion of the country, but I'd rather not have my Joann's package take it. I might have to monitor my tracking from them when they eventually get around to shipping it to me.
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Post by stinkerbelle on Aug 22, 2018 2:32:17 GMT
you have to wonder sometimes what the rationale is behind stuff like that. like is someone smoking something they shouldn't be or was that route really the best way to ship your package? i'm glad (and totally amazed after all that) you got it!
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Post by travelscrapper2 on Aug 22, 2018 13:50:38 GMT
I've had a package or two like that. One went to Hawaii without me! But why in the world would you send a package from Oregon to Indiana through Hawaii?
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Post by anniefb on Aug 22, 2018 19:23:29 GMT
I always keep an eye on tracking as well. Sometimes it’s so frustrating to see an excruciatingly slow journey. One thing that always drive me crazy when I was a Hip Kit subscriber was watching my Kit inch down the west coast - it took longer to get to LAX than it did to get to NZ once it left the country.
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Post by wendifful on Aug 22, 2018 20:30:05 GMT
I ordered some Dickies cargo pants from a third-party seller on Amazon once. I needed them for work and I got a great deal on them. When they still hadn't shown up, I tracked the package, which said it was delivered...in New York. I live in California, literally the other side of the country. When I messaged the seller, they said they were out of the pants and refunded me the money and said sometimes mistakes like this happened in "peak seasons." The real kicker was that this happened in June, not December like you might think.
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Post by scrapaddict702 on Aug 22, 2018 22:08:57 GMT
I've had a package or two like that. One went to Hawaii without me! But why in the world would you send a package from Oregon to Indiana through Hawaii? I have a friend who used to work at UPS. They scan packages in as they unload and they had an issue where one of the scanners was defaulting every package to Hawaii as it's next stop. It was several hundred packages and a couple hours later before they noticed the problem and fixed it. By then, it was too late to try and correct the problem for packages already scanned and moved. Software...human error...it happens. Hopefully your package enjoyed the quick beach adjacent visit! |
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Post by woodysbetty on Aug 23, 2018 0:01:34 GMT
It's like experiencing a cross country road trip having to drive or ride in the car!! LOL!
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Post by artisticscrapper on Aug 23, 2018 1:34:48 GMT
I ordered from Joann’s as well and the projected delivery date was about 10 days. While mine didn’t take the world tour it did land two counties over—about 60 miles away—in five days. And there it sat for another 5 days. So the original projection was correct but why did it sit there? It’s not like it was the weekend. Sigh.
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Post by susancinpa on Aug 24, 2018 15:12:52 GMT
I usually have this problem with one carrier in particular. If I get a notice saying it's going to be 7-10 days, then it will take all of those 10 days, regardless of where it's coming from, sometimes even longer.
I'm in PA, I placed an order last Wednesday & it shipped the same day from SC. My tracking said it would be delivered on Saturday, 8/18. By mid-Saturday morning, I hadn't seen the delivery truck, so I pulled up the tracking for an update and they had updated the delivery date to Monday, 8/27 (yes, 9 days from the original estimated delivery date). Funny thing is it had made it to the hub in Ohio the previous day. Then it sat their for 4 days and then they updated my estimated delivery date to tomorrow, 8/25. I actually checked the tracking today and it looks like it was dropped at my PO this am and should be delivered today.
I am always happy to see when a shipper is using either UPS or USPS. Our UPS guy is great, if it is coming surepost, they update my tracking and say something to the affect of "We'll be in your area today, so we're delivering your package directly a day early instead of taking to the post office". I live right near the post office, so they're always "in my area". There are a few times this doesn't happen & I assume it's when we have an alternate driver. USPS seems to be quite efficient for our area, too. I know others have complaints about both of these carriers, but they're the best for service here.
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