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[savey_shopper]

post office doesn't scan every transfer of an item.

[chevymontecarlo88]

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@savey_shopper wrote:

post office doesn't scan every transfer of an item.

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This is true. Many times, USPS will miss a scan. 

[mudshark61369]

@savey_shopper,

At this time of year if you drop packages off at a P.O.,  the packages may not get an acceptance scan, and packages shipped via ground advantage may not get scanned at every stop until an Out For Delivery or a Delivered scan is issued.

Sometimes when a truck stops at one facility to unload pallets before moving on there will be no scan of the package itself just an Arrived at: - Departed  from: scan for the pallet your package is on, and sometimes not even that happens if the truck unloads quickly.

As long as tracking shows some movement you are protected.

[simba6]

No they don't.   I have received many packages they were only scanned at delivery and some that never were scanned at all.

When tracking by USPS first came out, it was called delivery confirmation , not tracking.  They slowly expanded it into tracking.  Now they seem to be cutting back.