Hand calligraphy & post office don't mix?

[badger]

Catriona, I've often thought the same thing as well with international shipping and "lack" of tracking. But as I was explained by the postal worker, once a package leaves the country, it's no longer in their hands. I guess every country has their own tracking system, and it's not standardised. It makes sense.

So, as far as Canada Post is concerned (and likely the same for USPS), the package was sent and that's about as much as you'll get.

[Cataboo]

Catriona, I've often thought the same thing as well with international shipping and "lack" of tracking. But as I was explained by the postal worker, once a package leaves the country, it's no longer in their hands. I guess every country has their own tracking system, and it's not standardised. It makes sense.

So, as far as Canada Post is concerned (and likely the same for USPS), the package was sent and that's about as much as you'll get.

Well, I'd like to know that the package has been picked up & left the country and they can do that, they just don't always. Most of the time I create a shipping label and the status never changes from the following, even with me requesting delivery conformation or signature confirmation. I know this package was delivered, but it never showed up on tracking info:

Label/Receipt Number: 9121 7850 9140 1244 7240 36
Class: Priority Mail®
Service(s): Signature Confirmation™
Status: Electronic Shipping Info Received

The U.S. Postal Service was electronically notified by the shipper on October 24, 2009 to expect your package for mailing. This does not indicate receipt by the USPS or the actual mailing date. Delivery status information will be provided if / when available. No further information is available for this item.





It's bunk that they can't do tracking out of the country. About 1/4th of the time I actually get tracking of a package, saying when it was picked up, when it left the country,entered foreign customs, etc. Here's a package that I sent to Canada with tracking:


Label/Receipt Number: CQ33 5695 108U S
Class: Priority Mail International Parcels
Service(s): International Parcels
Status: Delivered Abroad
Your item was delivered in CANADA at 11:43 AM on October 17, 2009.
Detailed Results:

* Delivered Abroad, October 17, 2009, 11:43 am, CANADA
* Attempted Delivery Abroad, October 14, 2009, 2:13 pm, CANADA
* Attempted Delivery Abroad, October 14, 2009, 11:59 am, CANADA
* At Foreign Delivery Unit, October 14, 2009, 8:13 am, CANADA
* Out of Foreign Customs, October 09, 2009, 4:03 pm, CANADA
* Into Foreign Customs, October 09, 2009, 11:41 am, CANADA
* Arrived Abroad, October 09, 2009, 11:41 am, CANADA
* International Dispatch, October 08, 2009, 7:03 am, FOREIGN CENTERJERSEY CITY NJ 099
* Arrival
* Electronic Shipping Info Received, October 06, 2009


Here's the tracking of a package I sent my cousin:
Detailed Results:

* Delivered Abroad, October 03, 2009, 11:55 am, GREAT BRITAIN
* At Foreign Delivery Unit, September 28, 2009, 6:38 am, GREAT BRITAIN
* Out of Foreign Customs, September 27, 2009, 4:52 pm, GREAT BRITAIN
* Arrived Abroad, September 27, 2009, 4:47 pm, GREAT BRITAIN
* International Dispatch, September 25, 2009, 11:19 am, ISC NEW YORK NY(USPS)
* Arrival
* Processed through Sort Facility, September 24, 2009, 8:15 pm, LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MD 21090
* Electronic Shipping Info Received, September 24, 2009

[malkin]

I love that it says "delivered in CANADA" as if there were only one mailbox.

[bmccasland]

I've been amused at my local mailman's attempts to hide or protect packages that he delivers. My current house has a small stoop with shrubs on either side, so from the street view, you can pretty much see everything. If the package is too big for my house box, he puts it between the screen door and the wood door. Too big to sit between the doors, he puts it behind the shrubs. One rainy day, the package was behind the shrubs, with the welcome mat on top.

[Tuckervill]

What a nice guy!

We got our favorite carrier back recently, after a woman did our route who was stupid enough to reach over the fence and try to pet a dog who obviously hates all mail carriers.

Anyway, I spotted him wearing a Livestrong bracelet a long time ago, then he asked my son about the bike rack on the back of my Beetle. So, he's a cyclist, though I've never talked to him about it. But today...I saw him passing us in his mail truck, smoking a cigarette and TEXTING with both elbows on the wheel (and my son said, "And he was driving on the WRONG side of the vehicle!) (Texting while driving is illegal in my state now.)

We still love him as a mail carrier, though.

Karen

[deeaimond]

I've been amused at my local mailman's attempts to hide or protect packages that he delivers. My current house has a small stoop with shrubs on either side, so from the street view, you can pretty much see everything. If the package is too big for my house box, he puts it between the screen door and the wood door. Too big to sit between the doors, he puts it behind the shrubs. One rainy day, the package was behind the shrubs, with the welcome mat on top.

such a nice man!!! wish the temp postman at my bf's place in the US was so nice. (the regular salesman was nice)