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Originally Posted by Mountaindewed
The other one said at 9:30 last night it would be here on the 21st. All I was doing was rerouting it from a UPS box to my house. If it were going to be at the UPS box it would have been delivered yesterday. I checked an hour ago and now its saying the 22nd. Wtf. I also ordered something thats coming by Fedex and it is saying its coming today yet it also says its still in navajo something california. At least my address is right on that one because I really want it and its now out of stock and these things don't restock since they are parts of limited edtion collections. This sold out in less then 6 days I was not supirised it wasn't sooner.
So I'm not sure whats going on with anything but they said things would be screwey this year.
But at least the one with the wrong address got fixed and I didn't have to go into any shady apartment.
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I keep track of all my shipments - through OnTrac, USPS, FedEx, and UPS.
For FedEx and OnTrac, their scheduled delivery dates could change at the end of the day, and then the "delayed" warning will appear in red the next day if they weren't able to deliver it by the scheduled delivery date. This happens when there are accidents with the truck driver or severe weather conditions. For UPS, they will also have estimated delivery dates, but sometimes they will not have one provided. When they do NOT have an estimated delivery date, that means that there are delays due to severe weather or road conditions or otherwise. Usually, when there's an accident or when your items get severely damaged, FedEx and/or UPS will update that status, too. FedEx is pretty good about updating their statuses of damaged goods, which will appear in red and noted as some sort of interference or break in scheduling (I forgot the term they use).
For USPS (the Post Office), they don't offer any estimated dates most of the time, but sometimes they do. You can continue checking by tracking number to see if it has been delivered though. If you sign up for their informed delivery, you can see most of the mail and packages arriving by USPS. Sometimes FedEx "SmartPost" will use the USPS for delivery, but those get tricky to track and damned near impossible.
For OnTrac, they are notoriously late by a day or more, and they don't always update their status. Sometimes they operate like Amazon deliveries, where they might state "delivered" but it was delivered either to the wrong address or not at all. And sometimes they are inconsistent as to where they put their deliveries, whether it be in the package room or in front of your door.
I hope this helps a little.
I get anxious, too, when keeping score of all my package orders and deliveries. I've been doing this consistently for all my grocery and household shopping for the past 2 years. It's a pain sometimes!