Getting nervous .... Nervous no more

tradarcher816 · July 20, 2014, 01:00:00 AM

I bought a new (to me) blackwidow off of a classified ad on another forum. The gentleman I spoke to sent me a copy of the shipping receipt with a tracking number, I quickly got online and saw that it had been shipped priority 2day shipping and the expected arrival date was the 18th...
I sat all morning on fri waiting on the mail and it didn't arrive. When i rechecked the tracking it showed that it left the post office in Va on the 17th but no update to the tracking since then. I called the customer service line today and they were surprised that there was no update to the tracking and that they would conduct an "investigation". Needless to say it never showed today....
I'm trying not to but I'm starting to worry a touch...

Jake Scott · July 20, 2014, 01:07:00 AM

If it's USPS their tracking is awful. If it doesn't show up Monday I would get back on the phone.

Jake

YORNOC · July 20, 2014, 07:45:00 AM

Been there, horrible feeling. Hang in there, Worrying wont help your shooting.

nineworlds9 · July 20, 2014, 07:47:00 AM

It's probably just USPS fault. Give it a few more days.

tradarcher816 · July 21, 2014, 09:53:00 PM

.... Still not here .... Killing me

Cyclic-Rivers · July 21, 2014, 10:08:00 PM

I just had a bow take 4 days longer than their anticipated date. sometimes big or awkward packages can be taken off a belt and set aside.

be patient but still bug them a lot. good luck.

Homebru · July 21, 2014, 10:16:00 PM

I've got one running late. I feel your pain.
homebru

flyne · July 22, 2014, 06:29:00 AM

Iv had one lost in post for 3mnths before becouse the uk post service went on strike the day it was posted but 8t turned up in the end and was worth the waight

JRY309 · July 22, 2014, 03:54:00 PM

I have had a couple of times in the past couple of months where Priority mail has taken longer then the 2-3 days.I mailed some arrows and it took about 6-7 days past the 2-3 days it usally takes.They blamed it on the father's day overload.I ship a bow a couple of weeks ago and it took 4 days longer then the expected 2-3 day delivery.I even went to the post office to see if they could tell me more then the website.They told me to give a few more days,the 2-3 day is not a guarantee.But they both arrived safely it just took a few extra days.You can't help but think something is wrong when it takes longer then expected.

Cyclic-Rivers · July 22, 2014, 09:49:00 PM

My 1st st Judes check arrived today. Mailed it in early June.

monkeyball · July 22, 2014, 09:59:00 PM

Yes JRY,those arrows were a question mark weren't they......

I really have had no problems with the USPS in the past but lately they have really been dropping the ball.

They really should leave you know that the tracking# program is a "maybe" at most.

Oh well,at least they give you $50.00 free shipping insurance now included with the price....problem is, if that is not enough, you have to pay from the very beginning . Hmmmmm?

Good Shooting,
Craig

bruinman · July 22, 2014, 10:31:00 PM

I have had a couple things take a few extra days lately. Hopefully that's all it is.

Homebru · July 22, 2014, 10:53:00 PM

Now, I'm gettin' twitchy. No updates from USPS since the package was in Aurora, CO. Grrrrrrr.

Hope yours arrives soon.
homebru

Archie · July 23, 2014, 12:43:00 AM

I bought something recently from Kentucky that the USPS brought to my local postal hub, then abruptly re-directed it to somewhere in California! I was frustrated, but it eventually arrived... although about 2 weeks late.

That bow should be in before too long. And you'll breathe a big sigh of relief!

mike g · July 23, 2014, 09:55:00 AM

I use USPS Priority Mail for my business....
There tracking is a joke....
But In all the years I've used them only a couple of packages where late....
Hang in there, it will show up and surprise ya...
Heck I order stuff and forget that I did, And then get a big surprise when it shows up....LOL

tradarcher816 · July 23, 2014, 10:15:00 AM

Got word yesterday that it made it to Columbia. And I spoke to the lady at my local post office, who was very helpful. I'm not quite as torn up about it like I was, and hopefully it'll make it here soon...

I hope. lol

Jerry Russell · July 23, 2014, 10:29:00 AM

I hope it all works out and soon. I would not use USPS to ship anything, ever. The tracking system is useless as it gets.

tradarcher816 · July 23, 2014, 11:45:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by Jerry Russell:
I hope it all works out and soon. I would not use USPS to ship anything, ever. The tracking system is useless as it gets.

Yeah that's about where I stand from here on...

MnFn · July 23, 2014, 01:49:00 PM

Unless it has changed since I was there, it was rare that you could find something lost by the delivery confirmation number. You probably would find a few places it had been enroute but that was about it. Originally, it was set up as a delivery confirmation service- not a tracking service.

However, I still use Priority Service when shipping. I have never lost anything or had breakage with a well packed parcel. Can it happen ? Sure. But I will take my chances. They (shipping companies) all have failures. At least I can go into the the local Post Office and talk with somebody about it.

Bjorn · July 23, 2014, 02:23:00 PM

I have found to Post Office to be very reliable. They are the only shipper to have never lost any of my stuff coming or going-ever; Fedex and UPS have each lost something.
Does not matter who ships, or how you pack always insure!