Even though I have the tracking information, as a final courtesy to the buyer, I send a follow-up e-mail to ensure not that it arrived, which I know, but that it arrived in the condition that it left my possession. I'm not happy if the buyer isn't.
Yes, USPS has improved their tracking system, I was recently able to follow a shipment from the origin to my mailbox. Before I'm not sure if I even knew where it was coming from; only when to expect it in the mailbox. Recently I ordered a Tablet PC from Amazon, and was surprised that they shipped it via USPS. What I can't figure out is the reason that it's scheduled to take until next Wednesday to get here from the Seattle area. When Amazon has shipped books from Seattle previously, they took two business days to arrive, whether via USPS or UPS. 73 de Jim - AD6CW On 6/2/2011 8:41 PM, Don Wilhelm wrote: > Erik, > > > Recently, I had a package shipped to me - USPS and it had delivery > confirmation paid for and applied to it. > The sender did not bother check the tracking to see whether it was > delivered - he instead sent me an email (which I had to take the time > and effort to respond to) asking if I had received the parcel. So, if > that was his intent, why did he pay the $0.70 for delivery confirmation > service. And secondly, since he paid for DC service, why did he bother > me with questions when he could have inquired of the service he had paid > for? It all remains a mystery to me - why do some buy premium gasoline > when their cars are designed to run on regular? - it is one more of > those mysteries that make no real sense - take advantage of the services > that you are paying for, otherwise, why pay for them? If one does not > use them, then the cost is not justified. > > USPS has improved its tracking in the last year or so - before that, you > could tell when it was shipped and when it was delivered, but nothing in > between. They have improved, with real tracking information, so those > paying for delivery confirmation, the delivery confirmation number (or > in the case of international shipments, the customs number) will give > you the location of the parcel at any given time. > > If you send a parcel through USPS with Delivery Confirmation, you can > now go to the USPS.com website and sign up for email notices of the > progress - if you are the shipper, you can request those notifications > be sent to the recipient (and you as well if you have interest) - that > is not automatic, but it is easy to do. > > 73, > Don W3FPR > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
