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Be glad it's not the USPS (US Postal Service)
Listen to this one:
Years ago sold an item on ebay.
Sent item via USPS and paid for tracking number.
The package went dark and I waited some weeks.
Finally went into post office where I sent the item.
The PostMaster General (manager) came out.
I explained that I had a tracking number and he poked around on his own computer in frustration trying to find it.
Finally, he looked up and said, "Do you see all those packages back there?" and pointed at a bunch of packages laying in the hallway. "We can't keep track of all those packages. It'll show up some time. Give it another week and if it doesn't show up, then come back."
They have one job. But apparently all USPS really does is make commercials trying to convince you that they can get your package there. 
The package did eventually show that it had been delivered.
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Poste Italiane will simply open your package and steal the content if it's valuable.
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OriginalGriff wrote: they just stay at "awaiting the parcel" until they switch to "delivered".
Strictly speaking, if that's reporting your status (as opposed to theirs)...it's not inaccurate, is it? I mean, you're either waiting for it, or you have it.
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You'll received a "Delivered" confirmation without being delivered.
CI/CD = Continuous Impediment/Continuous Despair
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FedEx and UPS are merging -> FedUp
Tracking on all carriers seems to be hit or miss lately.
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LOL
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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They generate EDI events only when your item checks in/out port, terminal, dry hub, local storage etc. In your case looks like your jem is traveling the Oregon Trail and will be no updates until it hits one of those. It's not like the truck driver is sending updates while on the road: "At the rest stop now. Smashed a bag of Wendy's and booked me a nice hooker. Life is good. lol!"
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I worked as a package sorter for UPS back in 1990. The package was probably placed in a trailer in PA and is driving across the country to WA. It won't get another scan until it is resorted in WA.
I had to learn blocks of zip codes and learn to read addresses backwards zip, state, city as my job. I would read that information and then place the package on the right belt to go to the other end of the facility. Got an extra dollar an hour for that skill. Had to take a test every month on a computer to verify sorting skills. Programming helped since I knew where the keys were. Other sorters had to use the cursor to the right place on the screen while I just typed the right letter for the zip code. I could sort 3600 packages an hour.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Yikes, 3600 per hour sorted! amazing
Yes, shipping physically is quite different than shipping mentally
(which is what we usually do as customers)
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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That was just the test. The physical labor was about one package every 3 seconds or something like that.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Is it better to have the situation I ran into? I had a package (64 GB of RAM) going from Dallas TX to Cincinnati OH. I got a lot of tracking data - I got to watch it go to most of the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Northwest states before finally heading to the Midwest (St. Louis, MO), then it took a side trip to Philadelphia before heading back to the St. Louis again. The final steps in the delivery to Cincinnati were from Indianapolis, IN to Columbus, OH, then to Louisville, KY (presumably passing through Cincinnati on the way!), back to Indianapolis, back to Columbus and then finally to Cincinnati and final delivery. The package was fine, but it took 2 weeks and close to 4,000 miles to get here. I did feel like I got my money's worth for the shipping cost, though!
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Another Bill Bryson quote (I have collected lots of them!):
Goodness knows, incidentally, what my letter had been doing in California for nearly six weeks, though it came back with a nice tan and an urge to get in touch with its inner feelings.
(Notes from a Big Country: 'Mail Call')
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Love Bill Bryson
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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honey the codewitch wrote: What the heck is the point of giving out a tracking ID if it goes dark for 90% of the trip?
I sure wish the USPS would see this post. 
Jeremy Falcon
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whatever
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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during the pandemic, the post office lost $250 worth of packages of mine. The items were shipped but never made it to my front door. To this day, they have not found them.
The post office manager said this was an everyday occurrence at the time.
more recently, Amazon in my area is now using UPS to deliver packages that its short-staffed delivery service cannot - for reasons I am not exactly sure of ( I can only guess, i.e. out sick, etc.). Hopefully, these packages don't become missing or lost. ugh.
Post office tracking numbers are slightly more useless than UPS, in my experience. If the items don't get logged during transit, the transit status never changes.
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I have had good luck with UPS as well.
I suspect weather is problem.
Lots of it between Philly and NW coast.
Stay cool (no pun intended).
Vendor not accepting returns is not cool.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Not accepting returns is really common with hard to find GPUs right now. That market is ugly.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Understood. Memory used to be that way back in the day.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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You have my condolences.
Two weeks ago I returned from a weekend away to find some property missing. No worries, I have cameras everywhere. Sadly, though, I can't recall my password for the DVR, and the only way to reset the password is to use the remote control. Coming from Sam's Club, the remote was not included in the package. I checked with the manufacturer - the remote is discontinued. I searched Amazon and found one that claims to be compatible, so I ordered it on Jan 16. It was promised to be delivered on Jan 19, but they shipped it using SurePost, the US Postal's system for losing packages. As soon as it hit USP, it went into the Phantom Zone. It left Phoenix last Thursday at 3:50 AM and hasn't phoned home since. Phoenix is a four-hour drive away, and the Post Office is three blocks away. In the meantime, I can't review the video to identify the thief, because that can only be done from the front panel.
My lessons:
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Good luck with that thievery mess!
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Well... I see you are well, Well
Already got it, my coat
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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megaadam wrote: Already got it, my coat
That's not enough - you should run... very fast...
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." ― Albert Einstein
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Wow, that's deep. It hit me like cold water.
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