04-13-2018 04:45 PM
I'm tracking items to clean up my portal... one of them shows "out for delivery" on the 9th, and then 18 hours later it says "your package delivery has been delayed".
Anyone see that, and what does it mean?
It's a repeat buyer, so I'm not worried about being scammed on the item, I just think the tracking is a little unusual... that was Monday, and nothing showed up on tracking since.
Cheers, C.
04-13-2018 05:11 PM
Did you try looking up the tracking info on the USPS website - www.usps.com? Sometimes I've found the Tracking info on eBay isn't accurate.
04-13-2018 05:17 PM
It means the carrier left with it in the morning but never made the delivery.
Could be any of many reasons, some you would see a specific message "no access to mailbox" some would not (like "I never got there" or "I'm confused" or "I smashed my truck" or "I marked it out for delivery but it fell out of the bin and I left it at the office").
04-13-2018 05:25 PM
Usually will be delivered the next business day.
04-13-2018 05:43 PM
My carrier has told me this can sometimes mean delivery was attempted and it is now being held at post office.
Are you close enough with this buyer to have them check with their Post office?
Also
Try these 2 things
use below link enter tracking & email them
https://emailus.usps.com/emailUs/iq/usps/request.do?forward=emailUs
And
www.usps.com
Track it then Click the down arrow for get updates
request email or text updates.
04-13-2018 06:22 PM
04-13-2018 07:38 PM - edited 04-13-2018 07:40 PM
I have seen it a few times. The most recent case was a buyer who knew it was being delivered that day and met the carrier at the curb (knowing it would not fit her mail box). They searched the truck and it was not there.
It has now been about 2 weeks and “your package has been delayed” is the last scan. Their post office has searched for it and can not find it.
An online “lost mail”: has been filed and still no answer.
So, sad to say, do NOT count on it being delivered in another day or two.
Contact the post office and raise a stink. Best bet is they lost it.
Now, as to how it got scanned as “out for delivery” when they did not actually have the package. You know the scan sheets that eBay suggests we use when we deliver multiple packages to the post office? Well, when the sorting facility puts together a bunch of packages going to a specific post office they bundle them into a single crate and they also create a scan sheet that allegedly lists everything in the bundle. But if a package gets lost and is not in the bundle then the scan will show it as being out for delivery because the local post office scans the scan sheet, not the individual packages. The actual package does not get individually scanned until it is in the carrier’s hands. Other than that the individual package rarely gets scanned once it is bundled into a bundle. (this information comes from my post master so I will brook no arguments - I am just telling you what they tell me - and I trust them) .
By the way, if you click the post office "get updates" they will simply email you the last scan which accomplishes nothing.