Scan forms not accurate for tracking!!!! | Selling

grasscarp · 2025-06-14T13:38:17.939000Z

I noticed the other day that I was given several "late shipments" defects - shipping after my 1 day handling time. This is not true!! I always use eBay shipping labels and always USPS by the way. I checked the packages in question. They were shipped, along with others, using the scan form in bulk shipping. I mailed the packages in person on a Monday at my local USPS office. I saw the USPS clerk scan the bar code as they always do. Several packages (not all of them for some reason) included in the scan form took until Wednesday to show "accepted". Of course this looks like I mailed them late. But on the tracking it states this for Monday: "Shipment Received, Package Acceptance Pending". What in the world does that mean??? They have received the package but it is pending? Pending on what?? Anyway, I checked tracking for the next several days and continued to use the scan form. Same thing on other packages. It is taking 2-3 days to show that some packages as "accepted" even though they have been "received" a day or two earlier. Several discussions with the USPS employees lead no where. So now I have each and every package scanned one at a time, in order not to be late due to someone's malfunctioning software. So much for time saving with the scan form for bulk shipping! My discussion with an eBay customer service person blamed it on USPS. It has been going on for years I understand, after checking into it. Anyone else having this issue??

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