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Posted: 11/2/2006 5:18:02 AM EDT
Shipped a package about 20 minutes ago, how long till it shows up online?
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 5:19:46 AM EDT
[#1]
after it has been delivered.
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 5:20:39 AM EDT
[#2]
usually that evening or next morning
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 5:21:50 AM EDT
[#3]

Quoted:
after it has been delivered.


If that.

USPS should not even bother with it anymore.  heck I have packages delivered weeks ago and the "tracking" still says it is at the distrobution center.
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 5:26:21 AM EDT
[#4]
If you're lucky, AFTER it's been delivered.  $2200 in postage last year, not a single "tracking" number was active until after it was delivered.  Even then, it was about 30-35%.  If it ain't UPS, FEDEX or DHL, you are tracking 16 digits of air.
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 5:27:08 AM EDT
[#5]
It doesnt
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 5:29:09 AM EDT
[#6]
If you are lucky it might actually tell you if it was delivered, but as far as trying to find out the location of package in transit you might as well forget it.
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 5:29:11 AM EDT
[#7]

Quoted:

Quoted:
after it has been delivered.


If that.

USPS should not even bother with it anymore.  heck I have packages delivered weeks ago and the "tracking" still says it is at the distrobution center.


I had a package being delivered by mail that always said only that it had been checked into the distribution center.

I had a package coming by UPS that was shipped from Texas to Pennsylvania. The package was delivered while the tracking information said it was just checked into Anchorage.
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 5:31:26 AM EDT
[#8]
If you're looking for fedex or ups style tracking use those carriers, the USPS "tracking" system is the suck. It will tell you the package has been delivered and that's about it, no info while it's in transit.
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 5:31:51 AM EDT
[#9]
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 5:32:37 AM EDT
[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:
after it has been delivered.


If that.

USPS should not even bother with it anymore.  heck I have packages delivered weeks ago and the "tracking" still says it is at the distrobution center.


+1 tracking sucks. UPS has the best software.
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 5:42:26 AM EDT
[#11]

Quoted:
If you're lucky, AFTER it's been delivered.  $2200 in postage last year, not a single "tracking" number was active until after it was delivered.  Even then, it was about 30-35%.  If it ain't UPS, FEDEX or DHL, you are tracking 16 digits of air.


16 digits?  This one is 20 hope its right was read over the phone to me

03040370000061331876
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 5:43:36 AM EDT
[#12]
Probably from an evening update.
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 5:48:39 AM EDT
[#13]

Quoted:

Quoted:
If you're lucky, AFTER it's been delivered.  $2200 in postage last year, not a single "tracking" number was active until after it was delivered.  Even then, it was about 30-35%.  If it ain't UPS, FEDEX or DHL, you are tracking 16 digits of air.


16 digits?  This one is 20 hope its right was read over the phone to me

03040370000061331876


Sorry, I was thinking the CC numbers.  You're correct.
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 6:56:50 AM EDT
[#14]

Quoted:
Shipped a package about 20 minutes ago, how long till it shows up online?


About 2 days after it has been delivered.
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 6:58:02 AM EDT
[#15]
Are you familiar with "when hell freezes over?"
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 7:09:10 AM EDT
[#16]
As far as I know, the USPS doesn't track packages. They simply confirm delivery. Look on the label and it says "Delivery Confirmation." It's a common misconception that it's similar to UPS or FedEx tracking. It's just to make sure that something was delivered so somebody can't say "OMG I DIDN'T GET IT!"
Link Posted: 11/2/2006 7:13:27 AM EDT
[#17]
Delivery Confirmation does just that and nothing else.  Still it will usually deliver long before being posted
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