How many of you are obsessed like me and track a shipment of a new piece of gear at least twice a day just to see where it's at or be filled with hope that it will be here sooner?
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Tracking shipments
- Thread starter jwilson67
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Yes, one of the perks of the net is we get to enjoy the expectation of new cool stuff sometimes cheap !
Just twice a day? Man, I get the shakes and start getting the cold sweats after 30 minutes. Refresh, refresh, REFRESH!
I was just putting "at least" twice a day! Haha! I know what you mean about Refresh! "What?? It's been in El Paso for 4 friggin hours now!!! What the hell is going on???? I'LL GO DRIVE THAT TRUCK MYSELF!!!"
I've even tried to cut it off at the Destination Sort Facility so I don't have to wait for it to be delivered by a driver.
I'm doing that right now with an Amazon order. It's torture.
Meanwhile, back when I used to run an online business, the local shipping service was so quick that the parcel would arrive at my customer's premises before the item even made it onto the online tracking system.
Max
Meanwhile, back when I used to run an online business, the local shipping service was so quick that the parcel would arrive at my customer's premises before the item even made it onto the online tracking system.
Max
I wish I could have ordered it off Amazon. I'd have it by tomorrow so I could play with it over the weekend. Unfortunately I got a deal on the B3 from GC because I did the trade in trade up thing. I'm an Amazon Prime member so I get free 2 day shipping.
Happens with USPS all the time, though for a different reason. What a cruddy tracking system.
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I do, but when I goes awry then I'm wound tighter than an 8 day clock! Although FedEx got me the other day- bass showed up two days early!!
Placed my first order from Sweetwater for a Squire Jaguar SS. Emailed today wanting to know tracking number. They sent it, I clicked on it. FedEx says they delivered four hours earlier?
What the? I was home. Check front and back porch. Nothing. Side door, nothing. Recheck delivery. Driver note says left at garage. The detached garage, that faces away from the house? yep, right there leaning against the wall. It would have been there for days if I had not checked tracking.
What the? I was home. Check front and back porch. Nothing. Side door, nothing. Recheck delivery. Driver note says left at garage. The detached garage, that faces away from the house? yep, right there leaning against the wall. It would have been there for days if I had not checked tracking.
He probably knocked once on the garage bay door to fulfill his obligation of attempting contact...
I do! It's part of the hype, waiting for a new piece of gear to arrive! Got nothing on the go right now though...hmmm...
Not just gear. Anything sent to my house. I don't really care about the stuff though; I just want a giant box collection. That'll show Davis from up the street who the better collector is!
My Zoom B3 departed Lenexa, KS yesterday via UPS at 5:21 AM. No updates since then. I feel like I lost radar contact with the Space Shuttle on re-entry!! I hope Hurrican Patricia doesn't screw things up.
I was waiting for a phone from Verizon last February but FedEx was experiencing delays due to the ice storms in Tennessee. I was going crazy!!
I was waiting for a phone from Verizon last February but FedEx was experiencing delays due to the ice storms in Tennessee. I was going crazy!!
I am too. As soon as I get tracking, its entered into my phone app, and is watched until the day of delivery. Im not as bad as I used to be. But I still do keep an eye on new shipments.
I check it once ... and it tells me the estimated delivery date. If it shows up a day early, all the better. I do check again on those deliveries that require a signature, a couple of days in advance of the estimated date.
