Hatrack River Forum: Will my copy get here in time?

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Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Join us as in tracking rivka's copy of Magic Street, as it wends its way from Amazon to her!

Will it arrive before the signing Wednesday night? Stay tuned!

Current location: Bell, CA

Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :

Where is it now?

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

You know what's irritating? When we track books, they never show any of the in-between stations. Just departure, then "out for delivery". [Roll Eyes]

Annoying.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Still in Bell, CA.

In fact, I'm willing to bet it will be there awhile, given that it's after midnight here.

Posted by MidnightBlue (Member # 6146) on :

Have you gotten it yet?

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

quote:
Originally posted by ketchupqueen:
You know what's irritating? When we track books, they never show any of the in-between stations. Just departure, then "out for delivery".

Yeah, they should ship each book with its own Lo-Jack!

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

quote:
Originally posted by ketchupqueen:
You know what's irritating? When we track books, they never show any of the in-between stations. Just departure, then "out for delivery". Annoying.

Gah, I actually know why this is (in most cases), thanks to working somewhere that gives out UPS tracking numbers on our products. If you have a UPS tracking number that doesn't show anything until suddenly it's out for delivery, check the "show details" link on their tracking page. Odds are the first scan is at a hub near you, instead of a pickup scan, hub scan, transit scan(s), hub scan, out for delivery.

This is called Zone Skipping. You live in Texas, right? If the book company has a lot of orders going to texas, they have the option to ship them on a truck of their own (or a contracted one) to the Dallas UPS hub instead of having UPS pick it up from the original source. It saves money on bulk shipping, but makes the package untrackable until it gets to that hub.

--Enigmatic
(knowing is half the battle)

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

quote:
Originally posted by MidnightBlue:
Have you gotten it yet?

Nope. Last update is still

quote:
Enroute, July 11, 2005, 12:17 pm, BELL, CA 90201